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The people of Iraq have suffered greatly.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt. The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.

Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.

This question about Iraq has gotten personal.

I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.

What is the first thing we did when we took control of Iraq? Protect the oil fields. Remember the administration quote about how the oil would pay for the war.

These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either dead or in jail, and we now have Saudi Arabia working with us, Pakistan working with us.

We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.