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On the recordSeptember 8, 2004
It has always been clear that we need to internationalize the challenge in Iraq, and we need to 'Iraqatize' the challenge in Iraq. We need international support from what is happening. I do not believe this President can do it. But from the first day we should have been returning to the United Nations to do the reconstruction. We should have turned to NATO and the Arab League nations for security. Those countries are a lot closer to Iraq than we are and have a much bigger stake than we do in a stable Iraq. But we have not done that. We have done the occupation of Iraq with 90 percent of the troops being American and 90 percent of the money being American, and we have not yet stabilized that country.
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Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel
Pennsylvania
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Discussing the need for international involvement in Iraq during a speech on the House floor.

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