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Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thanks for coming. (Applause.) It turns out the crowd is always a little bigger when Laura comes along. America loves her almost as much as I love her. (Applause.) I think she deserves four more years as the First Lady. (Applause.) No, it's great to be back in the great state of Florida again. (Applause.) There's a big election coming up, and I thought I'd come down for a little spring training. (Applause.) It's always a good chance to be with Brother. (Laughter.) He's a great governor of this...

<p>We are representing 84 countries united against a common danger, and joined in a common purpose. We are the nations that have recognized the threat of terrorism, and we are the nations that will defeat that threat. Each of us has pledged before the world: We will never bow to the violence of a few. We will face this mortal danger, and we will overcome it together.</p>

Frontpage Interview has the pleasure to have Victor Hanson, author of the new book Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq, as its guest today. Frontpage Magazine: Mr. Hanson, it is a pleasure to have you join Frontpage Interview. Welcome. Hanson: Thank you for having me again. FP: This collection of your 35 previously published essays, most of them from NRO, is extremely impressive. Their themes apply exactly to our latest tragedy and crisis in Spain. One of your special expertises is on how leftists, and some of our European allies, have chosen to side with our enemy....

President Bush Reaffirms Resolve To War On Terror, Iraq And Afghanistan (Remarks by the President on Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom) THE PRESIDENT: Good morning and thanks for coming. Laura and I are pleased to welcome you all to the White House. Mr. Secretary, thank you for being here. Members of my National Security Council are here, members of the administration, members of our armed forces, members of the United States Congress. Thank you for being here. Ladies and gentlemen. I particularly want to thank the members of the Diplomatic Corps who are here; thank the ambassadors for...

<p>Remember the remarkable coming together Americans experienced after the terrorists' mass murders of September 11? It's dead. It sank beneath the ever-churning waves of America's presidential politics. Global terror may be a big problem, but not bigger than winning the presidency.</p>

JIM LEHRER: And to Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. Mr. Secretary, welcome. PAUL WOLFOWITZ: Good to be with you. JIM LEHRER: First on the Pakistan shoot-out, can you shed any light on what's going on over there? Have they got the number two guy cornered?PAUL WOLFOWITZ: We certainly don't know. I don't know they know. I think what we do know, and we've known this for a while, is that the government, the Pakistani government is very serious about catching the terrorists that are on its territory. Thanks to them we got Khalid Shaikh Mohammed over a year ago,...

Thu Mar 18, 1:23 PM ET President Bush (news - web sites) is greeted by Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, right, upon his arrival at Fort Campbell Army Base in Fort Campbell, Ky., Thursday, March 18, 2004. (AP Photo/John Russell)

<p>Excerpts from Vice President Dick Cheney's speech yesterday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.</p> <p>Sen. Kerry's record on national security raises some important questions. Let's begin with the matter of how Iraq and Saddam Hussein should have been dealt with.</p>

Remarks by the Vice President at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum 40 Presidential Drive Simi Valley, California 10:41 A.M. PST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Well, thank you very much, Fred. I appreciate the warm welcome to Simi Valley, and to the library of one of our greatest Presidents. Today is my first chance to have a look around the Ronald Reagan Library. For me, it's a reminder of what a great privilege it is to know President Reagan, and to have worked with him during my time in the Congress. We're pleased as well to be joined...

COMMERCIAL BREAK) WALLACE: And we're back now with Secretary of State Colin Powell. Senator Kerry has been offering his views of Bush foreign policy, and I'd like to ask you about some of his comments. Kerry says that the president has gone about defending America's security in the wrong way. Here's what he had to say during a debate. Let's listen. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) U.S. SENATOR JOHN KERRY (D-MA): This war on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation. (END VIDEO CLIP) WALLACE: Why isn't intelligence gathering and law enforcement the...

MADRID (Reuters) - Following is the text of a videotaped statement, purportedly from the Islamic militant al Qaeda group, claiming responsibility for the Madrid bombings. Two hundred people were killed and nearly 1,500 hurt when 10 bombs exploded in four packed commuter trains during the Thursday morning rush-hour. The text is taken from the Interior Ministry's Spanish translation from Arabic. "We declare our responsibility for what happened in Madrid exactly two and a half years after the attacks on New York and Washington. It is a response for your collaboration with the criminals Bush and his allies. This is how...

