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Thread #87918 Message #1651375
Posted By: GUEST
19-Jan-06 - 12:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: scott ritter speaks
Subject: RE: BS: scott ritter speaks
"Front Page Magazine"--now there's a good objective source---pray tell, Woody, who puts it out?
Well Bobert, they got that information you objected to directly from johnkerry.com so why are you knocking on Woody about it?
It has been "removed" from the John Kerry site for some inexplicable reason but it is still cached at Google. In case it goes away here it is again:
July 22, 2004 Statement by John Kerry on the 9/11 Commission Report For Immediate Release
Detroit, MI - Senator John Kerry issued the following statement today:
"After months of hard work for which we are all grateful, the 9/11 Commission has produced a report with urgent implications for the safety of the American people. Nearly three years after terrorists attacked our shores and murdered our loved ones, this report carries a simple message about our current state of security for every American who remembers that dark September day: We can do better. We must do better. And it's time to act – now.
"I received an initial briefing on the report from Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton this morning. We have a big agenda of reforms and no time to lose in tackling them. I understand that Senators Lieberman, McCain and others will soon introduce legislation that contains the Commission's recommendations. The administration and the Congress must get to work on this legislation immediately.
"This is not a time for bickering. It is not a time for politics. When it comes to protecting our people and securing our homeland, there are no Democrats. There are no Republicans. There are only Americans who will do anything to defend America and our way of life.
"This is a time to come together. This is a time for bipartisan solutions. And this is a time to act – now.
"The terrorists will not wait for us, and we must not wait for them.
"And mark my words – if I am elected president and there has still not been sufficient progress on these issues, I will not wait a single day more. I will lead.
"I will convene an Emergency Security Summit that brings together leading Democratic and Republican members of Congress, leaders of the agencies that play a vital role in our fight against terrorism and the 9/11 Commissioners. We will assess what we have achieved and what more is to be done. And then we will do it.
"With so much at stake, we need to gather leaders who are ready to be reformers and work together to find solutions. And, as president, I will be directly involved in making sure that we do anything and everything to make our country safer.
"A Kerry-Edwards administration will put in place a comprehensive new national security strategy aimed at getting the terrorists before they get us. We will transform our military to meet new threats, restore the strength of our alliances, and lead with the power of our ideas. We will use every available resource to destroy terrorists and deny them sanctuary, funds and new recruits.
"We will also transform our intelligence services -- by strengthening leadership, maximizing coordination among our intelligence agencies, and making sure that we have the personnel at home and abroad to get the job done.
"And we will strengthen our homeland defenses. From better protecting our transportation systems, to safeguarding our ports and infrastructure, to improving our emergency communications systems and integrating our watch lists, to providing our first responders with the resources they need to do their jobs – we will do whatever it takes to make our homeland more safe and more secure.
"We must act – now. As president, I will not rest until I can look into the eyes of a mother who lost her son in those towers and fought for this report to come out and say 'We are as safe as we can be.' I will not rest until I can look into the eyes of a firefighter or a first responder whose colleagues ran up those stairs while others ran down and say 'We are as safe as we can be.' And, as president, I will not rest until I can look into the eyes of the American people who want a future of freedom and security and say 'We are as safe as we can be.'"