We have three common goals: accelerating the pace of training the Iraqi Security Force, Iraqi assumption of command and control over Iraqi forces, and transferring responsibility for security to the Government of Iraq.
George W. Bush: “We have three common goals: accelerating the pace of training the Iraqi Security Force, Iraqi assumption of command and…”
On the recordOctober 27, 2006
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Joint Statement by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq
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