00:00Well, thank you very much.
00:01We've had already a good meeting.
00:03We're going to decide to do a little lunch.
00:05It wasn't scheduled, but we are going to do it on the fly
00:08because we have a tremendous chemistry together.
00:13The Prime Minister of Iraq has been amazing.
00:17He won an election that a lot of people didn't anticipate.
00:20Could be won by anybody else other than another person
00:23who was not, in my opinion, a good person.
00:26Not good for America.
00:28I don't think good for Iraq.
00:30And I played a role in, I mean, it was very important to me
00:34to have somebody get in there that can do the job and do it well.
00:38And we have a fantastic champion, a new champion.
00:41And he won the election very soundly, very conclusively.
00:46And he wasn't favored.
00:48But by the time they got to know him, he ended up winning.
00:51And he's going to be there for a long time.
00:53So I just want to say it's a great honor to have the Prime Minister
00:58of Iraq with us.
01:00He's been a great fighter and he's been a great fan of America.
01:05We'll be discussing that a little bit with you.
01:08But they have tremendous oil reserves.
01:11They have tremendous potential wealth.
01:14And they have tremendous wealth, not only potential.
01:17But he's done a fair in a short period of time.
01:19He's changed that country so much, especially toward their thinking
01:23about the United States.
01:25And we have partnerships.
01:27Chris was just saying we have tremendous oil partnerships
01:31all of a sudden being formed over the last short period of time.
01:34And I guess you're going to be announcing them this week or next week.
01:37But massive, among the largest.
01:41So they have done a fantastic job over the last short period,
01:46a very short period of time.
01:47But they have a great leader, the new Prime Minister.
01:49He's a great leader.
01:50I think he's going to be there for a long period of time.
01:54And it's great to have you at the White House.
01:56Thank you very much.
01:57The President, thank you very much.
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