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Regarding Iraq, he would challenge that country's government to re-legitimize the U.S. presence by voting to ask U.S. forces to remain. If the government does not, the U.S. would leave. If it does, it should then encourage voluntary ethnic rearrangements by establishing federalism -- strong governments in all 18 provinces -- where Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds can cluster under governments of their kind. Then it should divide oil revenues, one-third to the national government, one-third to the provincial governments and one-third to Iraqi individuals, much as Alaska does with its oil trust fund.