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Article: Bush signs Iraq aid bill, outlines vision for Middle East.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- November 6, 2003
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Byline: David Jackson
WASHINGTON _ Facing political fire over the rising costs of war _ in lives and dollars _ President Bush argued Thursday that forging democracy in Iraq will build freedom throughout the Arab world.
"As long as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish," Bush said, "it will remain a place of stagnation, resentment and violence ready for export." Bush delivered a major speech two hours before signing a new $87.5 billion spending plan for Iraq and Afghanistan, money that critics said symbolizes a failure of planning by the Bush administration.
Those critics, including some Democratic presidential ...