07/24/1989
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"The prime minister and I agree that the outcome in Iraq will affect the entire region. To stop the extremists from dominating the Middle East, we must stop the extremists from achieving their goal of ..."
"We'll be in Iraq until the job is complete. At the request of a sovereign government elected by the people."
"We're going to stay in Iraq to get the job done, so long as the government wants us there."
"There's one thing I'm not going to do. I'm not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete."