January 24, 2007: Excerpts from Senate Iraq meeting (AP)

  • “We are past the point where we can simply take it on good faith from the president that this will work. And we are past the point where we can simply take it on good faith that the Maliki government is prepared to take the steps it needs to take in order to succeed. … This is not a situation in which we have been impatient. The American people have shown enormous resolve.” — Sen. Barack Obama , D-Ill., who voted for the resolution. Copyright © 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

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