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Mike Pence: “I believe in my heart, and I know the gentleman is my senior in Congress and often cautions me about over…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2004
I believe in my heart, and I know the gentleman is my senior in Congress and often cautions me about over generalizations, but I believe in my heart if the Iraqi people could look the American people in the eye and rise as one man or one woman, they would be standing with their hand over their heart. The people of Iraq that I spoke to are profoundly and overwhelmingly and emotionally grateful to the people of the United States of America, of Great Britain and Spain and all of the 33 nations that freed them from this nightmare of Saddam Hussein.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the gratitude of the Iraqi people towards the United States and coalition forces.

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