On the recordMay 18, 2005
I took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGeorge W. Bush: “I took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the…”
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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which...
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