Remarks to the Community in South Bend, Indiana
09/04/2002
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You make us all proud to be Americans, and you have made me proud to be your Commander in Chief.
I hereby delegate to you the functions and authority conferred upon the President by section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act ...
There is no safety for any nation in a world that lives at the mercy of gangsters and mass murderers.
The terrorists understand that Iraq is the central front in the war on terror.