zarqawiisdead,butthedifficulta
ndnecearymiioniniraqcontinues.intheweeksahead,violenceiniraqmayescalate.theterroristsandiurgentswillseektoprovethattheycancarryonwithoutzarqawi.andcoalitionandiraqiforcesareseizingthismomenttostriketheenemiesoffreedominiraqatthistimeofuncertaintyfortheircause.theworkaheadwillrequiremoresacrificeandthecontinuedpatienceoftheamericanpeople.
i''mencouragedbyprimeministermaliki''sdeterminationtodefeatourcommonenemiesandbringsecurityandruleoflawtoalliraqis.thisweekhetookanothermajorsteptowardthisobjectivewhenhecompletedtheformationofhiscabinet--naminganewministerofdefee,anewministeroftheinterior,andanewministerofstatefornationalsecurity.thesenewleaderswillhelpthegovernmentaddreitstoppriorities:reconciliation,recotruction,andputtinganendtothekidnaings,beheadings,andsuicidebombings.
astheypursuethesegoals,theywillhaveamerica''sfullsuort.onmonday,iwillconvenemynationalsecurityteamandotherkeymembersofmycabinetatcampdavidtodiscuthewayaheadiniraq.ontuesday,iraq''snewambaadortotheunitedstateswilljoinus,andwewillhaveateleconferencediscuionwithprimeministermalikiandmembersofhiscabinet.togetherwewilldeterminehowtobestdeployamerica''sresourcesiniraqandachieveoursharedgoalofaniraqthatcangovernitself,sustainitself,anddefenditself.
there''sstilldifficultworkaheadiniraq.yetthisweek,theideologyofterrorhassufferedasevereblow.alqaidahaslostitsleaderiniraq,theiraqipeoplehavecompletedademocraticgovernmentthatisdeterminedtodefendthem,andfreedomhasachievedagreatvictoryintheheartofthemiddleeast.
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