Monday: Pentagon says more capable Iraqi battalions >> Wednesday: * speech

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176930,00.html

Pentagon: More Iraqi Battalions Leading Counter-Insurgency

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A growing number of Iraqi troop battalions — nearly four dozen as of this week — are playing lead roles in the fight against the insurgency, and American commanders have turned over more than two dozen U.S.-established bases to government control, officials said Monday.

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President Bush is to give a major speech Wednesday at the U.S. Naval Academy in which administration officials say he is expected to spotlight recent steps toward improving the readiness of Iraqi troops.

Coincidence?