HOWARD DEAN: Over a period of a few years, until the Iraqis really are able to have a democracy which is strong enough not to allow Al Qaeda to emerge and has a constitution that's widely enough respected so they will not have a fundamentalist Shiite regime. [ABC on Dec. 9, 2003, during presidential candidates debate.]
HOWARD DEAN: I do not agree with Dennis that we ought to just pull our troops out. I don't actually think that's what he is saying, he wants the U.N. to go in. I do, too, but it's going to be a gradual process, and it is not responsible to simply withdraw our troops from Iraq because the President has created a national security danger in Iraq when none existed before. [Des Moines Register presidential candidates debate, Jan. 4, 2004.]
HOWARD DEAN: You don't have a timetable in something like this. You leave when you can. I'm with Dennis -- I don't believe we can pull out in 90 days. I believe we should pull out as soon as we can, but I can't give you -- it's not responsible to give you a deadline because there's work to be done, and until the work is done we can't leave. [NPR debate Jan. 6, 2004.]
HOWARD DEAN: A hundred and thirty thousand troops in Iraq, with no end in sight and a price tag that goes up daily and the best my opponents can do is ask questions today that they should have asked before they supported the war. I opposed the war from the start because I want a foreign policy consistent with American values and I want to reclaim our rights and our liberties that were taken away in the name of patriotism. I'm Howard Dean and I approved this message because only you have the power to restore the dignity and respect that our country deserves. [Dean Campaign television ad.]
HOWARD DEAN: Only Dennis had the courage to vote against the war. [Nov. 24, 2003, presidential candidates debate.]
HOWARD DEAN: I am the only one who opposed the war from the start and opposed spending another $87 billion there. I have offered up a blueprint to succeed where Bush and the Administration's Democratic supporters have failed. [Dean campaign brochure.]
HOWARD DEAN: I am the only major candidate for President who opposed the war from the start. [Dean campaign brochure.]
Dean was asked "Do you believe in spending $87 billion to keep our troops in Iraq? Because I don't. Do you?"
HOWARD DEAN: Yes. [Oct. 10, 2003, presidential candidates debate on CNN.]
HOWARD DEAN: Well, as you know, I have a reputation for saying exactly what I think. And while the words may not be precise, the meaning is not hard to figure out. [Des Moines Register presidential candidates debate, Jan. 4, 2004.]
HOWARD DEAN: I think it was a mistake to go into Iraq in the long run. Now that we're there, we're stuck there, and the administration has no plan for how to deal with it, and we cannot leave because losing the peace is not an option. We cannot leave Iraq. [Aug. 12, 2003, on " Buchanan & Press" on MSNBC]
HOWARD DEAN: I disagree with Dennis, because the reason is, yes 18 year old young women should be able to register, and the reason for that is that if you have different standards, that begins the path towards discrimination.
HOWARD DEAN: I'm not in Congress. [Spoken to a reporter on Sep. 8, 2003, when asked whether he would spend $87 billion more on Iraq. Cited by Tom Curry of MSNBC in Dec. 18, 2003, column.]
HOWARD DEAN: I doubt that very much. I'm running for president. I'll tell you what I'm going to do, but I'm not going to tell you how I face an issue that is not of my making. [Quoted by Tom Curry of MSNBC in Dec. 18, 2003, column.]
HOWARD DEAN: I want a foreign policy that is consistent with American values. I find it hard to believe that I'm the only major candidate running, who's in reasonably good shape in the polls, who voted "No" on the Iraq Resolution. [Speech to Take Back America Conference, June 5, 2003.]
HOWARD DEAN: I agree with President Bush -- he has said that Saddam Hussein is evil. And he is. He is a vicious dictator and a documented deceiver. He has invaded his neighbors, used chemical arms, and failed to account for all the chemical and biological weapons he had before the Gulf War. He has murdered dissidents, and refused to comply with his obligations under U.N. Security Council Resolutions. And he has tried to build a nuclear bomb. Anyone who believes in the importance of limiting the spread of weapons of mass killing, the value of democracy, and the centrality of human rights must agree that Saddam Hussein is a menace. [February 17, 2003, statement on Dean campaign website.]
