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Article: Lugar: Democracy in Iraq may take at least five years Bayh says extended military presence will be necessary
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- Oakland Tribune
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- April 21, 2003
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WASHINGTON -- The United States should not expect to create a
functioning democracy in Iraq for at least five years, the chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.
"The institution-building process in Iraq is a huge endeavor,"
said Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. "There's not much to work with at
this point."
Lugar said the Bush administration started to work very late on a
system to replace the rule of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, ousted
with an invasion and war.
The military plan's "tactics and execution have been brilliant,"
Lugar said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Similar preparations should
have been made for what was to come afterward, he said.
"I would think, at ...