US Senator John McCain visits Iraq

(1 Apr 2007) 1. Wide of news conference 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) John McCain, US Senator: “I believe we have a new strategy that is making progress and it is not to say that things are well everywhere is Iraq, far from it, we have a long way to go.“ 3. Cutaway 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) John McCain, US Senator: “But is it still a question mark as to whether the iraqi government will do everything that is necessary? I can’t guarantee that. I also can’t guarantee that the military effort will succeed either. But i do believe that some of the steps the Maliki government have taken are encouraging but they have a long way to go.“ 5. Cutaway 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) John McCain, US Senator: “Things are better, there are encouraging signs. But I am not saying mission accomplished, last throws, dead enders, any of that. It’s long and its hard and its very very difficult, a very very difficult task ahead of us. But i believe that the signs are enc