12/20/2001
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"We continue to encourage and press them to achieve the established benchmarks, since we believe that those efforts will contribute to Iraq's stability."
"Our top priority is to help the Iraqis protect their population."
"Edward Meacham Yarbrough, of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee for the term of four years vice James K. Vines, resigned."
"History is going to look back to determine whether or not there might have been a different decision made."