04/04/2004
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"It's my honor to be joining Jacques Chirac for dinner."
"The people of Lebanon deserve this opportunity, and we stand with them in their aspirations for freedom, sovereignty, and security."
"The path isn't always easy, as any free people can testify, yet there's reason for confidence."
"This is my first dinner, since I've been reelected, on European soil, and it's with Jacques Chirac, and that ought to say something."