04/19/2006
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"Disease has long been the deadliest enemy of mankind."
"Unless [the President] can give his advisers some assurance of confidentiality, a President could not expect to receive the full and frank submissions of facts and opinions upon which effective discha..."
"All civilized nations reject as intolerable the use of disease and biological weapons as instruments of war and terror."
"We have fought the causes and consequences of disease throughout history and must continue to do so with every available means."