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He said Monday he was contemplating making it tougher, with a requirement that American troops be pulled back from a primary combat role by next spring.

"We assess that changing the mission of coalition forces from a primarily counterinsurgency and stabilization role to a primary combat support role for Iraqi forces and counterterrorist operations to prevent A.Q.I. from establishing a safe haven would erode security gains achieved thus far," the estimate noted.

We assess that changing the mission of coalition forces from a primarily counterinsurgency and stabilization role to a primary combat support role for Iraqi forces and counterterrorist operations to prevent AQI from establishing a safe haven would erode security gains achieved thus far.

While the US is providing a significant advisory presence for the Iraqi military, as well as a special-operations presence in the shadows, its primary combat contribution is aerial.

The primary combat unit in Baquba since November, the 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, has seen 21 soldiers killed in five months, out of close to 1,000.

He called Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta "misguided and so naïve" for announcing plans to hand over primary combat responsibilities to Afghan forces next year and leave American troops mainly in training and other roles.

He could detail in his speeches the functions that American troops and diplomats can continue to perform even as our primary combat role recedes: training and advising, counterterrorism, brokering deals among Iraqi factions, checking their expansionist impulses, opening talks with our enemies in the region.

Shortly after her arrival in Japan, she became flagship of the Standing Fleet, the IJN's primary combat fleet.

She was initially assigned to the Standing Fleet, the IJN's primary combat fleet, but was reduced to reserve on 20 November.

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