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By Alex Koppelman
Thursday, March 1, 2007 09:12 EST

Yes, and they can learn first aid by treating their own wounds

White House press secretary Tony Snow on reports that two U.S. combat brigades will "surge" into Iraq without undergoing the usual counterinsurgency training in California's Mojave Desert first: "Well, but they can get desert training elsewhere, like in Iraq."

― Tim Grieve

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