09/25/2008
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"I find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq ..."
"The United States is now better prepared to respond to an outbreak of pandemic influenza."
"We have invested more than $1 billion in the development of new vaccine technologies."
"I thank Jim for his friendship and his leadership during this historic time."