09/24/2002
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"It's an amazing country where people volunteer in the face of danger."
"A country's presence on the Majors List is not necessarily an adverse reflection of its government's counternarcotics efforts or level of cooperation with the United States."
"The principle guiding my decisions on troop levels in Iraq is 'return on success' – the more successful we are, the more American troops can return home."
"I thank the Members for coming and giving me their honest appraisal of whether they think we can find common ground or not."