“The surge has only been fully in place for a week or so.”

—  Michele Bachmann

Referring to the Iraq surge in summer 2007
Quoted in [Michael D., Shear, http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/NEWS01/107090061/1009, Bachmann: Surge needs time, St. Cloud Times, 2007-07-10, 2007-07-12]
2010s

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