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I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them.

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part of his country. We are able to keep arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt.
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Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had.
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