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WASHINGTON, Apr. 3 /Standard Newswire/ -- The following text is of remarks by President Bush on the Emergency Supplemental:

The Rose Garden

10:09 A.M. EDT

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So we spend a lot of time trying to protect this country.  But if they were ever to have safe haven, it would make the efforts much harder.  That's my point.  We cannot let them have safe haven again.  The lesson of September the 11th is, if these killers are able to find safe haven from which to plot, plan and attack, they will do so. 

So, Ed, I don't know what methodology they'll use.  We're planning for the worst.  We cover all fronts.  And it's hard to protect a big country like this, and I applaud those who have done a fantastic job of protecting us since September the 11th.  But make no mistake about it, there's still an enemy that would like to do us harm.  And I believe, whether it be in Afghanistan, or in Iraq, or anywhere else, if these enemy are able to find safe haven, it will endanger the lives of our fellow citizens.

I also understand that the best way to defeat them in the long run is to show people in the Middle East, for example, that there is a better alternative to tyrannical societies, to societies that don't meet the hopes and aspirations of the average people; and that is through a society that is based upon the universal concept of liberty. 

Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and it's a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to people like -- or to the developed world, to people like -- in the United States. 

So thank you all very much for your interest.  I hope you have a nice holiday.  Appreciate it. 

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