02/24/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I thank you for your courage and your bravery."
"Success in Iraq would be a major blow in this ideological struggle."
"America is safer for it."
"Because of your hard work, because of your bravery and sacrifice, you are denying Al Qaida a safe haven from which to plot and plan and carry out attacks against the United States of America."