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 ..."
"Certainly the president will say that is something he wants done."
"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."
"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."