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I take note of Crown Prince Abdullah's statement in Beirut today which I think was quite helpful to our efforts, and the United States will remain engaged, ... We will not let terrorists or terrorism take us away from our desire to see peace in this region and for these two people eventually to live side-by-side in peace.Colin Powell
Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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I second what the secretary general said. Let's see this as an opportunity to resolve these two long-running crises.
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The time for Iraq to respond was years ago, ... They now have an opportunity to respond now with this new resolution. But what we cannot allow to have happen is to get into this haggling and listening to the duplicitous comments that are constantly coming out of Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.
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All of us believe that the Mitchell committee report is the essential plan, the essential document that must be used to try to bring a resolution to the crisis. It gives us a clear roadmap ahead,
Colin Powell
No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
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