Friday, October 27, 2006
"I affirm that this government represents the will of the people and no one has the right to impose a timetable on it. ... I am positive that this is not the official policy of the American government but rather a result of the ongoing election campaign."
Nouri al-Maliki
Iraq prime minister, after U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Iraqi leaders had agreed to set deadlines by the year's end for achieving specific political and security goals
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"I know many Americans are not satisfied with the situation in Iraq. I'm not satisfied either."
President Bush
During a lengthy news conference Wednesday in the White House.