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Bush's "course" was a unified Iraq
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September 12, 2002. The United States supports political and economic liberty in a unified Iraq.
October 7, 2002. If military action is necessary, the United States and our allies will help the Iraqi people rebuild their economy and create the institutions of liberty in a unified Iraq.
March 16, 2003. We envisage a unified Iraq with its territorial integrity respected. All the Iraqi people--its rich mix of Sunni and Shiite Arabs, Kurds, Turkomen, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and all others--should enjoy freedom, prosperity, and equality in a united country.
March 16, 2003. We're committed to the goal of a unified Iraq.
Dec. 19, 2005. I appreciate that. We look at all contingencies, but my optimism about a unified Iraq moving forward was confirmed when over 10 million people went to the polls.
May 1, 2006. We've got partners in this effort who are dedicated to a unified Iraq and dedicated to putting a Government together that is one that will represent all the Iraqi people.
January 10, 2006. Our work in Iraq in 2006 will be focused on three critical areas. [1] ... help them build democratic institutions, a unified government, [2] strengthen the Iraqi security forces, with an emphasis on ... Iraqi police, [3] help Iraq's new Government ... build a modern economy.
February 17, 2006. And now the task at hand is to work with those who won votes in the
new Parliament to set up a unity Government... one that unites under the fabric of democracy. And that's what we're doing. I talked to the Ambassador, Zal Khalilzad, there yesterday. He's spent a lot of time working with making our position known that we wants the Government to be a unified government.
Feb. 24, 2006. The Ambassador reports many religious leaders are committed to a unified Iraq.
Feb. 27, 2006. The leaders of Iraq rejected this notion that a suicider and a thug and a terrorist can create civil war. They're interested in a unified government that will allow the people to express their will
March 9, 2006. A government should be a unified government.
Mar. 21, 2006. And a better strategy was to be spending reconstruction money at the local level, so that local leaders committed to a peaceful and unified Iraq would benefit.
May 4, 2006. Now what's happened is, is there's a unified government formed.
Obviously, it took a little longer than we wanted, but nevertheless they are together. There is a tough Shi'a as the Prime Minister-designate. There's a Sunni rejectionist who is now reconciled with the country. And what you'll see is a democracy that will grow to be an example for others and a country that will deny safe haven to the terrorists.
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