12/19/2004
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"Both countries are assuming greater responsibility for their own security, which will help our troops return home as quickly as possible with the honor they have earned."
"I believe all people desire to be free."
"You know you have a responsibility to be citizens, not spectators, and that by serving a cause larger than themselves, communities grow stronger."
"The reporting functions of the President under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 are hereby assigned to the Secretary of State."