08/02/2004
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"I am very encouraged that various tribal figures in Anbar and Hawija... have come forward to offer to mobilize Sunni Arab fighters against the Islamic State."
"The President absolutely, clearly, by almost any legal standard that I can imagine is not violating the Constitution."
"The President has the right as the President under Article 2 to defend this Nation and to take the steps necessary to do so."
"The United States, I think it is clear, is going to have to help lead that effort."