President George W. Bush's addresses the nation from the Oval Office announcing that the first attacks against Iraq have begun. Bush says U.S. goals in "Operation Iraqi Freedom" are to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, free it's people and to maintain world peace. Bush calls Iraq a threat to U.S. interests and expresses a desire to establish a free nation for the Iraqi people. Bush declares that U.S. forces will leave Iraq as soon as the work is done.
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