09/10/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Bijan Rafiekian, of California, to be Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2011. (Reappointment)"
"We will not give in to murderers and extremists."
"We've got to fight the terrorists overseas so we don't have to face them here at home again."
"Early ratification will demonstrate our continued commitment to global leadership and to the protection of the marine environment of the Wider Caribbean Region."