"I will seek congressional support for U.S. action to do whatever is necessary to deal with the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's regime . . . My Administration remains committed to the regime change policy enshrined in the [1998] Iraq Liberation Act. The world must address how the Iraqi people can be liberated from the bondage in which the regime holds them . . . the civilized world must come together to deal with the threat posed by the Iraqi regime."

Sincerely, George W. Bush