The full transcript can be

The full transcript can be found here.

My favorite bit:

Our enemies in Iraq are good at filling hospitals, but they don't build any.
They can incite men to murder and suicide, but they cannot inspire men
to live in hope and add to the progress of their country. The
terrorists only influence is violence and their only agenda is death.
Our agenda, in contrast, is freedom and independence, security and
prosperity for the Iraqi people.

{Emphasis mine}

Cringe-inducing bit that I'm sure the media will be ALL over:

A new Iraq will also need a humane, well-supervised prison
system. Under the dictator, prisons like Abu Ghraib were symbols of
death and torture. That same prison became a symbol of disgraceful
conduct by a few American troops who dishonored our country and
disregarded our values. America will fund the construction of a modern
maximum security prison. When that prison is completed, detainees at
Abu Ghraib will be relocated. Then with the approval of the Iraqi
government, we will demolish the Abu Ghraib Prison as a fitting symbol
of Iraq's new beginning.

Bush said "Abu Ghraib" three times and used three different
pronounciations. He only got it right on the last time---barely. As the
husband commented: "That's positively Freudian." I agree. Overall, it
was a good speech that outlined the plan quite clearly. It's lacking in
specifics, but those specifics, like the planned handover and the new
Iraqi leadership, have yet to be determined. They're coming down to the
wire, of course, but it would be foolhardy for Bush to line his ducks
up, announce them to the public only to have them change. And with
that, I bid you a'dieu for the evening.

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