John Kerry: “It was a stable Iraq, not whether or not that's a full democracy. I…”

On the recordApril 20, 2004

It was a stable Iraq, not whether or not that's a full democracy. I can't tell you what's it's going to be but a stable Iraq.

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Kerry defines the criteria for bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq.

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