06/02/2003
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"I fully recognize that's not going to end the war."
"I thought your assessment of the situation in Iraq was very realistic."
"I think your recommendations to us on how to win in Iraq are valid."
"Instead, Zarqawi died in the free and democratic Iraq that he fought so hard to prevent, and the world is better off because this violent man will never kill again."