Haley Stevens: “We get them back by assisting the Iraqis in taking over the management of their own country. We do that by providing an…”

“We get them back by assisting the Iraqis in taking over the management of their own country. We do that by providing an infusion of capital to help restore that government to operation so it can take over and provide the security services, provide for the economic management services, and provide the army. It takes money to do that. As I pointed out before we went on recess, the President has chosen a unique approach. We could have gone in with the military and occupied that country for 4 to 5 years, as we did in Germany and as we just did in Kosovo. This time we are going in to try to help them get in the position to take care of themselves and bring our people back. The President has sent us a unique supplemental. The Democratic Party commanded that the President give us a budget for 2004 for Iraq. This is it. No President has done this in history. This President budgeted ahead of time for war, for a concept of finishing what we started.”