When military journalists for Stars and Stripes interviewed soldiers on the ground, however, they reported that American dignitaries touring Iraq are given a false picture because of the tight controls placed on the visits. "The phrase 'Dog and Pony Show' is usually used," the military newspaper reported. "Some troops even go so far as to say they've been ordered not to talk to VIPs because [military] leaders are afraid of what they might say."3
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