For the Record

“I’m afraid it’s over, Miss Fogarty—my wife has started to understand me.”

■ In NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, President Bush earns 62 percent approval rating, down from high in April but up from 54 percent mark in January. . . . Bush at Coast Guard Academy: “The advance of freedom is more than an interest we pursue. It is a calling we follow. Our country was created in the name and cause of freedom. And if the self-evident truths of our founding are true for us, they are true for all. As a people dedicated to civil rights, we are driven to defend the human rights of others. We are the nation that liberated continents and concentration camps. We are the nation of the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift and the Peace Corps. We are the nation that ended the oppression of Afghan women, and we are the nation that closed the torture chambers of Iraq. . . . America seeks to expand not the borders of our country, but the realm of liberty. . . . The lesson of our time is clear: When nations embrace free markets, the rule of law and open trade, they prosper, and millions of lives are lifted out of poverty and despair.” . . . Bush on tax cuts: “The principle of this bill is pretty simple—that we believe the more money people have in their pockets, the more likely it is somebody is going to be able to find work in America.” . . . Administration officials who serve past Labor Day are expected to stay on through re-election effort. . . . Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer and EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman announce resignations.

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“I’m afraid it’s over, Miss Fogarty—my wife has started to understand me.”

■ In NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, President Bush earns 62 percent approval rating, down from high in April but up from 54 percent mark in January. . . . Bush at Coast Guard Academy: “The advance of freedom is more than an interest we pursue. It is a calling we follow. Our country was created in the name and cause of freedom. And if the self-evident truths of our founding are true for us, they are true for all. As a people dedicated to civil rights, we are driven to defend the human rights of others. We are the nation that liberated continents and concentration camps. We are the nation of the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift and the Peace Corps. We are the nation that ended the oppression of Afghan women, and we are the nation that closed the torture chambers of Iraq. . . . America seeks to expand not the borders of our country, but the realm of liberty. . . . The lesson of our time is clear: When nations embrace free markets, the rule of law and open trade, they prosper, and millions of lives are lifted out of poverty and despair.” . . . Bush on tax cuts: “The principle of this bill is pretty simple—that we believe the more money people have in their pockets, the more likely it is somebody is going to be able to find work in America.” . . . Administration officials who serve past Labor Day are expected to stay on through re-election effort. . . . Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer and EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman announce resignations.