10/05/2006
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"This weekend's election is a critical step forward in Iraq's march toward democracy."
"The Iraqi people have gone to the polls to vote on a democratic constitution."
"We have stood by the Iraqi people through two elections, and we will stand by them until they have established a free nation that can govern itself, sustain itself, and defend itself."
"Simply by coming out to vote, the Iraqi people have shown that they want to live in freedom, and they will not accept a return to tyranny and terror."