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"I think the ambassador and I are actually minimalists. We're not looking for Jeffersonian Democracy," but adding that "Iraq is not there yet right now, and there is certainly more work to be done."

(Lauren Berke)

Petraeus acknowledged that even the most minimalist approach meant that the next president "is clearly going to have to deal with Iraq."

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