My meetings with [Ahmed Chalabi] were very brief. I mean, I think I met with him at the State of the Union and just kind of working through the rope line, and he might have come with a group of leaders. But I haven't had any extensive conversations with him.
1 June 2004, remarks on Iraqi Interim Government
President Bush Discusses the Iraqi Interim Government[georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov]
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