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HAMILTON CO-CHAIR THE GROUP. THEY OUTLINE THE KEY POINTS OF THE REPORT AND TAKE QUESTIONS. >> GOOD MORNING. EARLIER TODAY WE PRESENTED THE REPORT OF...
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UNANIMOUS VIEWS OF OUR TEN MEMBERS. ON BEHALF OF THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP, JIM BAKER AND I THANK CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF WHO TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO CREATE...
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| 00:08:07 |
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A VERY COLLABORATIVE WAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE IS NO MAGIC FORMULA THAT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF IRAQ. BUT TO GIVE THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT A...
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| 00:14:33 |
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TO STOP THE SLIDE. BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
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ODDS ARE IF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR
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| 00:14:38 |
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RECOMMENDATIONS IS IMPLEMENTED THAT THIS SITUATION IN IRAQ CAN BE TURNED AROUND? AND SECONDLY, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU ARECTIONV IS. -- URGENCY. WAS THERE...
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| 00:15:14 |
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SEASON, DURING THE MIDTERM ELECTION. SO WE DECIDED RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. WE DID SO, WE ONLY TOOK ONE...
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| 00:16:10 |
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AT LEAST A CHANCE THAT YOU CAN SEE ESTABLISHED A STABLE GOVERNMENT IN IRAQ AND STABILITY IN THE REGION. THE TASK AHEAD OF US IS DAUNTING. VERY, VERY...
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IT'S NOT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
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AND IT DOESN'T
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BIND ANYONE. IT DOESN'T BIND THE LEADERSHIP ON THE HILL, AND
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| 00:16:57 |
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IT DOESN'T BIND THE PRESIDENT. BUT IT IS THE ONLY RECOMMENDED APPROACH THAT WILL ENJOY, IN OUR OPINION, COMPLETE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, AT LEAST FROM
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| 00:17:09 |
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THE TEN PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE UP HERE. >> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE, AS YOUR QUESTION SUGGESTS, THAT IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE DIFFICULTIES...
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| 00:17:33 |
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RECOMMENDATIONS HERE, BUT YOU CANNOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY DEALING WITH THE MILITARY PROBLEM OR BY DEALING WITH THE ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEM,...
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| 00:18:57 |
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FAIR TO CONCLUDE THE CONCLUSION OF THE
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| 00:19:01 |
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STUDY GROUP HAS FOUND THE MORE IMMEDIATE POLICY THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP HAS FOUND IS THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS FOR THE PEOPLE TO RALLY AROUND AVOIDING ...
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| 00:19:44 |
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CHANCES FOR SUCCESS IN IRAQ WILL BE IMPROVED. YES, SIR. >> YOU'RE CERTAINLY A GROUP OF DISTINGUISHED ELDER STATES MEN. BUT TELL ME, WHY SHOULD THE PRESIDENT...
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IRAQ? >> THE MEMBERS OF THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP ARE, I THINK, PUBLIC SERVANTS OF A DISTINGUISHED RECORD. WE DON'T PRETEND NOW, WE DID NOT PRETEND AT...
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| 00:20:45 |
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AND THE WAY OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS. AND SOME CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE WITHIN OUR GROUP ON THE MIDDLE EAST. WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR REPORT IS ONLY ONE....
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| 00:22:21 |
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WHAT INDICATIONS DO YOU HAVE FROM THE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU HAD IN PREPARING THE REPORT THAT THESE TWO COUNTRIES ARE PREPARED TO BE AT ALL HELPFUL?...
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| 00:22:37 |
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ABOUT IRAQ UNLESS THE NUCLEAR QUESTION AND OTHER QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED? >> WHY DID THEY AGREE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND TALK ABOUT AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT...
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| 00:23:01 |
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TO THE TABLE TO TALK WITH US ABOUT IRAQ. IN FACT, WE SAY WE THINK THEY VERY WELL MIGHT NOT. WE ALSO SAY WE OUGHT TO PUT IT TO THEM, THOUGH, SO THAT...
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| 00:24:19 |
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TODAY IS THE NATIONAL POWER THAT HAS THE SINGLE GREATEST INFLUENCE INSIDE IRAQ TODAY. WE WILL BE CRITICIZED, I'M SURE, FOR TALKING WITH OUR ADVERSARIES,...
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| 00:25:34 |
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WITH BLOOMBERG NEWS. AS CLEARLY AS YOU CAN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NOTION OF SIGNIFICANTLY AND INCREASINGLY INCREASING TROOPS EMBEDDED WITH IRAQIS....
