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Darrell Issa: To the people of the world, to the people of this country, make those elections this spring free and fair. Empower the…

On the recordFebruary 16, 2005
To the people of the world, to the people of this country, make those elections this spring free and fair. Empower the Lebanese people and their candidates not to be chilled by this terrible event. And as the prime mover of the Tai'f Accord, a man who came as a Sunni Muslim to a troubled region and said it does not matter if you are Sunni, Shia, Kurd, Orthodox or Maronite, we must come together, we must put behind us the many sins of the past. I believe that Prime Minister Hariri would not say 'Do not find out who killed me,' not for a moment. But I think what he would say is, 'The best memory that you can have, the best way to eulogize me, is to make my country free.'
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

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Addressing the assassination of Rafik Hariri and its impact on upcoming elections in Lebanon.

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