NEW YORK -- The United States intends to maintain a tight grip in Baghdad to ``fill the vacuum of authority'' while helping Iraq to create its own version of democracy, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday.
``We are committed to helping the Iraqi people get on the path to a free society,'' Rumsfeld said in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations. ``The Iraqi people have this historic opportunity to build a free society, and the world as well as the United States has a stake in their success.''
To that end, he said, the United Nations, other countries, international institutions and non-government organizations were welcome to participate in …
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