09/24/2008
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Particular provisions included in the bill risk imposing financially devastating hardship on Iraq."
"The NDAA includes authorization for a 0.5 percent additional pay raise for our Nation's troops."
"The new democratic government of Iraq, during this crucial period of reconstruction, cannot afford to have its funds entangled in such lawsuits in the United States."
"The provision would tie up Iraqi assets in litigation, and would have a potentially devastating impact on the Government of Iraq."