09/13/2005
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"attached is the report that assesses the status of each of the 18 Iraqi benchmarks contained in the Act"
"Those who believe that the battle in Iraq is lost will likely point to the unsatisfactory performance on some of the political benchmarks."
"I firmly believe the world is better off without Saddam Hussein in power."
"The strategy I announced in January is designed to seize the initiative and create those conditions."