10/17/2000
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"We want to make sure that we have—that on the laws already on the books, the money already appropriated, the things that the Federal Government can just go ahead and pay for directly."
"Time and again, he has lashed out recklessly against his neighbors and against his own people."
"We acted in southern Iraq, where our interests are the most vital and where we had the capacity to increase the international community's ability to deter aggression by Saddam against his neighbors."
"The Strategic Petroleum Reserve remains our best insurance policy against oil supply disruptions."