[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11804]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PROGRESS IN THE FREEDOM OF IRAQ

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, in the midst of our national loss, gain. In 
the progress of freedom in Iraq, after months of sacrifice by U.S. and 
coalition forces, yesterday the United Nations Security Council agreed 
unanimously to a resolution outlining a free and democratic future for 
the people of Iraq.
  By a 15 to 0 vote, which included France, Germany and Russia, the 
United Nations agreed to declare a formal end to occupation on June 30 
and set into motion the process of an interim and permanent democracy 
in Iraq.
  Make no mistake about it, Mr. Speaker, international approval of the 
progress of freedom in Iraq is a victory for this President and, I 
would add, a fitting tribute to the President in whose memory we will 
gather later today.

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