05/01/2003
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"The threat is real and extremely dangerous."
"All civilized nations reject as intolerable the use of disease and biological weapons as instruments of war and terror."
"Unless [the President] can give his advisers some assurance of confidentiality, a President could not expect to receive the full and frank submissions of facts and opinions upon which effective discha..."
"We have fought the causes and consequences of disease throughout history and must continue to do so with every available means."