Cheney insists ‘steady progress‘ happening in Iraq

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Cheney insists ‘steady progress‘ happening in Iraq

FORT DRUM, New York - Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday joined the White House push to counter growing discontent with the Iraq war, acknowledging challenges ahead but insisting "steady progress" had been made on the political and security fronts.

The speech before cheering camouflage-clad soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division and the 42nd Infantry Division, of whom 3,500 returned to Fort Drum from Iraq last month -- marked a change in tone for the vice president.

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But Cheney tempered the bitterness of his past rhetoric, making only a passing reference to "some who have advocated a sudden withdrawal of our forces."

"This would be unwise in the extreme," he said. "A victory for the terrorists, bad for the Iraqi people and bad for the United States."