10/17/2002
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"I'm optimistic about our economy and its future."
"Heroes are not found on basketball courts or in rock bands."
"I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, the Protocol of 1997 to Amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973."
"Long before tragedy came, you knew this person you loved was brave and good, and your country knows it, too."