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■ In Newsweek poll, 55 percent give President Bush approval. . . . White House aide Matthew Dowd on poll numbers: “They are right where we thought they would be after a high point nearly 18 months ago.” . . . Bush on space-shuttle disaster: “The Columbia is lost. There are no survivors. . . . The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth, yet we can pray that all are safely home.” . . . Bush in State of the Union draws more viewers than 7 of Bill Clinton’s 8 addresses. .. . From the speech: “We have the terrorists on the run. We’re keeping them on the run. One by one, the terrorists are learning the meaning of American justice.” . . . “Whatever the duration of this struggle, and whatever the difficulties, we will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men—free people will set the course of history,” . . . “The course of this nation does not depend upon the decisions of others.” . . . “The dictator of Iraq is not disarming. To the contrary; he is deceiving.” . . . “The liberty we prize is not America’s gift to the world, it is God’s gift to humanity.” . . . Bush, in Michigan: “You don’t contain Saddam Hussein. You don’t hope that therapy will somehow change his evil mind.” . . . Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani on Bush, to AP: “He has already earned himself a spot in the history books as a great president.”

■ U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix: “Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance, not even today, of the disarmament that was demanded of it.” . . . Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee (R., R.I.) would let inspectors have more time: “Why not wait a year?” . . . Rep. Charles Rangel (D.,N.Y.) in “response” to State of the Union issued hours before Bush’s speech: “President Bush failed to demonstrate that there is an immediate threat from Iraq to us or our allies.” . . . South Carolina governor Mark Sanford(R.) says he will deploy if his Air Force Reserve unit receives orders: “I will do just as anyone else in my unit and follow them.” … In ABC News poll, 63 percent favor “having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power” and 55 percent support “U.S. invasion of Iraq with ground troops.”

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■ In Newsweek poll, 55 percent give President Bush approval. . . . White House aide Matthew Dowd on poll numbers: “They are right where we thought they would be after a high point nearly 18 months ago.” . . . Bush on space-shuttle disaster: “The Columbia is lost. There are no survivors. . . . The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth, yet we can pray that all are safely home.” . . . Bush in State of the Union draws more viewers than 7 of Bill Clinton’s 8 addresses. .. . From the speech: “We have the terrorists on the run. We’re keeping them on the run. One by one, the terrorists are learning the meaning of American justice.” . . . “Whatever the duration of this struggle, and whatever the difficulties, we will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men—free people will set the course of history,” . . . “The course of this nation does not depend upon the decisions of others.” . . . “The dictator of Iraq is not disarming. To the contrary; he is deceiving.” . . . “The liberty we prize is not America’s gift to the world, it is God’s gift to humanity.” . . . Bush, in Michigan: “You don’t contain Saddam Hussein. You don’t hope that therapy will somehow change his evil mind.” . . . Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani on Bush, to AP: “He has already earned himself a spot in the history books as a great president.”

■ U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix: “Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance, not even today, of the disarmament that was demanded of it.” . . . Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee (R., R.I.) would let inspectors have more time: “Why not wait a year?” . . . Rep. Charles Rangel (D.,N.Y.) in “response” to State of the Union issued hours before Bush’s speech: “President Bush failed to demonstrate that there is an immediate threat from Iraq to us or our allies.” . . . South Carolina governor Mark Sanford(R.) says he will deploy if his Air Force Reserve unit receives orders: “I will do just as anyone else in my unit and follow them.” … In ABC News poll, 63 percent favor “having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power” and 55 percent support “U.S. invasion of Iraq with ground troops.”