[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15498]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  PRESIDENT BUSH PROTECTING AMERICAN FAMILIES IN GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, despite the constant 
partisan sniping that seeks to use the ups and downs of war to 
political advantage, President Bush was absolutely right to end Saddam 
Hussein's sadistic regime, and he did it at the right time.
  After September 11, we can no longer wait until threats fully 
materialize before we take action to protect American families.
  We are truly winning the global war on terror with coalition 
victories in Iraq and Afghanistan, the dismantling of Libya's weapons 
programs, the killing of al Qaeda leaders in Saudi Arabia and Algeria, 
and the capture of terror cells in England, Spain, Turkey, Pakistan, 
and Jordan. Bin Laden terrorist leader Abu Makki surrendered yesterday 
in Saudi Arabia.
  As President Bush said this week at the Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory, ``Three years ago, the world was very different. Terrorists 
planned attacks with little fear of discovery or reckoning. Outlaw 
regimes supported terrorists and defied the civilized world, without 
shame and with few consequences. The world changed on September the 
11th, and since that day we have changed the world. We are leading a 
steady, confident, systematic campaign against the dangers of our 
time.''
  In conclusion, may God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11.

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