09/22/2003
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"I am absolutely committed to fighting terror wherever terror exists."
"Many, including me, have been on bended knee."
"Al-Qaida is not a state party to the Geneva Convention; it is a foreign terrorist group."
"Many detainees at Guantanamo pose a severe security risk to those responsible for guarding them and to each other."