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People Forget... That We Structured It So That The Government, Or The People, Would Be Repaid With A Really Good Rate Of Return. And As It Turns Out, That Aspect Of Tarp, That's What Happened.

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People Forget... That We Structured It So That The Government, Or The People, Would Be Repaid With A Really Good Rate Of Return. And As It Turns Out, That Aspect Of Tarp, That's What Happened.

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To Give Law Enforcement The Additional Tools It Needs To Track Down Terror Here At Home.

It's Important To Reach Out To Moderate Arab Nations, Like Jordan And Egypt, Saudi Arabia And Kuwait.

When An 18-year-old Palestinian Girl Is Persuaded To Blow Herself Up, And In Doing So She Kills A 17-year-old Israeli Girl, We Are Watching The Future Itself Die!

Those Who Feel Like They Can Intimidate Our Fellow Citizens To Take Out Their Anger Don't Represent The Best Of America, They Represent The Worst Of Humankind, And They Should Be Ashamed Of That Kind Of Behavior.

I Think That The Vice President Is A Person Reflecting A Half-glass-full Mentality.

And I, Unfortunately, Have Been To Too Many Disasters As President.

The Biggest Threat Facing America Is Terrorists With Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

Mass Destruction

The Bond Between Mothers And Their Children Is One Defined By Love. As A Mother's Prayers For Her Children Are Unending, So Are The Wisdom, Grace, And Strength They Provide To Their Children.

Only A Liberal Senator From Massachusetts Would Say That A 49 Percent Increase In Funding For Education Was Not Enough.

Education Funding

I Believe That We Will Succeed In Iraq, Because, One, The Iraqis Want To Live In A Free Society. And, Two, That The Iraqis Want To Take The Fight To The Enemy. And People Want Me To Put A Timetable On Things; That's A Huge Mistake. Putting A Timetable On This - On Our Stay There In Iraq Simply Emboldens The Enemy And Discourages Our Friends.

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