The President's News Conference
08/08/2007
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I assured His Highness that I fully understand that the United States has an obligation to work to promote the peace.
I'm pleased to announce that I intend to nominate Mary Peters to be the next Secretary of Transportation.
We will not rest; we will not retreat; and we will not withdraw from the fight until this threat to civilization has been removed.
We're engaged in a global war against an enemy that threatens all civilized nations.