02/22/2005
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"S. 2452 would create an inflexible and inefficient bureaucracy that could hinder rather than improve our ability to protect the Nation."
"I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed requests for FY 2003 budget amendments."
"We owe it to those who wear the uniform to get the defense bill done early."
"The President's position is, of course, Saddam Hussein needs to live up to the commitments he made at the end of the Gulf War."