Free Republic

Question by Laurence McQuillan, USA TODAY: Mr. President, you've been involved now in the Mideast peace process, and have certainly learned firsthand how developments like creation of a fence can complicate progress. Based on that, when you stood there about a year ago and proposed your road map, you spoke about a Palestinian state in 2005. Do you think that goal is still realistic, or is it likely to slide just because it's so hard to make headway? US President George W. Bush: I do think it's realistic. I also know when we start sliding goals, it makes progress less...

Transcript of Press Conference by Mexican Attorney General on Results of U.S./Mexican Drug Operation 7/31/03 1:57:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Miguel Monterrubio of the Embassy of Mexico, 202-728-1650 WASHINGTON, July 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a transcript of a press conference by AG Marcial Rafael Macedo de la Concha on the outcomes of the coordinated operation between Procuraduria General De La Republica and DOJ, where Manuel Medina Campas and three more Ismael Zambada Garcia cartel4s associates were apprehended: Mexico City, July 31, 2003. Good morning, friends from mass media. Today we have summoned you to...

Delivered by the House Majority Leader to the Israeli Knesset (Parliment) on July 30, 2003 http://www.jewishworldreview.com | Mr. Speaker, thank you very much for your invitation and for that warm reception. I want to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Israel for their generous welcome and hospitality to my wife, Christine, and me over the last three days. My traveling partner, Ander Crenshaw, and I look forward to bringing the lessons we've learned here back to America and to our colleagues in Congress. I also look forward to sharing my experiences with President Bush, whose leadership and clarity...

QUESTION:You say your appetite for power is not diminished, but will there come a point if weapons of mass destruction aren't found, where you would feel you would have to resign, because advertently or misadvertently you had misled the country? And if I may, just on your own priority of public services, there is a big increase in borrowing, do you think you are going to be able to sustain those public spending plans without either an unacceptable increase in borrowing, or an increase in taxation right up to the election? PRIME MINISTER:On the first point, again we have a...

Wellesley College 1969 Student Commencement Speech Hillary D. Rodham May 31, 1969 Ruth M. Adams, ninth president of Wellesley College, introduced Hillary D. Rodham, '69, at the 91st commencement exercises, as follows: In addition to inviting Senator Brooke to speak to them this morning, the Class of '69 has expressed a desire to speak to them and for them at this morning's commencement. There was no debate so far as I could ascertain as to who their spokesman was to be -- Miss Hillary Rodham. Member of this graduating class, she is a major in political science and a candidate...

    “Be Not Afraid”Providential terms.By Majority Leader Tom DeLay EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the text of the speech House Majority Leader Tom DeLay delivered to the Israeli Knesset on July 30, 2003. r. Speaker, thank you very much for your invitation and for that warm reception. I want to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Israel for their generous welcome and hospitality to my wife, Christine, and me over the last three days.My traveling partner, Ander Crenshaw, and I look forward to bringing the lessons we've learned here back to America and to our colleagues in Congress....

And I believe that Prime Minister Abbas wants peace. I know that the - A text of remarks by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday in the White House Rose Garden, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.: BUSH: Good day. I'm pleased to welcome Prime Minister Ariel Sharon back to the White House. I think you said this is our eighth meeting. SHARON: Eighth meeting here. BUSH: Eighth meeting in Washington. And should indicate to everybody that our nations have a deep and abiding friendship. America is firmly committed to the security of Israel as a Jewish...

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary July 28, 2003 President Addresses Urban League Remarks by the President to the 2003 Urban League Conference David Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11:17 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for your kind invitation. But, most importantly, thanks for your service to your fellow Americans. (Applause.) The Urban League has always stood strong for justice and hope and healing. It stood for opportunity for all our citizens. I'm honored to be at such an organization. I appreciate the chance, as well, to come to Pittsburgh. It's a...

July 25, 2003 Thank you all very much. Thank you David. Thank you Ferrell. And thank you, Anne—not only for your remarks, but also for all your help over the past two months. I want to add my appreciation and thanks to my friend and predecessor, Governor Marc Racicot for his hard work and his help in getting me settled at the RNC. Governor – you led our party with grace and statesmanship and were a major reason for our success last year. You kept our organization focused where it should be—on the grassroots—and made sure the hard-earned money of...

Remarks by the President on the Death of Bob Hope 7/28/03 11:18:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, July 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a transcript of remarks by the President on the death of Bob Hope: Before Boarding Air Force One Andrews Air Force Base 9:50 a.m. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Today America lost a great citizen. We mourn the passing of Bob Hope. Bob Hope made us laugh, and he lifted our spirits. Bob Hope served our nation when he went to battlefields to entertain thousands of troops from different...

