It is my feeling that, inasmuch as we're launching down a long road here which entails reconstruction efforts, which the American people were not told about, and which entails the establishment of a democracy in Iraq, and the democratization of the whole Middle East, we need other than administration witnesses.
Senator Byrd emphasizes the need for diverse witnesses regarding Iraq's reconstruction and democratization.
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