will of the people in the world. And his coming to power by the vote of the American people is a manifestation of that great power of the American people. Karzai also acknowledged corruption in the Afghan government, but defended the work he's done to combat it. Sure, corruption in the Afghan government is as much there as in any other third world country, he said. Suddenly this country got so much money coming from the West, suddenly so many Afghans came from all over the world to participate. Suddenly there were projects -- suddenly there were this poverty that turned into some sort form of prosperity for this country, he said. He said a government department has been created to deal with corruption and that corrupt judges, administrators and other officials are dismissed daily over corruption charges.