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U.S.: Iraq Will Have Little Power After June 30 Handover

HeadlineApr 23, 2004

Bush administration officials confirmed they still plan to hand sovereignty over to the Iraqis on June 30 but administration officials admitted the post-June 30th Iraqi goverment would have little power to do anything. The still-to-be-formed government would have no power to enact or change laws. And it would have no power over its own police forces or military nor the U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. Undersecretary of State Marc Grossman told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, “The interim government should not have a law-making body. We don’t believe that the period between the first of July and the end of December should be a time for making new laws.”

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