Topic: Operation New Dawn

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates reportedly stated in Baghdad that the premise for the Iraq War was not valid, even if the outcome was positive. The hosts note difficulty finding the specific quote in the C-SPAN video library. They discover that C-SPAN's robots.txt file blocks most search engine crawlers from indexing their transcripts, with the exception of Google.

President Barack Obama announced the end of combat operations in Iraq, transitioning to Operation New Dawn. However, reports from active duty personnel suggest that heavy brigade combat teams remain deployed and engaged in mechanized infantry operations despite the official change in mission designation.