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I met with entrepreneurs and workers in Ohio and New York, and talked to them about how we are strengthening America's economy. Over the past three years, America's economy has faced a series of challenges: stock market decline, recession, terrorist attacks, corporate scandals, and the uncertainties of war. My administration confronted those challenges squarely, and acted boldly. We reduced taxes on families and small businesses, we encouraged new investment and we're seeing the results. America has the fastest-growing major industrialized economy in the world. American productivity has grown faster over the last two years...

Transcript of Remarks by House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert at Pen and Pad Today 3/11/2004 1:08:00 PM Contact: John Feehery or Pete Jeffries, 202-225-2800, both of the Office of House Speaker Dennis Hastert; Web: http://www.speaker.gov WASHINGTON, March 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a transcript of remarks made today by House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert at a pen and pad with reporters: Speaker Hastert. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being here this morning. It is a beautiful spring morning. A spring morning means we must be moving the budget. We will be marking the budget up today, pretty much...

Remarks by the President to the Spanish and American Press Pools 3/12/2004 2:32:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, March 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a transcript of remarks by the President to the Spanish and American press pools: Embassy of Spain Washington, D.C. 1:08 p.m. EST THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Ambassador, thank you for having Laura and me here during this solemn occasion. The United States of America sends our prayers and sympathies to the Spanish people, who mourn the loss of life, who today weep for their loved ones, who...

Good afternoon to everyone. March 11, 2004 has now its place in the history of infamy. This morning, in Madrid, terrorists have detonated several bombs placed in metropolitan commuter trains which circulated full of citizens. In this moment of deep sadness, my first words are for the victims of these unqualifiable attacks. It's now more than one humdred dead, to which mourning has come without knocking, thousands living times of uncertainty. Let me tell you that I feel your anguish as my own, I want you to know that, in these hours of pain and democratic resolve, the national Government...

     Interview on Fox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes Show Secretary Colin L. PowellWashington, DCMarch 8, 2004MR. HANNITY: Mr. Secretary, good to see you again. Thanks for being here. SECRETARY POWELL: Good to see you again, Sean. MR. HANNITY: Well, it's a big day. Interim Iraqi constitution. How important is that? SECRETARY POWELL: Very important. I mean, just imagine the impact that this document is going to have, not only in Iraq but in that part of the world. The rights of all citizens, to include women, committing this Arab nation to democracy; a free and independent judiciary;...

As he flew to Florida the morning after Super Tuesday, Senator John Kerry spoke to TIME's Perry Bacon Jr., Lisa Beyer and Karen Tumulty: TIME: What would you have done about Iraq had you been the President?KERRY: If I had been the President, I might have gone to war but not the way the President did. It might have been only because we had exhausted the remedies of inspections, only because we had to—because it was the only way to enforce the disarmament. TIME: But it turns out there was nothing to disarm.KERRY: Well, if we had kept on inspecting...

<p>The following is an excerpt from FOX News Sunday, March 7, 2004.</p> <p>CHRIS WALLACE, HOST, FOX NEWS SUNDAY: Friday was to be a big day in Iraq, a formal ceremony at which the 25 members of the Governing Council were to sign an interim constitution. But at the last minute, five Shiite members had reservations about the plan, leaving the document unsigned.</p>

Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, fellow citizens: I accept with humility the honor which the American people have conferred upon me. I accept it with a resolve to do all that I can for the welfare of this Nation and for the peace of the world. In performing the duties of my office, I need the help and the prayers of every one of you. I ask for your encouragement and for your support. The tasks we face are difficult. We can accomplish them only if we work together. Each period of our national history has had its special...

Senate Floor Statement on the Iraq-Afghanistan Supplemental - Senator John F. Kerry October 17, 2003 Washington, DC - Mr. President, I have said many times, and I will say it again, it is critical that we succeed in Iraq. But it is equally important that we do the job the right way – the way that best protects our troops on the ground, enhances our security, and shields the American taxpayer from undue burden. President Bush’s approach fails this test. I support our troops in Iraq – and their mission. I believe we must do our part to reconstruct Iraq...