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| 00:25:55 |
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WILL ANSWER THAT. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE FROM ABOUT 3 OR 4,000 WE NOW HAVE TO MAYBE 15 TO 20,000, SO THERE IS ABOUT AN EXTRA 10,000 TROOPS...
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| 00:26:15 |
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A TRAINING TIME INVOLVED SO THERE WILL
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| 00:26:17 |
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BE SOME LAG TIME. BUT IT CAN BE DONE, I BELIEVE, WITH THE EXISTING COMBAT BRIGADE TROOPS. PART THISV PLAN INVOLVES RE-DEPLOYING THE COMBAT BRIGADES TO...
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| 00:26:55 |
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WHAT RESIDUAL FORCE WILL THERE BE FOR THE TRAINING
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| 00:26:58 |
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MISSION AND HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT TRAINING MISSION LASTING? >> IT WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE WOULD BE A CONSIDERABLE FORCE THERE WHICH WOULD...
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| 00:27:23 |
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OWN LOGISTICAL SUPPORT CAPABILITIES IN ADDITION TO INTELLIGENCE, COMMUNICATION, TRANSPORT, THINGS SUCH AS THAT. SO IT MEANS THAT OVER A SUSTAINED...
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| 00:28:38 |
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WOULD APPLY TO ANY GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ. NOT JUST THE ONE IN POWER TODAY. BUT WHAT ARE THE EVENTS? WELL, THE EVENTS ARE JUST ANARCHY, TOTAL CHAOS. THE...
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| 00:29:39 |
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AND DISINSEN TEFS TO IRAN AND SYRIA AND ELSE SPPBGRBL WILL ON THE ARAB ISRAELI FRONT. IF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID THAT IT'S OFFERED SYRIA AND...
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| 00:29:52 |
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ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI FRONT WHAT PARTICULARLY ARE YOU RECOMMENDING? >> WELL, IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC IF YOU GO TO THE REPORT ITSELF...
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| 00:30:18 |
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I COULD ANSWER IT, BUT I THINK WE'D BE WASTING THE TIME OF OTHERS. YOU CAN READ IT IN THE REPORT. DOYLE? >> DOYLE MCMANUS "LOS ANGELES TIMES". ALL OF...
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| 00:30:53 |
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HE'S ALREADY EXPRESSED SOME DISCOMFORTABLE WITH SEVERAL OF THEM, INCLUDING ENGAGING SYRIA AND I RAP AND INCLUDING -- IRAN AND INCLUDING GIVING THE IRAQI...
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| 00:31:37 |
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PEOPLE AND POLICY SOMETIMES WITH THOSE DIVISIONS HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A 30 SECOND
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| 00:31:45 |
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SOUND BITE THAT RUNS THE GAMUT FROM VICTORY OR STAY THE COURSE TO CUT AND RUN. AND WHAT THIS GROUP TRIED TO DO FIVE DEMOCRATS AND FIVE REPUBLICANS IS...
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| 00:33:39 |
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GOVERN ITSELF,
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| 00:33:40 |
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SUSTAIN ITSELF AND DEFEND ITSELF. AND TO DO THAT WE'VE MADE THESE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS ON A CONSENSUS BASIS. IT'S MY BELIEF IF A LARGE SEGMENT...
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| 00:35:02 |
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THIS, SINCE
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| 00:35:03 |
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LEAVING PUBLIC LIFE AND THIS CHAMBER WHERE I WAS THE FOES OF THE -- TOAST OF THE TOWN ONE DAY AND TOAST OF THE NEXT. IT'S A STRANGE PLACE. BUT I SEE...
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| 00:37:05 |
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SO THERE IS SOME COMMITMENT ALREADY ON THEIR
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| 00:37:08 |
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PART TO RESOLVING SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT ISSUES. >> THE QUESTION WAS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING. WE ARE NOT A STATUTORY REALLY BASED COMMISSION. WE WILL...
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| 00:37:36 |
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BOTH THIS CONGRESS AND THE ONE IN JANUARY. SO WE WILL BE INTERESTED IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO PUT THEM FORWARD BUT OBVIOUSLY...
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| 00:38:11 |
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WHERE YOU REFERRED
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| 00:38:13 |
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TO HIS OLDER GOALS WHICH WAS A DEMOCRATIC IRAQ OR AN IRAQ THAT COULD SPREAD DEMOCRACY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ARE YOU ESSENTIALLY TELLING THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:38:51 |
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WITH THE BUSH FAMILY. WHEN YOU RECOMMEND SOMETHING LIKE ENGAGING IRAN WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR WILL ONLY HAPPEN AFTER THEY VERIFIBLY SUSPEND,...
