12/18/1989
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"The president tonight will characterize what is going on in Iraq as a battle between hope and between tragedy and the president will outline what the White House calls a five point plan to transition ..."
"This president trying to convince the Iraqi people there will be a new government soon."
"Secretary of State Powell, Secretary of State Rumsfeld and a number of NATO defense and foreign ministers are exploring a more formal role for NATO."
"The United States is prepared to build a new maximum security prison in Iraq and if the new Iraqi government goes along, to demolish, simply demolish and destroy the Abu Ghraib prison."