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■ President Bush’s approval rating, according to Gallup: 89 percent. . . . Approval rating for media: 43 percent. . . . Bush at Fort Campbell in Kentucky: “We’ve made a good start in Afghanistan, yet there is still a lot to be done. . . . If you harbor terrorists, you are terrorists. If you train or arm a terrorist, you are a terrorist. If you feed a terrorist or fund a terrorist, you’re a terrorist, and you will be held accountable by the United States and our friends.” . . . Bush wishes “a blessed Ramadan” to Muslim diplomats visiting White House. . . . Vice President Cheney: “If anybody has any questions about whether or not we’re determined to carry through . . . all they have to do is go to Afghanistan today and interview members of the Taliban—if they can find any.” . . . National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, on NBC: “We didn’t need Sept. 11 to tell us that Saddam Hussein is a very dangerous man.” . . . Newt Gingrich on Iraq, at Heritage Foundation: “If Saddam is still in power and there are no inspectors three years from now, then we will have lost this war, even if we do well in Afghanistan, because Iraq is a vastly greater threat to our cities than is Afghanistan.” . . . Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld on whether Sept. 11 was a surprise, in Parade: “There were lots of warnings.”

■ Sept. 11 cost New York City $83 billion and will result in 57,000 lost jobs over next two years, says financial analysis. . . . Virginia governor Jim Gilmore (R.) halts phase-out of car tax, currently 70 percent complete, citing economy crippled by Sept. 11. . . . Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia on what he’d do if a popular vote were held on national I.D. cards: “Personally, I’d probably vote against it.” . . . Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, touring Mexico: “We want to ensure that those people who have come from Puebla to the Northeast and want to stay in the United States as citizens can do so.” . . . Harvard president Lawrence Summers, in Harvard Crimson: “The post-Vietnam cleavage between coastal elites and certain mainstream values is a matter of great concern and has some real costs.” . . . Soldier of Fortune editor says sales have skyrocketed. . . . Eugene Scalia, nominee for top lawyer at Labor Department, can’t get Senate floor vote despite approval in committee because of opposition by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.).

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■ President Bush’s approval rating, according to Gallup: 89 percent. . . . Approval rating for media: 43 percent. . . . Bush at Fort Campbell in Kentucky: “We’ve made a good start in Afghanistan, yet there is still a lot to be done. . . . If you harbor terrorists, you are terrorists. If you train or arm a terrorist, you are a terrorist. If you feed a terrorist or fund a terrorist, you’re a terrorist, and you will be held accountable by the United States and our friends.” . . . Bush wishes “a blessed Ramadan” to Muslim diplomats visiting White House. . . . Vice President Cheney: “If anybody has any questions about whether or not we’re determined to carry through . . . all they have to do is go to Afghanistan today and interview members of the Taliban—if they can find any.” . . . National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, on NBC: “We didn’t need Sept. 11 to tell us that Saddam Hussein is a very dangerous man.” . . . Newt Gingrich on Iraq, at Heritage Foundation: “If Saddam is still in power and there are no inspectors three years from now, then we will have lost this war, even if we do well in Afghanistan, because Iraq is a vastly greater threat to our cities than is Afghanistan.” . . . Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld on whether Sept. 11 was a surprise, in Parade: “There were lots of warnings.”

■ Sept. 11 cost New York City $83 billion and will result in 57,000 lost jobs over next two years, says financial analysis. . . . Virginia governor Jim Gilmore (R.) halts phase-out of car tax, currently 70 percent complete, citing economy crippled by Sept. 11. . . . Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia on what he’d do if a popular vote were held on national I.D. cards: “Personally, I’d probably vote against it.” . . . Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, touring Mexico: “We want to ensure that those people who have come from Puebla to the Northeast and want to stay in the United States as citizens can do so.” . . . Harvard president Lawrence Summers, in Harvard Crimson: “The post-Vietnam cleavage between coastal elites and certain mainstream values is a matter of great concern and has some real costs.” . . . Soldier of Fortune editor says sales have skyrocketed. . . . Eugene Scalia, nominee for top lawyer at Labor Department, can’t get Senate floor vote despite approval in committee because of opposition by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.).