HOWARD DEAN: I do not agree with Dennis that we ought to just pull our troops out. I don't actually think that's what he is saying, he wants the U.N. to go in. I do, too, but it's going to be a gradual process, and it is not responsible to simply withdraw our troops from Iraq because the President has created a national security danger in Iraq when none existed before. [Des Moines Register presidential candidates debate, Jan. 4, 2004.]
HOWARD DEAN: You don't have a timetable in something like this. You leave when you can. I'm with Dennis -- I don't believe we can pull out in 90 days. I believe we should pull out as soon as we can, but I can't give you -- it's not responsible to give you a deadline because there's work to be done, and until the work is done we can't leave. [NPR debate Jan. 6, 2004.]
HOWARD DEAN: A hundred and thirty thousand troops in Iraq, with no end in sight and a price tag that goes up daily and the best my opponents can do is ask questions today that they should have asked before they supported the war. I opposed the war from the start because I want a foreign policy consistent with American values and I want to reclaim our rights and our liberties that were taken away in the name of patriotism. I'm Howard Dean and I approved this message because only you have the power to restore the dignity and respect that our country deserves. [Dean Campaign television ad.]
HOWARD DEAN: Only Dennis had the courage to vote against the war. [Nov. 24, 2003, presidential candidates debate.]
HOWARD DEAN: I am the only one who opposed the war from the start and opposed spending another $87 billion there. I have offered up a blueprint to succeed where Bush and the Administration's Democratic supporters have failed. [Dean campaign brochure.]
HOWARD DEAN: I am the only major candidate for President who opposed the war from the start. [Dean campaign brochure.]
Dean was asked "Do you believe in spending $87 billion to keep our troops in Iraq? Because I don't. Do you?"
HOWARD DEAN: Yes. [Oct. 10, 2003, presidential candidates debate on CNN.]
HOWARD DEAN: Well, as you know, I have a reputation for saying exactly what I think. And while the words may not be precise, the meaning is not hard to figure out. [Des Moines Register presidential candidates debate, Jan. 4, 2004.]
HOWARD DEAN: I think it was a mistake to go into Iraq in the long run. Now that we're there, we're stuck there, and the administration has no plan for how to deal with it, and we cannot leave because losing the peace is not an option. We cannot leave Iraq. [Aug. 12, 2003, on " Buchanan & Press" on MSNBC]
HOWARD DEAN: I disagree with Dennis, because the reason is, yes 18 year old young women should be able to register, and the reason for that is that if you have different standards, that begins the path towards discrimination.
HOWARD DEAN: I'm not in Congress. [Spoken to a reporter on Sep. 8, 2003, when asked whether he would spend $87 billion more on Iraq. Cited by Tom Curry of MSNBC in Dec. 18, 2003, column.]
HOWARD DEAN: I doubt that very much. I'm running for president. I'll tell you what I'm going to do, but I'm not going to tell you how I face an issue that is not of my making. [Quoted by Tom Curry of MSNBC in Dec. 18, 2003, column.]
HOWARD DEAN: I want a foreign policy that is consistent with American values. I find it hard to believe that I'm the only major candidate running, who's in reasonably good shape in the polls, who voted "No" on the Iraq Resolution. [Speech to Take Back America Conference, June 5, 2003.]
HOWARD DEAN: I agree with President Bush -- he has said that Saddam Hussein is evil. And he is. He is a vicious dictator and a documented deceiver. He has invaded his neighbors, used chemical arms, and failed to account for all the chemical and biological weapons he had before the Gulf War. He has murdered dissidents, and refused to comply with his obligations under U.N. Security Council Resolutions. And he has tried to build a nuclear bomb. Anyone who believes in the importance of limiting the spread of weapons of mass killing, the value of democracy, and the centrality of human rights must agree that Saddam Hussein is a menace. [February 17, 2003, statement on Dean campaign website.]
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