02/05/2008
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"The question is not whether our nation can or should lead but how it will lead in the 21st century. Rigid ideologies and old formulas don't apply. We need a new mindset about how America will use its ..."
"Neither the President nor I have any illusions that dialogue with this Islamic republic will guarantee success of any kind, and the prospects have certainly shifted in the weeks following the election..."
"the arc of history shows that governments which serve their own people survive and thrive . . . governments which serve only their own power do not."
"The United States plans to implement fully its obligation under the United States-Iraq Security Agreement to withdraw all U.S. combat forces."