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Article: Remarks announcing bipartisan agreement on a joint resolution to authorize the use of United States armed forces against Iraq.(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- October 7, 2002
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October 2,2002
The President. Thank you all for coming. Today I'm joined by leaders of the House and the Senate from both political parties to show our unity of purpose in confronting a gathering threat to the security of America and to the future of peace.
I want to thank in particular Speaker Hastert and Leader Gephardt, Leader Lott, for the tremendous work in building bipartisan support on this vital issue. I also want to thank Senators Warner, Lieberman, McCain, and Bayh for introducing this resolution, which we've agreed to on the floor of the Senate this morning.
The text of our bipartisan resolution is clear, and it is strong. The ...