06/01/2003
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"And so I want to welcome you here to the White House."
"The lack of freedom in that region created conditions where anger and resentment grew, radicalism thrived, and terrorists found willing recruits."
"The only way to secure our Nation is to change the course of the Middle East by fighting the ideology of terror and spreading the hope of freedom."
"They will fail because courageous leaders in the region have stepped forward to defend freedom and set the Middle East on a better course."