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| 00:39:03 |
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TO PULL A 180. DOES HE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT IN YOUR OPINION SIR? >> YOU KNOW, I WORKED FOR FOUR PRESIDENTS AND I USED TO GET QUESTIONS ALL THE...
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| 00:39:28 |
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HERE. >> THANK YOU MR. SECRETARY. TRISH TURNER WITH FOX. TIME AND AGAIN AS WE SAID IN ROOMS LIKE THIS AND AS EARLY AS YESTERDAY WE'VE HEARD MEMBERS ASK...
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| 00:39:51 |
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DOES NOT SEEM TO BE WORKING WITH IRAQ FORCES AND WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION THAT IT WILL SOMEHOW IMPROVE. IS THAT JUST BY INCREASING THE NUMBERS OF TROOPS...
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| 00:40:22 |
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WAS SLOW TO GET STARTED BUT IT'S BEEN GOING ON I THINK VERY EFFECTIVELY IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. BUT THE TRAINING IS A BASIC TRAINING AND THE IRAQI SOLDIERS...
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| 00:40:41 |
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TASK THEY HAVE IS EFFECTIVELY ON THE JOB TRAINING AND THAT ON THE JOB TRAINING CAN BE BEST DONE WHEN THEY HAVE ROLE MODELS OF AMERICAN TEAMS IN FRONT...
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| 00:41:26 |
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POSITIONS. >> SENATOR ROBB IS GOING TO -- >>
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| 00:41:30 |
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LET ME JUST SAY THAT THIS REPRESENTS A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING BUSINESS. IT IS ONE THAT THE SENIOR MILITARY LEADERSHIP OF THIS...
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| 00:41:49 |
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BEING THE PRINCIPAL COMBAT UNIT
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| 00:41:52 |
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TO A ROLE OF COMBAT SUPPORT BUT BY EMBEDDING OUR FORCES AT GREATER LEVELS IN THE IRAQI MILITARY, WE WILL HAVE MORE CAPACITY, MORE TRUST, MORE CAPABLE...
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| 00:43:15 |
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ALSO TOLD MUCH OF IT IS OUT OF OUR HANDS IN THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT'S HANDS WHAT IF IT DOESN'T WORK. WHAT
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| 00:43:20 |
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THEN? IS THIS A WAR WE CAN AFFORD TO LOSE? >> WE UNDERSTAND THE POSSIBLES THAT THINGS FALL APART. THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE HAVE ADDRESSED OUR...
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| 00:43:46 |
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POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN IRAQ AS WELL. NOW, IF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE RADICALLY, IF THINGS FALL APART. WHATEVER THAT MAY...
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| 00:44:27 |
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INTERESTS IN THE REGION. THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. CHANGE AND SAY I WAS WRONG. WE SHOULD ENGAGE SYRIA AND IRAN. >> I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE...
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| 00:46:41 |
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BIPARTISANSHIP. ALSO TRYING TO SEND A SIGNAL DEMOCRAT AS WELL. >> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I MEAN, THEY NOW HAVE THE RESPONSIBLE TO -- RESPONSIBILITIES...
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| 00:46:59 |
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TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT P HAENS --
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| 00:47:03 |
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HAPPENS IN THIS WAR AS WELL. SO I THINK IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOPEFULLY REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY CAN USE
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| 00:47:10 |
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OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS A BAYS IS FOR FUTURE POLICY. I THINK THE ONE HOPE I HAVE HERE IS THAT EVERYONE IS SO FRUSTRATED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE...
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| 00:47:51 |
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ENSURE THE IRAQIS WILL DELIVER ON WHAT THEY PROMISED WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRINCIPAL PROBLEM HERE. AND THERE'S NO EASY ANSWER TO THAT. BUT THERE ARE TWO...
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| 00:48:01 |
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WE TOOK IN COURT. ONE OF WHICH IS TO SAY IF THEY DO NOT IMPLEMENT THE REFORMS AND DO NOT MEET THE MILESTONES WE OUGHT TO WITHDRAW OUR MILITARY ECONOMIC...
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| 00:48:51 |
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EARLIER IN THE DAY THE HEADS OF
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| 00:48:58 |
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THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP MET WITH PRESIDENT BUSH. HE SPOKE0 HE
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