08/23/2001
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"Knowing what I know today, I would have taken the same action."
"I think you should look at in the context of it's not going to be one big event, where all of a sudden they redeploy."
"America and the world are better off."
"Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to look them in the eye and say on behalf of our country, 'Thank you for your service.'"