Bush Talks Oil

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Bush Talks Oil
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2007-05-31 20:31. Media

Bush Holds a Joint News Conference With Iraqi President Jalal Talabani
CQ Transcripts Wire
SPEAKERS: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
IRAQI PRESIDENT JALAL TALABANI

BUSH: It is my honor to welcome the president of a free Iraq back to the Oval Office.

President Talabani, thank you for coming. I admire your courage. I admire your dedication to a united Iraq. I admire the leadership you have shown, and I welcome you.

We had a good conversation today about a variety of subjects. I told the president that I'm fully committed to helping the Iraq government achieve important objectives. We call them benchmarks, political law necessary to show the Iraqi citizens that there is a unified government willing to work on the interests of all people.

The president fully understands the need for the Iraqi government to meet certain benchmarks, and he is dedicated to achieving those benchmarks. We're working very hard, for example, on getting an oil law with an oil revenue sharing code that will help unite the country, working very hard on a de-Baathification law and on reform, as well as provincial elections.

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....either your signature or your brains will be on the Iraq Freedom of Oil Contract! Thank you"

Bush making an offer he can't refuse.