12/15/2004
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"We will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us or our friends or our allies with weapons of mass destruction."
"I appreciate the fact that we're working closely to battle terror around the world."
"We will defend freedom and the universal values that are so important to our Nation."
"Defending—the price for defending freedom will be high, but it's necessary to defend freedom."