Presidential Candidate Kucinich Attacks Leading Pro-Life Lawmaker by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor July 21, 2003 Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- When Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) decided to run for president, he upset the pro-life community by abandoning his long-held pro-life beliefs. Now, he's having a hard time selling his newfound pro-abortion position. In an attempt to distance himself from his former pro-life voting record, Kucinich accused a leading pro-life member of Congress of wanting to put women in jail who have had abortions. In an interview with Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hardball" last Tuesday, Kucinich said he disagreed with criminalizing abortion...

Sunday, July 27, 2003 Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Interview on Fox News Sunday (Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Interview on Fox News Sunday with Brit Hume) Hume: U.S. soldiers say they miss nabbing Saddam Hussein's security chief, and perhaps the dictator himself, by a mere 24 hours near Tikrit, Hussein's hometown, earlier today. Overnight, one Marine was killed by a grenade attack south of Baghdad. His death follows a bloody week of attacks against American soldiers in Iraq. On Saturday, a grenade attack killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded four more as they guarded a children's hospital northeast of Baghdad. Another soldier was...

Sunday, July 27, 2003 Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Interview on NBC Meet the Press (Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Interview on NBC Meet the Press with Tim Russert) Russert: Our issues this Sunday, Uday and Qusay Hussein are dead, but where is their father? And where are the weapons of mass destruction? And how long will the guerilla war against American troops continue? With us, a major architect of the War in Iraq, the Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. Then, we will never forget September 11th, 2001. Could it have been prevented, could it happen again? With us, the chairman and vice...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryJuly 26, 2003 President's Radio Address      Audio THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This weekend marks the 13th anniversary of the Americans With Disability Act, one of the great compassionate acts of American government. Since becoming law, the ADA has helped to improve the quality of life for more than 50,000 million Americans with physical and mental disabilities. As a result, it is easier today for people with disabilities to find a job, to enter public buildings, and to live more independently in their communities. These are all welcome changes in American life. Many citizens have...

Saddam: In His Own WordsWhat do the tyrant's own press clippings say about his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons? by Nimrod Rapaheli 07/25/2003 12:00:00 AM MUCH OF THE RECENT political controversy about the existence in Iraq of a nuclear program (and WMD) has focused only on the narrow issue of the alleged attempts by Iraq to acquire uranium from the small African country of Niger. Ignored in the debate have been Saddam Hussein's public statements on the subject. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) in Washington, D.C. has documented several of these statements in three separate dispatches between November...

Good afternoon, or, as John Kerry might say: “Bonjour!” I'm sure you've already heard a good many speakers today and will hear a bunch more after I'm done. So you'll probably judge my speech more on its brevity than its persuasiveness. But that's okay, because as you may have heard, we Republicans from Texas aren't known for our el-o-qua-city. But we are known for being clear. So in the interests of clarity, I have a simple message to pass along: the national Democrat party seems to have lost its marbles. Though they remain a potent electoral machine, armed with battalions...

<p>JOHN GIBSON, HOST: A lot of recent reports on Iraq seem to consist of two stories — morale is bad and our troops are getting killed. But is this the real picture? What about the work being done to rebuild the infrastructure or the success rounding up the remaining Saddam loyalists, not to mention Uday and Qusay Hussein (search).</p>

PRESIDENT BUSH: Good day. I'm honored to welcome Prime Minister Abbas to the White House. It is such an honor to have you here, sir. PRIME MINISTER ABBAS: Thank you. PRESIDENT BUSH: To break through old hatreds and barriers to peace, the Middle East needs leaders of vision and courage and a determination to serve the interest of their people. Mr. Abbas is the first Palestinian Prime Minister, and he is proving to be such a leader. We had a good meeting today about the way forward on the road map to Middle Eastern peace. Prime Minister Abbas and I...

For Immediate Release Office of the Vice President July 24, 2003 Vice President's Remarks on War on Terror at AEI 12:13 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Please. Thank you very much, and good afternoon to all of you. It's a pleasure to be back at AEI, where I spent a considerable period of time, and among so many friends. AEI, of course, is home to some of our nation's most distinguished scholars - one of whom also serves as the scholar in residence at the Naval Observatory. (Laughter.) If you think Lynne gives good lectures here, you should...

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Please. Thank you very much, and good afternoon to all of you. It's a pleasure to be back at AEI, where I spent a considerable period of time, and among so many friends. AEI, of course, is home to some of our nation's most distinguished scholars - one of whom also serves as the scholar in residence at the Naval Observatory. (Laughter.) If you think Lynne gives good lectures here, you should stop over at our house sometime. (Laughter.) But I do want to thank Danielle Pletka for her introduction this afternoon, and I...