Paul Bremer
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"Lewis Paul Bremer III" is an American diplomat. He is most notable for leading the Coalition Provisional Authority/occupational authority of Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq/2003 invasion by the United States. He served in this capacity from May 11, 2003 until June 28, 2004, serving as head of state of the internationally recognized government of Iraq.

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Iraq has become, for better or for worse, the front on the war on terrorism, and so we've got to do this, and I can understand why congressmen and senators would take their responsibility seriously, but I think in the end we'll get the money.

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These people hate the United States, not for what we do, but for who we are and what we are.

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Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one thing and something else gets in trouble.

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We saw this coming, in a general sense; certainly not the actual way it was done.

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The fact of the matter is that we are facing a small group of bitter-enders who are basically trying turn the tide of history.

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I hope they're going to learn, and as a result of our response, that it isn't going to work. They're not going to change our life, they're not going to have us throw out our Constitution, and they're not going to chase us out of the Middle East.

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I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.

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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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You know, the country is basically peaceful.

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