Ongoing Military Operations and Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, September 25, 2003, Volume 4 |
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... Saddam Hussein was made not without careful deliberation , extensive diplomacy , and substantial efforts to find a ... Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime had used weapons of mass destruction ( WMD ) , had threatened them against others ...
... Saddam Hussein was made not without careful deliberation , extensive diplomacy , and substantial efforts to find a ... Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime had used weapons of mass destruction ( WMD ) , had threatened them against others ...
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... Saddam Hussein was worth the hardships they have endured since the invasion , and two - thirds think Iraq will be in better condition 5 years from now , before that invasion . That will be a direct result of your efforts , Mr ...
... Saddam Hussein was worth the hardships they have endured since the invasion , and two - thirds think Iraq will be in better condition 5 years from now , before that invasion . That will be a direct result of your efforts , Mr ...
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... Saddam Hussein was ousted from power . drinking tea , having " There is almost a sense that they were sitting someplace minding their own business- meetings " and then decided to come to Iraq only after the American military rolled into ...
... Saddam Hussein was ousted from power . drinking tea , having " There is almost a sense that they were sitting someplace minding their own business- meetings " and then decided to come to Iraq only after the American military rolled into ...
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... Saddam Hussein buried or dispersed his stockpiles of illicit weapons before the United States mounted its invasion ... Saddam Hussein had destroyed all of his weapons of mass destruction . " " I think we will find that Saddam Hussein's ...
... Saddam Hussein buried or dispersed his stockpiles of illicit weapons before the United States mounted its invasion ... Saddam Hussein had destroyed all of his weapons of mass destruction . " " I think we will find that Saddam Hussein's ...
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... Saddam Hussein in Iraq's infrastructure , " Bremer said in a recent interview . " He spent his nation's money ... Hussein's government fell , they maintain , more money and attention should have been focused on buying spare parts and ...
... Saddam Hussein in Iraq's infrastructure , " Bremer said in a recent interview . " He spent his nation's money ... Hussein's government fell , they maintain , more money and attention should have been focused on buying spare parts and ...
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Page 14 - Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.
Page 131 - we have discovered dozens of WMD-related program activities and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations during the inspections that began in late 2002...
Page 6 - The committee has rewritten the bill to consolidate the wisdom shed upon the problem from many sources. It is the final product of 8 months of more intensive study by more devoted minds than I have ever known to concentrate upon any one objective in all my 20 years in Congress.
Page 13 - Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the President's supplemental request. Before I begin, I want to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed services. Leading a coalition, our armed forces delivered a military victory without precedent. In roughly three weeks they liberated a country larger than Germany and Italy combined. And they did so with forces smaller than the Army of the Potomac. Our armed forces accomplished all this while absorbing and...
Page 111 - The CPA is vested with all executive, legislative and judicial authority necessary to achieve its objectives, to be exercised under relevant UN Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1483 (2003), and the laws and usages of war.
Page 14 - President seeks bespeak grandeur of vision equal to the one which created the free world at the end of World War II. Iraqis living in freedom with dignity will set an example in this troubled region which so often spawns terrorists. A stable, peaceful, economically productive Iraq will serve American interests by making America safer. There are some things I would like to point out about this supplemental request: • We have a definite plan with milestones and dates.
Page 14 - No one part of the supplemental is dispensable and no part is more important than the others. • This is urgent. The urgency of military operations is self-evident. The funds for non-military action in Iraq are equally urgent. Most Iraqis welcomed us as liberators. Now the reality of foreign troops on the streets is starting to chafe. Some Iraqis are beginning to regard us as occupiers and not as liberators. Some of this is inevitable, but faster progress on reconstruction will help. The link to...
Page 30 - New intelligence assessments are warning that the United States' most formidable foe in Iraq in the months ahead may be the resentment of ordinary Iraqis increasingly hostile to the American military occupation, Defense Department officials said today.
Page 3 - And for America, there will be no going back to the era before September the 1 1th, 2001 — to false comfort in a dangerous world. We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness. And the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy where he lives and plans. We are righting...
Page 45 - Our strategy has four principal objectives or 'core foundations': • Security - establishing a secure and safe environment • Essential services - restoring basic services to an acceptable standard • Economy - creating the conditions for economic growth • Governance enabling the transition to transparent and inclusive democratic governance These objectives are intertwined: none can be pursued in isolation. Political and economic progress depends in pan on security, but should itself help to...