Political Quotes

“I wish to comment just very briefly on what is going on over the course of this week in Iraq, as it focuses on Iraqi democracy and the process that has begun in this country today and will continue through Thursday when the elections are carried out in Iraq. Earlier this morning, I had the opportunity to talk at the White House in a meeting by teleconference with our Ambassador to Iraq, in Iraq, and General George Casey about the remarkable progress going on in that country today as they updated us with the plans for the elections, what is underway, and looking back to the tremendous progress that has been made over the last several months and the truly remarkable progress that has been made in the elections in January and October and now the preparations made for the elections this week. On Thursday, the Iraqi people began what is a historic process for choosing their first fully constitutional parliament since the fall of Saddam, culminating in this nationwide vote on Thursday, December 15. In our briefings this morning, it was pointed out that the elections are Thursday and many of us will be watching to see how large a turnout there will be, recognizing that 10 million people turned out for the last elections in October.…”