03/12/2002
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"I learned another lesson, and that is, in order to protect the country, we must deny the enemy safe haven."
"Terrorists are being denied safe haven and instead have seen the governments they targeted become some of our most valuable allies in the War on Terror."
"If we were to leave before the job is done, and the job is this: to help this young democracy govern itself, sustain itself, and defend itself; to help this young democracy that has formed because 12 ..."
"We learned on September 11th that there were -- that it was too easy for terrorists to get into our country and to commit acts of terror against innocent American citizens."