05/09/2004
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"We urge Congress to eliminate this provision and any other requirement to spend funds to maintain a ship that the Navy believes is no longer essential."
"We are a country built on the rule of law, and our Nation is grateful to the men and women who enforce those laws and uphold the fairness and peace we treasure."
"Mississippi is coming back, and it's going to be better than ever before."
"The government is doing everything that it can, in a lawful way, to protect innocent Americans from probable terrorist attack."