| October 5, 2004 | -
L. Paul Bremer, President Bush's former proconsul in Iraq, told an audience of insurance agents that "we never had enough troops on the ground" and that "the single most important change — the one thing that would have improved the situation — would have been having more troops in Iraq at the beginning and throughout." Bremer said that he had argued for more troops but that his requests were denied. The Bush Administration first denied that Bremer asked for more troops and then admitted that, yes, in fact, he did.
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Washington Post
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| July 4, 2004 | - Outgoing proconsul L. Paul Bremer warned that Iraq's path to democracy would be messy, and noted, "It wasn't very pretty around here either between 1776 and 1787."
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Salon
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| May 8, 2004 | -
Osama bin Laden offered a reward of 10,000 grams of gold for the head of L. Paul Bremer.
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Associated Press
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| January 17, 2004 | -
L. Paul Bremer, the American proconsul of Iraq, said he was willing to compromise with the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (who has declared that only direct elections will legitimize a new government) but said any changes would be very limited, and that direct elections would not be considered.
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New York Times
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| December 28, 2003 | - Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed in a Christmas message to the British military that the Iraq Survey Group had found "massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories"; L. Paul Bremer, the American proconsul, dismissed Blair's claim as a "red herring."
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Guardian
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| December 6, 2003 | -
L. Paul Bremer, the American proconsul of Iraq, warned that attacks against occupying forces will probably increase.
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Associated Press
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| November 26, 2003 | -
L. Paul Bremer, the American proconsul, declared that the situation in Iraq is getting better all the time.
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New York Times
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| August 30, 2003 | -
L.
Paul Bremer, the American overseer of Iraq, was on vacation and no one knew when he would be back.
"I think someone is writing up a statement, somebody, I'm not sure," said Mahmoud Othman of the Iraqi governing council.
"We don't have a satellite, you know, that's one of the problems.
The Americans should give us a satellite."
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New York Times
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| August 10, 2003 | -
L. Paul Bremer, the American overseer of Iraq, said he thought the bombing was carried out by "outside" forces because he wasn't sure the "ex-regime people" who have been shooting U.S. soldiers had the know-how to make a car bomb.
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New York Times
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| June 30, 2003 | -
L. Paul Bremer, the overseer of Iraq, warned Iraqi malcontents that resistance was futile.
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New York Times
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