http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56952-2003May14.html

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Rumsfeld assured the senator that "the president has said publicly that the United States and coalition forces will put [in Iraq] whatever number of forces are needed for as long as they are needed." But he called for patience, saying of Iraq: "We can't make it like the United States in five minutes, and we know that."

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As I may have mentioned, a friend of mine is going to Iraq in about 6 months to install American cell phone towers for Bechtel. Be patient Iraq, you'll be like us someday soon.