10/09/2008
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"I waive the prohibition of section 2007(a) of the Act with respect to these countries."
"Our agenda, in contrast, is freedom and independence, security and prosperity for the Iraqi people."
"After all, you went from worst to first."
"The rise of a free and self-governing Iraq would deny terrorists a base of operation, discredit their narrow ideology, and give momentum to reformers across the region."