Blitzer omitted context of Clinton remarks to ask: "Why not give the military a chance to see if they can finish the job?"

SUMMARY: In an interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer, CNN's Wolf Blitzer omitted the context from Sen. Hillary Clinton's remarks that "[w]e've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas -- particularly in Al Anbar province -- it's working," to assert that "even some Democrats are now suggesting that maybe the military part of the troop buildup, the so-called surge, is making some progress." But Clinton was attributing successes in Al Anbar to a change in tactics, not President Bush's so-called "surge" strategy.

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