I Gave Them A Fair

America Is A Friend To The People Of Iraq. Our Demands Are Directed Only At The Regime That Enslaves Them And Threatens Us. When These Demands Are Met, The First And Greatest Benefit Will Come To Iraqi Men, Women And Children.

The Terrorist Attacks On September The 11th Were A Turning Point For Our Nation. We Saw The Goals Of A Determined Enemy To Expand The Scale Of Their Murder And Force America To Retreat From The World. And Our Nation Accepted A Mission. We Will Defeat This Enemy. The United States Of America Is Determined To Guard Our Homeland Against Future Attacks. As The September 11th Commission Concluded, Our Country Is Safer Than We Were Three Years Ago, But We Are Not Yet Safe

We Can Have Confidence In The Long-term Foundation Of Our Economy ... I Think The System Basically Is Sound. I Truly Do.

And After September The 11th, The United States Congress Also Granted Me Additional Authority To Use Military Force Against Al Qaeda. . . .

... For Those Of Us Who Lived Through These Events, The Only Marker We'll Ever Need Is The Tick Of A Clock At The 46th Minute Of The Eighth Hour Of The 11th Day.