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Congress, President Agree on Iraq Resolution
Wednesday, October 2, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

House Minority Leader Rep. Dick Gephardt said the bipartisan group has crafted a resolution all can agree with. He said everyone's goal "is that Iraq is disarmed." Gephardt said Bush has agreed to a number of changes to the original resolution. These include stressing priority of U.S. diplomatic efforts at the United Nations and limiting the scope of the authorization. The president also agreed to send "presidential determinations" to Congress before U.S armed forces may be used against Iraq.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
President Bush and leaders of the House and Senate gathered at the White House Wednesday to endorse a bipartisan resolution on Iraq.

Bush said the resolution, approved by the House and now before the U.S. Senate, shows American unity. The resolution "is clear, and it is strong," he said.

The president has been working with congressional leaders to craft the resolution. He said the resolution would show to all nations U.S. resolve to confront Saddam Hussein and make Iraq follow U.N. Security Council demands.

"In Baghdad, the regime will know that full compliance with all U.N. security demands is the only choice, and the time remaining for that choice is limited," Bush said.
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