Here is the memo from SecDef Robert Gates to CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus agreeing to a requested name change from "Operation Iraqi Freedom" to "Operation New Dawn" on 1 September 2010 to reflect the change in mission there.
-- Greg
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