12/20/1989
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"We will stay there until the job is done."
"President Bush vowed again today that the U.S. will remain in Iraq until the country is free and peaceful."
"A free and peaceful Iraq will have historic consequences. And we'll find Saddam Hussein. The goal is for a free and peaceful Iraq. And by being strong and determined we will achieve that objective."
"Ambassador Bremer, with my instructions, is going back to talk to the Governing Council to develop a strategy. And he'll report back after he's consulted with the very people that we want to assume mo..."