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President Bush’s job approval, in ABC News/Washington Post poll: 82 percent. . . Bush, on six-month anniversary of 9/11: “For any terrorist looking for a base of operations, there must be no refuge, no safe haven. By driving terrorists from place to place, we disrupt the planning and training for further attacks on America and the civilized world. Every terrorist must be made to live as an international fugitive, with no place to settle or organize, no place to hide, no governments to hide behind, and not even a safe place to sleep.” . . . Bush, on Osama bin Laden: “I truly am not that concerned about him. I know he is on the run.” . . . Bush, on Saddam Hussein: “He is a problem, and we’re going to deal with him.” … In ABC News [Washington Post poll, 72 percent support “having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power,” but 54 percent don’t think “it’s worth risking a large number of U.S. military casualties … to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.” . . . “Our next objective is to prevent terrorists, and regimes that sponsor terror, from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction,” says Vice President Cheney. “The United States will not permit the forces of terror to gain the tools of genocide.” . . . For fourth time, interceptor hits target in missile defense test.

White House adviser Karl Rove, on PBS: “The parties in this country have been increasingly less relevant in the last decade.” … In counties that went narrowly for Al Gore in 2000, registered voters give Bush 71 percent approval, and more want Republicans to retain control of the House than want Democrats to take it (46 to 39 percent), according to National Journal. . .. Sen. Fred Thompson (R., Tenn.) announces retirement, with former governor Lamar Alexander and Rep. Ed Bryant intending to pursue GOP nomination. . . Former D.C. mayor Marion Barry says he will run for city council. . . Gov. Gray Davis (D., Calif.) attacks GOP challenger: “Bill Simon’s vision of the future is totally out of step and out of sync with California’s. He is pro-life, pro-gun, pro-voucher, pro-a crazy deregulation scheme, and pro-privatization. This is not California’s vision of the future.” . . . Los Angeles Times poll gives Davis 59 percent disapproval rating. . .. Electronic Media magazine polls political-talk-show producers, who name Cheney and defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “most likely to make news,” Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.) as “highest maintenance,” and Sen. Joseph Biden (D., Del.) as “most in love with the sound of [his] own voice.”

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President Bush’s job approval, in ABC News/Washington Post poll: 82 percent. . . Bush, on six-month anniversary of 9/11: “For any terrorist looking for a base of operations, there must be no refuge, no safe haven. By driving terrorists from place to place, we disrupt the planning and training for further attacks on America and the civilized world. Every terrorist must be made to live as an international fugitive, with no place to settle or organize, no place to hide, no governments to hide behind, and not even a safe place to sleep.” . . . Bush, on Osama bin Laden: “I truly am not that concerned about him. I know he is on the run.” . . . Bush, on Saddam Hussein: “He is a problem, and we’re going to deal with him.” … In ABC News [Washington Post poll, 72 percent support “having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power,” but 54 percent don’t think “it’s worth risking a large number of U.S. military casualties … to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.” . . . “Our next objective is to prevent terrorists, and regimes that sponsor terror, from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction,” says Vice President Cheney. “The United States will not permit the forces of terror to gain the tools of genocide.” . . . For fourth time, interceptor hits target in missile defense test.

White House adviser Karl Rove, on PBS: “The parties in this country have been increasingly less relevant in the last decade.” … In counties that went narrowly for Al Gore in 2000, registered voters give Bush 71 percent approval, and more want Republicans to retain control of the House than want Democrats to take it (46 to 39 percent), according to National Journal. . .. Sen. Fred Thompson (R., Tenn.) announces retirement, with former governor Lamar Alexander and Rep. Ed Bryant intending to pursue GOP nomination. . . Former D.C. mayor Marion Barry says he will run for city council. . . Gov. Gray Davis (D., Calif.) attacks GOP challenger: “Bill Simon’s vision of the future is totally out of step and out of sync with California’s. He is pro-life, pro-gun, pro-voucher, pro-a crazy deregulation scheme, and pro-privatization. This is not California’s vision of the future.” . . . Los Angeles Times poll gives Davis 59 percent disapproval rating. . .. Electronic Media magazine polls political-talk-show producers, who name Cheney and defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “most likely to make news,” Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.) as “highest maintenance,” and Sen. Joseph Biden (D., Del.) as “most in love with the sound of [his] own voice.”