The President seeks as part of this $87 billion supplemental bespeak grandeur of vision equal to the one which created the free world at the end of World War II.

The $20.3 billion in grants to Iraq the President seeks as part of this $87 billion supplemental bespeak grandeur of vision equal to the one which created the free world at the end of the Second World War.

State-of-the-art must be obtained so that they can train effectively.

That is why the President's $87 billion request has to be seen as an important element in the global war on terrorism.

Extremism, bred in a swamp of despair, bankruptcy, and unpayable debts, gave the world fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany.

If we fail to recreate Iraq with a sovereign democracy sustained by a solid economy we will have provided the terrorists with an incredible advantage in their war against us.

It seems to me that that is a very important part of this story that needs to be told.

I do support what we're doing.

We've got to keep moving them down Ambassador Bremer's seven-point plan towards developing a constitution, ratifying a constitution, and ultimately having elections and transferring sovereignty.

It does no good to supply $66 billion for maintaining our troops if there's no exit strategy.

One slight suggestion I would make to you, as you go about rebuilding Iraq, there is a great pool of resources available in the United States in the small business area.

We have to do what I believe this administration is doing.

I'm from the 'show me' State, and what they're showing us is that the battle against terrorism is being carried out in Iraq today.

It seems to me that we have been under attack.

That the money be granted and not loaned is essential.

I was in the Congress, in the 105th Congress, when we put forward the Iraq Liberation Act.

What that called for was regime change in Baghdad, because we had been fussing around for a long period of time with Saddam Hussein.

Equipment is critical for them.