00:00Well, thank you very much. We've had already a good meeting.
00:03We're going to decide to do a little lunch. It wasn't scheduled, but we are going to do it on
00:07the fly
00:07because we have a tremendous chemistry together.
00:12The prime minister of Iraq has been amazing.
00:16He won an election that a lot of people didn't anticipate.
00:19Could be won by anybody else other than another person who was not, in my opinion, a good person.
00:25Not good for America. I don't think good for Iraq.
00:30And I played a role. And I mean, it was very important to me to have somebody get in there
00:36that can do the job and do it well.
00:37And we have a fantastic champion, a new champion.
00:40And he won the election very soundly, very conclusively.
00:46And he wasn't favored. But by the time they got to know him, he ended up winning.
00:50And 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 of Iraq with us.
00:59He's been a great fighter. He's been a great fan of America.
01:05We'll be discussing that a little bit with you.
01:07But they have tremendous oil reserves. They have tremendous potential wealth.
01:13And they have tremendous wealth, not only potential.
01:16But he's done a fan. In a short period of time, he's changed that country so much, especially toward their
01:22thinking about the United States.
01:25And we have partnerships. Chris was just saying we have tremendous oil partnerships all of a sudden being formed over
01:32the last short period of time.
01:34And I guess you're going to be announcing them this week or next week.
01:36But massive, among the largest.
01:41So they have done a fantastic job over the last short period, a very short period of time.
01:47But they have a great leader, the new prime minister. He's a great leader.
01:50I think he's going to be there for a long period of time.
01:53And it's great to have you at the White House. Thank you very much.
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