09/09/2002
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"To achieve this goal, I sent Congress a budget plan this February that would keep taxes low, restrain Federal spending, and put us in surplus by 2012."
"The best bet is to work with this leadership and help them accomplish what we think they need to do."
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."
"There is no open-ended commitment here."