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...Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian chief in Iraq, spoke with TIME's Vivienne Walt in his office in the former Republican Palace...
...BREMER: The spaces aren't filled in. We will hand over to a sovereign Iraq government on June 30. The shape and structure of that government isn't yet defined. When we get finished with the transitional administrative law, we will turn to a broad dialogue with Iraqi politicians, provincial governors, local councils, ministers--a variety of people--to try to figure out the best and most effective way to bring in the government. We don't know what that...
...BREMER: Polling is an imprecise art in this country, but you can get trends, and the trend shows increasing trust in the Governing Council. [And] it's only going to run things for six months...
...BREMER: It may well be that after January you'll see leaders emerge. They had a one-man band in Saddam. That's not what they need anymore...
...BREMER: There was just plain opposition to caucuses. [The Iraqi representatives] agreed to this in November, and they changed their minds. So let's move on. We hope that the U.N. will play a bigger role and re-engage as they offered...