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You, industry, are definitely a vital part of that effort. We appreciate your interest in this. We need you. Youssef Sleiman, Iraq Initiatives, Harris Corporation: Now lots of you are small businesses and struggling: "How do we get a piece of this big action? All of you, the big guys, are gonna get it. And the rest of us will have subcontracting capability or none at all." USTDA is for you. Once that oil starts flowing, and money coming, there's gonna be lots of money. It's the second-largest reserve of oil in the world. There's no question about how much money's there. Dr. Sam Kubba, American Iraqi Chamber of Commerce: I've been getting complaints from Iraqi firms, and from American firms ... about the lack of transparency, the corruption. I think the profits American companies are making -- the major, the main companies -- are so overwhelming. I mean, like when you have a line item for a million dollars, and you subcontract it out for 50 or 60 or $70,000 that's a huge profit. And it's the American taxpayer that's gonna pay for that. Youssef Sleiman, Iraq Initiatives, Harris Corporation: And it's gonna get better. Start building relationships. Because it's gonna get much better ...
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