Two days earlier, meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Washington, Mr. Obama praised Iraq as a country "that is self-governing, that is inclusive and that has enormous potential." ❋ Unknown (2011)
Asked if he still agrees with his onetime characterization of the Iraq war as a "dumb war," Mr. Obama responded, "History will judge the original decision to go into Iraq, but what's absolutely clear is that...what we have now achieved is an Iraq that is self-governing, that is inclusive, and that has enormous potential." ❋ Unknown (2011)
The Iraqi leader is expected to accompany Mr. Obama to North Carolina Wednesday, where the president and Mrs. Obama will thank some of the last of US troops returning from Iraq and assure them that, as Obama declared Monday, they delivered an Iraq "that is self-governing, that is inclusive, and that has enormous potential." ❋ Unknown (2011)
What's clear, he added, is that because of the huge sacrifices by American soldiers and civilians and the courage of the Iraqi people, "we have now achieved an Iraq that is self-governing, that is inclusive and that has enormous potential." ❋ Unknown (2011)
Gamely, Obama takes the last part first, giving a sort of "history will be the judge" answer – "I think history will judge the original decision to go into Iraq," is indeed his first stab at it – before saying:What's absolutely clear is, as a consequence of the enormous sacrifices that have been made by American soldiers and civilians – American troops and civilians, as well as the courage of the Iraqi people, that what we have now achieved is an Iraq that is self-governing, that is inclusive and that has enormous potential. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Remember, we are on trial before the tribunal of the nation and of the world, that it may be known . . . whether we are worthy to be a free, self-governing people. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)
More importantly, the Founding Fathers feared that sensual amusements would undermine the discipline necessary for a republic of self-governing individuals. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)
Mr. Pardee said he expected certain guidelines for severe accidents that companies currently adopt voluntarily will become mandatory, either through government regulation or through the industry's own self-governing structures. ❋ Peter Landers (2011)
It was a reference to China's claim to the currently self-governing island of Taiwan, which split from the mainland amid civil war in 1949, and to Tibet, which is already under China's control. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Oh, and he is one of the self-governing orchestra's two chairmen as well. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Both women were intrigued by a self-governing membership organization that offers a one-stop number to call, like a concierge, to ask for the professional services they may need in the future. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Labour would need to adapt radically to a self-governing England within a federal UK, but that might be no bad thing. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Protestants are supposed to worship under the aegis of the official religious body, the Three-Self Patriotic Movement — standing for self-governing, self-teaching and self-supporting. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Whether the Nationalists run Scotland as a self-governing entity inside or outside the U.K., they will have no choice but to trim their bloated state. ❋ Tom Gallagher (2011)
A responsible scheme with no violence, but a self-governing scheme where they're set up without a very clear remit. ❋ Barbara Chai (2011)
But as citizens of a self-governing nation, Americans must choose from time to time between alternative visions for our future. ❋ Paul Ryan (2011)
Researchers followed 656 children born in 1999 and 2000 at the National Hospital in the Faroe Islands a self-governing Danish territory about halfway between Iceland and Scotland from birth through 2008. ❋ Jeremy Singer-Vine (2012)
Founded in 1954 by former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, the ruling PAP has held power since Singapore became self-governing in 1959. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The [poll] showed that [80 percent] of the population of the region supported [self-government]. ❋ Bryce Hall/Sway Boy Wannabe (2020)
