John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I will start again. Just as I am happy to tell the Australian people what I believe the consequences of a premature withdrawal would be by the United States and by the coalition, I am more than happy to repeat to the Australian people what the goals and the strategy of the Australian government are in relation to Iraq. These have been goals and strategies that have been outlined by me, the foreign minister and the defence minister over a lengthy period of time, and they are that by our continued presence, by the contribution we make to the training of the Iraqi security forces, by the confidence we give to the people of the Iraq by our continued support, we are creating the circumstances where the people of Iraq—

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