"There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it."

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"There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it."

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"I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life."

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