The President's Radio Address
12/28/2007
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These ties endure because they are formed by the experience and responsibilities and adversity we have shared.
I think what's safe to say is that the initial phase of the war went well.
Let us raise our glasses to our common ideals.
Democracy will succeed in Iraq, because our will is firm, our word is good, and the Iraqi people will not surrender their freedom.