09/05/2006
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"I also call upon the Senate to move quickly to confirm Lieutenant General Petraeus as the commander of the Multi-National Forces—Iraq."
"The great question of our day is whether America will help men and women in the Middle East to build free societies and share in the rights of all humanity."
"Let us work together and do it now."
"We cannot know the full extent of the attacks that we and our allies have prevented."