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For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryNovember 6, 2003 Remarks by the President at the 20th Anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy United States Chamber of CommerceWashington, D.C. 11:05 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome, and thanks for inviting me to join you in this 20th anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy. The staff and directors of this organization have seen a lot of history over the last two decades, you've been a part of that history. By speaking for and standing for freedom, you've lifted...

"Yesterday's election results are a mandate for change so Mississippi can do better in reaching our potential. "I'm humbled, but excited, by the record turnout. Some in the media had predicted the campaign would result in reduced turnout, but the fact is: This was the most votes ever cast in a Mississippi Governor's race. "I attribute my vote - the largest for any candidate in the two party era - to thousands of grassroots volunteers, who worked in the precincts, at the crossroads and the forks of the creeks, to get their families, friends and neighbors to vote. "But also,...

INT. LES MOONVES' LUXURIOUS PENTHOUSE SUITE—NIGHT The front door opens. Les Moonves and his bimbo girlfriend, Julie Chen, enter. MOONVES (screaming): I hate that lousy manipulative control freak, Nancy! What a bitch! CHEN: Well, at least you'll be getting your revenge on her in the upcoming CBS movie, "The Reagans." MOONVES: No, you idiot! I don't mean Nancy Reagan. I'm talking about my wife who filed for divorce---Nancy Moonves. CHEN: Good! That means you will be able to go out with me without cheating. MOONVES: Good for you but bad for me. My wife hired one of the top...

Ivo Daalder    Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, member of the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration, and co-author of "America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy"  Karl Zinsmeister    Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, editor-in-chief of The American Enterprise magazine and author of "Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq." Iraqi Hearts and MindsTHINK TANK WITH BEN WATTENBERGTTBW 1128 PBS feed 10/9/2003“Iraqi Hearts and Minds” Funding for Think Tank is provided by: At Pfizer we’re spending nearly five billion dollars looking for the cures of the future. We have twelve thousand scientists...

DR. RICE: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Well, thank you very much. But I just have to say one thing, Bill, I am not one year from my 50th birthday. I am one year, 16 days, and 15 hours from my 50th birthday. (Laughter.) So I have a little longer than one year. I want to thank my good friend, Judge Webster. When after September 11th, we were trying to figure out some of the issues about how the CIA and the FBI might work better together to make the country more secure, the person that I called first was...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryNovember 1, 2003 President's Radio Address      Audio THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week terrorists launched a series of attacks in Iraq. Their targets included police stations in Baghdad and Fallujah, the headquarters of the International Red Cross, and living quarters for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad. The majority of their victims were Iraqis working to rebuild and restore order to their country, and citizens of other nations engaged in purely humanitarian missions. Some of the killers behind these attacks are loyalists of the Saddam regime who seek to regain power and who resent...

Thursday, October 30, 2003 Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz interviewed by Juan Williams Q: Good morning. Wolfowitz: Good morning, Juan. How are you? Q: Fine, thanks. And thanks for doing this. I appreciate it very much. Wolfowitz: I enjoy talking with you, actually. Q: We're joined now by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. Thanks for joining us, Mr. Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz: It's a pleasure. Q: Mr. Wolfowitz, at the National Security Council meeting Wednesday at the White House, is it true that the President was suggesting that the Iraqis play a greater role in patrolling the streets of Baghdad? Wolfowitz:...

Q-Your new book on American foreign policy, ''Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance,'' includes a blurb on the jacket that calls you ''arguably the most important intellectual alive.'' I don't like the intellectual label. In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine. I assume you are not referring to your own efforts as a professor emeritus at M.I.T. and world-renowned linguist. I have known people who are working class or craftsmen, who happen to be more intellectual than professors. If you are working...

Thursday, October 30, 2003 Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Empower America 10th Anniversary Dinner Remarks Rumsfeld: Thank you thank you very much. Thank you I appreciate that. Well, this is a delight! Joyce and I are so pleased to be here. Organizations come and go they start and they end only a few last a decade and very few not only last a decade but make the kinds of contributions that this organization has and I must say that Floyd and all of those that support this organization -- congratulations to you. You're doing a good thing and I...

Thursday, October 30, 2003 Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz remarks at Georgetown University Wolfowitz: Thank you. As a few of you no doubt noted in the news, we had a fairly exciting trip to Iraq this weekend and I'd like to give you a report. But before I do that let me first turn to my old friend Bob Galucci and thank you, Bob, for that very generous introduction. I'm reminded of what Lyndon Johnson said on a similar occasion -- "I wish my late parents could be here. My father would have been very proud, and my mother...

