08/08/1989
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"It's the right thing to get rid of Saddam Hussein. The al Qaeda is real. Also, to understand the stakes of this war."
"Operation Together Forward started this morning."
"The mission that you're accomplishing here in Iraq will go down in the history books as an incredibly important moment."
"There's an interesting debate in the Democrat Party about how quick to pull out of Iraq."