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To: Ilaine who wrote (2567)	11/7/2002 4:27:45 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6901

I wasn't aware of the background on him. He was no box of chocolates it appears. C

To: Ilaine who wrote (2567)	11/7/2002 4:28:30 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 6901

CB~ Brought with me the text of President Bush's speech a few minutes ago....and that hot mocca latte looks good while I read it and some other materials.... : Bush News Conference eMediaMillWorks Thursday, November 7, 2002 washingtonpost.com Following is the text of President Bush's speech on the elections and Iraq at a November 7th news conference: BUSH: Thank you. Good afternoon. Thanks for coming. This is an important week for our country and for the world. The United Nations will vote tomorrow on a resolution bringing the civilized world together to disarm Saddam Hussein. Here at home, our citizens have voted in an election that I believe will strengthen our ability to make progress for all the American people. I congratulate the men and women, Republicans and Democrats, who were elected this week to public office all across America. I appreciate their willingness to leave their private lives and to serve their communities and to serve our nation. I also commend the millions of voters across America and across the political spectrum who went to the polls. At a time when our freedoms are under attack, it is more important than ever that our citizens exercise the rights and responsibilities of our democracy. Now that the voters have spoken, I urge the members of both political parties to come together to get things done for the American people. I've talked to leaders of both parties and assured them I want to work with them. I talked to Senator Daschle yesterday, and said that, although the Republican Party now leads the Senate, I still want to work with him to get things done for the American people. I talked to Leader Gephardt as well. I look forward to working with members of the Congress and the newly elected governors to make America's families safer in their homes and their communities, to make our economy stronger so people can find work, to make our country a better and more compassionate place. Members of the new Congress will take office in January and they'll have a full agenda. Current Congress, however, will return in just a few days to take up some unfinished business. They have a responsibility to protect the American people against threats from any source. I'm grateful to the members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, that came together to support the war against terror, to authorize, if need be, the use of force to disarm Iraq. We must bring the same spirit of bipartisan cooperation to the urgent task of protecting our country from the ongoing threat of terrorist attack. The single most important item of unfinished business on Capitol Hill is to create a unified Department of Homeland Security that will vastly improve our ability to protect our coasts and our borders and our communities. The election may be over, but a terrorist threat is still real. The Senate must pass a bill that will strengthen our ability to protect the American people. And they must pass a bill that preserves the authority every president since John Kennedy has had to act in the interest of national security. It's imperative that the Congress send me a bill that I can sign before the 107th Congress ends. We have a responsibility to strengthen the economy so people can find work. We're working to keep this economy moving. And one immediate thing Congress could do to help people put back to work is to pass legislation so that construction projects can get insurance against terrorism. This will spur construction and create thousands of good hard-hat jobs that are currently on hold because projects without insurance cannot be built. Although it's late in the process, Congress must show fiscal discipline. At a time when we're at war and a time when we need to strengthen our economy, Congress must be wise with the people's money, fund the nation's priorities and control wasteful spending. The workers of America deserve our action on these important issues which have been stalled yet when approved will strengthen our economy. Many of the fundamental economic indicators are good. Interest rates are low, so Americans can buy more homes. Inflation's low, so people paychecks go farther in buying groceries and gas. Productivity of our workers is high. The economy has come out of a recession and is growing, but I'm not satisfied because I know we can do better. We must have an economy to grow at a faster and stronger pace so Americans can find a job. And so I'll work with the new Congress to pass new growth and jobs packages early next year. I look forward to welcoming a new Congress, and I look forward to working with the current Congress to finish some very important work. © 2002 The Washington Post Company