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Bush will address a joint session of Congress and the American people
tonight, saying:
"We are
a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom."
His speech
addresses many questions Americans are asking, including who attacked
our country, why they hate us, and how we will fight and win the
war on terrorism.
"We will
direct every resource at our command — every means of diplomacy,
every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement,
every financial influence and every necessary weapon of war —
to the disruption and defeat of the global terror network,"
he will pledge.
President Bush
will make clear that our fight is with terrorist extremists, not
with those in America and throughout the world who practice the
Muslim faith, a faith whose teachings are "good and peaceful."
"The enemy of American is not our many Muslim friends; it is
not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists
and every government that supports them."
President Bush
will call on our military to "be ready," the American
people to be "calm and resolute," and governments around
the world to choose: "either you are with us, or you are with
the terrorists.'
The President
will discuss strengthening domestic preparedness and homeland security.
He will thank members of Congress for "what you have already
done, and for what we will do together." He will ask Congress
to work with him to improve air safety, give law enforcement additional
tools and strengthen America's economy.
The President
will thank the world for its sympathy and support, and ask for the
help of "police forces, intelligence services and banking systems
around the world."
"Freedom
and fear are at war," the President will declare. He will conclude
with his confidence that so long as America is determined and strong,
this will not be an age of terror, but an age of liberty.
Editor's
note: This is from a White House press release.
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