08/05/1992
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"If they are moving weapons inside Iraq that will hurt the cause of democracy and, more particularly, hurt our soldiers, we will take care of business there."
"The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people."
"As we reported earlier, President Bush today publicly endorsed the killing of Iranian agents in Iraq."
"Most people recognize that failure would be a disaster for the United States. And, in that I'm the decision-maker, I had to come up with a way forward that precluded disaster."