EMBARGOED TEXT: Bush’s Prime Time Speech on Iraq
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY December 18, 2005
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATION
As Prepared for Delivery
Good evening. Three days ago, in large numbers, Iraqis went to the polls to choose their own leaders – a landmark day in the history of liberty. In coming weeks, the ballots will be counted … a new government formed … and a people who suffered in tyranny for so long will become full members of the free world.
This election will not mean the end of violence. But it is the beginning of something new: constitutional democracy at the heart of the Middle East. And this vote – 6,000 miles away, in a vital region of the world – means that America has >>>>snip
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