12/09/2004
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"They report that the three additional Iraqi brigades promised by the Government are in place."
"Our troops deserve the money necessary to do the job."
"I worry about the signal it would send to Al Qaida."
"If I didn't think it was worthy, if I didn't think it was necessary, if I didn't realize and believe that it's important to defeat Al Qaida in Iraq, I wouldn't have our young men and women there in th..."