President Bush addressed a reunion of Coalition Provisional Authority members via videoconference on June 28, 2005. ” ‘Our mission in Iraq is clear,’ he said. ‘We’re hunting down the terrorists. We’re helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally in the war on terror. We’re advancing freedom in the broader Middle East. We are removing a source of violence and instability, and laying the foundation of peace for our children and our grandchildren.’ ”
– Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Imperial Life in the Emerald City, Page 298