06/15/1989
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"We will complete our mission in Iraq and leave behind a democracy that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself."
"Today, the people of Iraq have spoken to the world. And the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East."
"They want to run us out of Iraq. The violence we have seen is a power grab these extreme and ruthless elements."
"I want to tell the people of the Middle East that the practices that took place in that prison are abhorrent and they don't represent America."