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On the recordJune 15, 2004
There are lots of folks who have given a great deal, not just for our country, but for Iraq; and it is a very, very important thing that the Iraqi people take hold and have discipline and have tenacity and have toughness and grab hold of this idea of freedom and evolve that idea, that policy, that desire into a Nation that can endure, that will have a good relationship with the United States. I thank the gentleman for taking out this time and I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tancredo), who is just a great contributor to these discussions for letting me talk about Iraq.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Discussing the importance of Iraqi resilience and freedom during a speech on Iraq.

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