Posted on 04/02/2005 8:08:34 AM PST by Salvation
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For Immediate Release
April 2, 2005
President's Radio Address
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Before I begin today, I would like to say a word about Pope John Paul II. His Holiness is a faithful servant of God and a champion of human dignity and freedom. He is an inspiration to us all. Laura and I join millions of Americans and so many around the world who are praying for the Holy Father.
This week, the members of the independent commission looking into America's intelligence capabilities presented their report. I asked these men and women to give an unvarnished look at our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction, and they have delivered. I appreciate their hard work. Their recommendations are thoughtful and extremely significant, and their central conclusion is one that I share: America's intelligence community needs fundamental change to enable us to successfully confront the threats of the 21st century.
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This week, I also directed Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend to oversee the interagency review of the commission's findings and ensure that concrete action is taken.
The commission's report delivers a sharp critique of the way intelligence has been collected and analyzed against some of the most difficult intelligence targets, like Iraq. To win the war on terror, we will correct what needs to be fixed, and build on what the commission calls, solid intelligence successes. These include the uncovering of Libya's nuclear and missile programs, which led Libya's leader to renounce weapons of mass destruction. In Pakistan, our intelligence helped expose and shut down the world's most dangerous nuclear proliferation network. We need to learn from the successes we've had, and apply the lessons elsewhere.
We also acknowledge the hard work and sacrifices of the men and women in our intelligence community. These talented people are on the front lines in the war on terror. Their work is critical. We must prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass murder that they would use against our people.
The work our intelligence community is doing is also extremely difficult. Every day, dangerous regimes are working to conceal their programs and their possible relationships with terrorists. And the work our intelligence men and women do is, by nature, secret. The American people never hear about many of America's intelligence successes, but I'm aware of them. I'm proud of our efforts of our intelligence workers to defend our country, and the American people should be, as well.
The President and his national security team must have intelligence that is timely and accurate. In its report, the commission points out that America needs to know much more about the weapons programs and intentions of our most dangerous adversaries. The members of the commission have given useful and important guidance that will help transform our intelligence capabilities for the needs of a dangerous new century, and we will continue to give our intelligence professionals the tools they need and the structure they deserve so they can succeed in their essential work.
It is not possible to guarantee perfect security in our vast free nation, but at a time when we're at war and our margin for error is getting smaller, the consequences of underestimating a threat could be tens of thousands of innocent lives. I can assure you that the men and women in our intelligence community are working around the clock and doing everything they can to keep us safe, and my administration will continue to make intelligence reforms that will allow them to identify threats before they fully emerge so we can take action to protect the American people.
Thank you for listening.
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**I would like to say a word about Pope John Paul II. His Holiness is a faithful servant of God and a champion of human dignity and freedom. He is an inspiration to us all. Laura and I join millions of Americans and so many around the world who are praying for the Holy Father.**
Thank you, Mr. President!
And, perhaps, soon, the third of the triumvirate most responsible for ending the 75 years war, Mrs. Thatcher.
Those are the three alright, but Maggie has a few years left in her yet!
"...ah ah, I almost forgot. Starting yesterday the private citizens of the United States have taken a stand along our border with Mexico. In a peaceful effort, they are taking it upon themselves to clean up something we in Washington should have done decades ago. I would like to wish them well. We will do our best to help them. Along those lines, I am committing my administration to hire the full new 10,000 border agents that have been authorized, by the end of my second term. They will stop the illegal immigration, and if they don't, I'll hire more."
When hell freezes over...
"I will do my best to protect all Americans from attacks from evildoers from other countries. Unfortunately, if a judge here in America orders the murder of an innocent American, tough luck."
That the way I see it too Arthur.
I love our President, voted for him twice, and would again if he could run.
That said, I am getting so exhausted wanting to see passionate responses to things like Terri Schaivo, Sandy Burglar, immigration, etc. Why do we have to listen to pasteurized, sterile, carefully weighed comments every time anyone but Tom delay or Tancredo steps to the podium. Do we have ANYBODY in the Republican party conservative and patriotic enough to stand against and fight the likes of Ted Kennedy and the MSM? Why, for example, is Burger not hanging from a yard arm for stealing and destroying classified documents from the archives?!
All these speeches sound like museum pieces. They don't have the presence of today's issues. Exhausting...
GWB Is The Man ~ Bump!
This week, the members of the independent commission looking into America's intelligence capabilities presented their report. I asked these men and women to give an unvarnished look at our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction, and they have delivered. I appreciate their hard work. Their recommendations are thoughtful and extremely significant, and their central conclusion is one that I share: America's intelligence community needs fundamental change to enable us to successfully confront the threats of the 21st century.Rebuilding our ENTIRE Intelligence capabilities should be a TOP priority, imho.
The president runs the nation in a way all Catholics should be proud of. I am sure he like everyone is sad to see the Pope go.
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