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CISAC News



June 23, 2009

A security test in Iraq

in the news: Reuters on June 18, 2009

Brian Burton, a 2007 CISAC Honors alumnus who won a Firestone Medal for his thesis ("Counterinsurgency Principles and U.S. Military Effectiveness in Iraq"), was interviewed by Reuters about the upcoming U.S. combat troop withdrawal by the end of June, and how it will be a key test for Iraqi security forces.