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In Iraq, McCain Vows to Fight for All Resources Needed for U.S. Troops to Finish the Job
By Jamie Tarabay Associated Press Writer
Published: Aug 20, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sen. John McCain said Wednesday the United States should spend "whatever it takes" to complete its mission in Iraq after a bomb ripped through U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 20 people including the top U.N. envoy.
McCain, R-Ariz., is leading a seven-member delegation of U.S. lawmakers to Iraq for meetings with soldiers, military officers and civilian administrators. The group - on the second day of a three-day visit - had just toured a mass grave site near Hilla, 34 miles south of Baghdad.

"After an event like this (the U.N. bombing) we have to evaluate whether we have enough people, whether we have the right kind of people and whether we are spending enough money, and I think it's appropriate to make that evaluation," McCain told reporters at Baghdad International Airport. (snip)

(snip) "It's going to be interesting when we sit down and see how much money is being spent," said McCain, who supported the U.S.-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein.

L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civil administrator in Iraq, has said he hoped that most of the money for Iraq's reconstruction would come from its oil exports. But the lucrative oil pipeline has been the routine target of saboteur, and oil exports are not flowing as they should. (snip/...)

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