In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, the top commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq, says the current surge of 21,500 troops is not "open-ended" and warned that "time is running out" for the United States to turn things around in Iraq.
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As he boarded the helicopter after his afternoon trip he said that Washington politicians need needed to give the effort more time.
"We need more time, they've got to give us time here," he said. "It's just too early."