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New SecDef = New Iraq Plans? (Updated)

A week before the election, House Majority Leader John Boehner told CNN, "Let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld...the fact is, the generals on the ground are in charge." It was the latest in a long line of efforts to distance the Defense Secretary from the war launched and conducted under his watch.

Nevertheless, there are indications that a change in SecDefs may trigger a shift in Iraq policy. ...