01/11/2008
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"I have directed the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish an emergency leave transfer program to assist employees affected by Hurricane Katrina."
"The spirit of liberty keeps you strong, and it is the history that gives us confidence to know that in the vital work of spreading liberty, America and those of us who love freedom will prevail."
"Katrina remains a dangerous storm."
"I understand freedom is not America's gift to the world; freedom is an Almighty God's gift to each man and woman in this world."