VOL. XL

No. 13

31-March-1997

IRAQ

Albright On Iraq: Saddam And After

The following is the text of a major policy speech on Iraqdelivered by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on 26 March at Georgetown Universityin the course of a conference entitled "Iraq: Challenges for the Second ClintonAdministration."

My fundamental purpose is to reaffirm United States policytowards Iraq. That policy is part of a broad commitment to protect the security andterritory of our friends and allies in the...