The candidate in his speech again focused on jobs, but also on Iraq, promising to end the war.

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But there is also deep disagreement on the Iraq war.

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And you always have to look at Kurdish politics against the context of the competition between Massoud Barzani, the leader -the president of Iraqi Kurdistan and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and Jalal Talabani, who on one hand is now the president of Iraq, but on the other hand is also the leader of his - of Barzani's chief competitor, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

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But problems in Iraq also persuaded Mr Bush to lay more stress on multilateral institutions during the summer of 2004.

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We also talked about a number of regional issues, including Iraq and Iran, but uppermost on our minds right now is the issue of Syria.

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"The U.S. government has the right to choose what contractors it chooses, but Iraq should also have the right to allow or ban certain contractors from operating on its territory, " he said.

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said U.N. weapons inspectors could resume their work, but it also linked cooperation with "a further chance to achieve justice by lifting sanctions" imposed on Iraq after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

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Because we ended the war in Iraq, we were able to refocus our attention on not only the terrorist threat, but also beginning a transition process in Afghanistan.

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Dodd's presidential campaign expects the war in Iraq to be a focal point for the Connecticut Democrat, not only on the campaign trail but also in the Senate, a Dodd policy aide told CNN.

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