08/15/2003
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I was in the U.S. Army, and I wouldn't leave my American brothers because they need me here."
"Hurricane Rita is an incident of national significance."
"I like Ted's description. He calls it 'the highest honor of the best country in the world.'"
"It takes a while to secure the border with Syria because it is a long border that has had smuggling routes in existence for decades."