[GretchenM]

Bush: "We get all kinds of evidence when we raid these safe houses, about their concerns. They bemoan the fact that we're keeping the pressure on them. They see the successes we're having in training. They know we're damaging their cause. This moment when the terrorists are suffering from the weight of successive blows is not the time to call retreat. We will stay, we will fight, and we will prevail."

Bush: "... against such enemy there is only one effective response: We will never back down, we will never give in and we will never accept anything less than complete victory."

[GretchenM]

From GretchenM: My secret ambition in life, had I had good eyesight, would have been to become a non-military helicopter pilot. I love these photos.

Bush: "On September the 11th, 2001, we saw that problems originating in a failed and oppressive state 7,000 miles away could bring murder and destruction to our country. And we learned an important lesson: Decades of excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make it safe. So long as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish, it will remain a place where terrorists foment resentment and threaten American security."

Looking over a helicopter at Ft. Bragg

Bush is shown a fully-equipped combat raiding craft

[Majie Purple]

So many great ones today!
Precious w/ Troops ones as always!
Man...Musta been hot...mucho sweat!!!
:)