[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book II)]
[July 31, 2006]
[Pages 1482-1483]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Remarks Following a Tour of the Port of Miami in Miami
July 31, 2006

    I want to thank Admiral Allen and the 
members of the Coast Guard for what has been a really interesting tour 
of the Port of Miami.
    A couple of things: One, it's clear that the money we've been 
spending to help secure our ports is working. In other words, new 
technologies--there's new ways to investigate cargo that gets here. 
Obviously, there's more work to be done, but one of the most innovative 
projects we've done, by the way, is to have a--is to use ports of--the 
disembarkation to inspect cargo so that the cargo has been inspected 
before it arrives here.
    So I want to thank you all for the tour. I'm real proud of our Coast 
Guard. The Coast Guard is really, really good. And part of our efforts 
is to work with the Coast Guard leadership to make sure the Coast Guard 
is modernized, that they've got the latest choppers, the good boats to 
be able to do their job.
    We talked about a lot of issues besides port security. One of the 
big issues that people face here is the migration issue, a lot of people 
trying to sneak into Florida. And the Coast Guard is doing their job to 
enforce our policy, and I appreciate them for their hard work.
    At the United Nations today, the Security Council passed a 
resolution regarding Iran's attempt to have nuclear weapons. It's a 
strong resolution. I want to thank our partners. This resolution follows 
up on North Korea resolution, and it goes to show that when America 
takes the lead and works with our friends, we're able to accomplish 
diplomatic objectives.
    And now Condi Rice comes back from the 
Middle East and will be working with our friends and allies on a 
resolution regarding Lebanon. But the Iranians must hear loud and clear 
with this resolution: The world is intent upon working together to make 
sure that they do not end up with a nuclear weapon or the know-how to 
build a nuclear weapon.
    Again, I want to thank our allies on this very important resolution 
and remind the American people that we've had a strategy in place to 
send a common message, a unified message to the Iranian leadership.
    I want to thank you all. Appreciate it.

Note: The President spoke at 11:24 a.m. at the U.S. Coast Guard 
Integrated Support Command.

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