S. 2452 would create an inflexible and inefficient bureaucracy that could hinder rather than improve our ability to protect the Nation.
I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed requests for FY 2003 budget amendments.
We owe it to those who wear the uniform to get the defense bill done early.
Our workers are the most productive, the hardest working, the best craftsmen in the world.
We're a great nation because we've got great people.
There's no cave deep enough and dark enough to hide from the long arm of justice of the United States.
We cherish our freedoms.
People say, 'Well, what can I do to help?' You can love your neighbor just like you'd like to be loved yourself.
Our most important priority is to protect America.
Each life matters. Everybody counts. Everybody has got purpose.
I hereby proclaim Friday, September 6, through Sunday, September 8, 2002, as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance.