[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 31 (Monday, August 7, 2006)]
[Page 1427]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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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.