That is why were are here and there were plenty of plusses.

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"All along we thought that's why they were here, " Kagame said, referring to the U.N. troops sent to monitor a peace agreement between the minority Tutsis and ruling Hutus.

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That's not why we were elected, that's not why I'm here, that's not who I am, that's not what I'm going to do.

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That's not why we were sent here.

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They have also played at times like a team that can't be beaten, which is why many here felt like they were about to witness a coronation.

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And the fact that while I got a number of questions, understandably, during briefings in recent days and weeks about why we were optimistic that we could reach a bipartisan compromise, because it looked so unlikely, the fact is here we stand today -- less than 24 hours after that compromise was reached -- anticipating votes in both houses of Congress that will achieve something rather significant.

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