  United States Department of DefenseNews TranscriptsOn the web: http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031029-depsecdef0826.htmlMedia contact: +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Presenter: Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz Regional Media Interviews Katarina Bandini, NBC, WHDH, Boston            Q:  Sir, I wonder if you could describe briefly for us what it was like for you in that hotel when the rocket hit.            Wolfowitz:  Well, it was brief.  You don't have a lot of time to think.  You hear these noises outside and you realize something's going on out in front, and...

President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended Remarks by the President from the USS Abraham Lincoln At Sea Off the Coast of San Diego, California THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. (Applause.) And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country. In this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty, and for the peace of the...

Commentary magazine's editor-at-large discusses the countervailing trends in American Jewry An Interview with Norman PodhoretzBy Manfred GerstenfeldJerusalem Center for Public Affairs | October 28, 2003 · A trend toward increasing indifference in the Jewish community is being countered by a return to religious observance.· The second Palestinian uprising in 2000 had a profound effect on American Jewish attitudes toward Israel. Most American Jews who care about Israel take their cue from the Israeli government, and in Israel, public opinion had also shifted, leading to the Labor party's dramatic demise in the 2003 elections. But had the Israeli left won the...

Press Conference by the President The Rose Garden 11:15 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. After the 26,000-mile journey last week, I hope the members of the traveling press had a restful weekend. I have a brief statement; then I'll be glad to take questions. On my trip to Asia, I had a series of very productive meetings with some of America's closest allies in the war on terror. Nations such as Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines are fighting terrorism in their own region. Their leaders understand the importance of our continuing work in Afghanistan and Iraq. Liberating the...

David Limbaugh, a lawyer and syndicated columnist, is the author of Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity, which is his second book (his first was on the Clinton/Reno justice department). Limbaugh recently answered some of NRO's questions about his new book. Kathryn Jean Lopez: Isn't a little much to say there's a war against Christianity in the U.S? Especially when we are in an actual war against terrorism? David Limbaugh: Well, I certainly don't mean to diminish the actual war on terrorism. The "war" I describe in my book is, of course, a very different kind of war...

Thursday, October 23, 2003 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Interview with Washington Times, Editorial Board Q: First of all we want to thank you very much for this. Short notice or not, we're always happy to come over and talk to you. We got a copy here of a memo, General Myers -- Rumsfeld: Yes, indeed. Q: You're familiar with this. Rumsfeld: Yes, I am. Q: I want to ask you about it, needless to say. I saw the press conference today, the comments you made since this thing was published. You talked about largely that you were raising questions...

<p>Last month, I addressed the United Nations, and told member countries that the peace and security of Iraq are essential to the peace and security of all free nations. I encouraged countries to help the people of Iraq to build a future of freedom and stability. I also called for a U.N. resolution supporting the efforts of our coalition in Iraq. The Security Council has now responded, by unanimously passing Resolution 1511, which endorses a multinational force in Iraq under U.S. command, and urges greater international support for Iraqi reconstruction.</p>

President George W. Bush came a long way to deliver a speech that did not address the issues that will shape the future of the alliance between Australia and the United States. The President's address to parliament yesterday failed to deal in any detail with the free trade agreement now being negotiated between ourselves and the US. Nor did he set out a grand vision of how the US and Australia can co-operate to advance the cause of democracy and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific. Instead, Mr Bush focused on Iraq and the war on terror. It was a speech that...

Remarks by President Bush to the Australian Parliament The Australian Parliament House Canberra, Australia 11:30 A.M. (Local) PRESIDENT BUSH: Governor General Michael Jeffery, Prime Minister John Howard, Speaker of the House, Leader of the Senate, Leader of the Opposition Simon Crean, distinguished members of the House and the Senate, Premiers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, ladies and gentlemen: Laura and I are honored to be in the Commonwealth of Australia. I want to thank the Prime Minister for his invitation. I want to thank the Members and Senators for convening this session of the Parliament. And I want to...

Senator Helms: Thank you very much. I've never been introduced on film before. But it was an eloquent thing, and some of it was correct. [Laughter] That videotape certainly brought back a lot of memories, as you can imagine. Sooner or later I will get close to the microphone. I'm not accustomed to sitting down. I have just seen a tape that brought back a million memories to me. I don't want to choke up, but there was a lot of love between this old guy and two or three of the people you saw on the film. In...