By acknowledging that there would be '' tough moments that test America 's resolve '' in Iraq , the president appeared to contradict Vice President Dick Cheney 's assertion this month that the insurgency was in its '' last throes , '' which prompted Senator Chuck Hagel , Republican of Nebraska , to say that the administration was '' disconnected from reality '' about Iraq .
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