- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President
Bush told a roomful of top Pentagon brass on Thursday that his administration
would never stop looking for ways to harm the United States.
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- The latest installment of misspeak from a president long
known for his malapropisms came during a signing ceremony for a new $417
billion defense appropriations bill that includes $25 billion in emergency
funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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- "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and
so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we," Bush said.
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- The Republican incumbent, who is in a tight race for
reelection against Democrat John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, used
the 11-minute presentation to underscore his commitment to U.S. troops.
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- On hand for the ceremony were Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld, deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Gen. Richard Myers,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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