10/04/2002
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"The United States would be acting to fulfill the mandate of the United Nations Security Council that Saddam Hussein must disarm."
"It is hard for us to understand how nations would allow a process to take place that fails to disarm Saddam Hussein."
"If military force becomes necessary to disarm Iraq, this Nation, joined by others, will act decisively in a just cause."
"This action must be corrected by adjusting both the 2004 budget allocations and appropriations."