central, important and indispensable.
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Our objective is not to create dependency but to encourage Iraqi independence, by giving Iraqis increasing responsibility, over time, for the security and governance of their country, ... Because long-term stability comes not from the presence of foreign forces but from the development of functioning local institutions. The sooner Iraqis can take responsibility for their own affairs the sooner U.S. forces can come home.Donald Rumsfeld
I have not seen the tape. I do not know if that is on the tape.. whether or not he was dead or alive when whatever took place did take place, ... It seems to me that one ought to be willing to allow some time to pass over something like this so that the people who are looking at these things can come to some conclusions.
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Many millions of people will believe them, despite the fact that they are so patently false.
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But we don't go out and say something inaccurate about it. You lose so much more if, in fact, people cannot believe what you're saying.
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The stronger the interim government gets, the more effective the security situation in the country gets, the less likely that there will be substantial operations like this. But that's some distance off,
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The president, the secretary of defense and the combatant commanders are never more than a minute or two away from a secure phone. ...Very, very senior people are able to address a matter in real time and ask the right questions and make the right judgments,
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