05/10/2001
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"The cooperation between the United States and the Philippines is strong."
"Democracy always has skeptics."
"I applaud the House and Senate for passing my supplemental funding request to support our mission and our troops deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere."
"Loans are the wrong approach—they would slow the reconstruction of Iraq, delay the democratic process, and send the wrong message to both the region and the world."