09/06/2004
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"The executive branch shall construe as advisory the provisions of the bill that purport to... limit the President's authority as Commander in Chief."
"Today I have signed into law H.J. Res. 2, the 'Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.'"
"I am providing a report prepared by my Administration that provides 'the aggregate number, locations, activities, and lengths of assignment for all temporary and permanent U.S. military personnel and ..."
"You represent our Nation's most important Alliance, NATO."