03/13/2003
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"History is going to look back to determine whether or not there might have been a different decision made."
"Effective steps toward national reconciliation will require national leadership from all communities and expression of a common national political will, or 'vision,' that has so far been lacking."
"attached is the report that assesses the status of each of the 18 Iraqi benchmarks contained in the Act"
"Those who believe that the battle in Iraq is lost will likely point to the unsatisfactory performance on some of the political benchmarks."