"I suppose you would have to say that the regime controls large sections of Baghdad," he told Fox News.

But he touted the advances US troops have made thusfar.

"We are barely past the two weeks of this war, and already we've made enormous progress, and our troops are outside of Baghdad, control Baghdad International Airport," he said.

"The feared Republican Guard have suffered enormous losses, and it's clear where the end is," saiod Wolfowitz.

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