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August 20, 2008

Bush Defends US War on Terror
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In planned speech before veterans group, US president touts efforts to
boost support for veterans, modernize military and unify intelligence
community to combat terrorism 
US President George W. Bush waves as he boards Air Force One at Texas
State Technical College in Waco, 20 Aug 2008U.S. President George Bush
Wednesday is defending the U.S. war on terror and his administration's
efforts to keep pressure on terrorists. Mr. Bush is to speak before the
same U.S. veterans group that U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama
and John Mc Cain addressed in the southeastern state of Florida earlier
this week. In remarks released in advance, Mr. Bush touts his
administration's efforts to boost support for veterans, modernize the
military and unify the intelligence community to combat terrorism.
President Bush is to tell the Veterans of Foreign Wars National
Convention that the United States must not treat terrorism simply as a
law enforcement matter. Instead, he says, the country must use all
assets of national power to hunt terrorists in order to keep Americans
safe. The president pointed out that after the 1993 World Trade Center
attack, law officers arrested, prosecuted and jailed several people
responsible. But, he said, eight years later al-Qaida returned to finish
the job, referring to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the
United States that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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