Bush Emphasizes Iraq Progress and Continuing Terror Threat
Visiting the only Northeastern state he carried in 2000, President Bush campaigned today in New Hampshire, calling for lower federal taxes and continued vigilance against terrorism. “Sept. 11, 2001, moved our country to grief and moved our country to action,” he told a cheering audience in Manchester. “We made a pledge that day, and we have kept it. We will bring the guilty to justice. We will take the fight to the enemy.” Speaking to a group that included many members of the National Guard and Reserves, Mr. Bush once again thematically linked the fight against terrorism with the war to oust Saddam Hussein. “We have fought the war on terror in Iraq,” Mr. Bush said. “The regime of Saddam Hussein possessed and used weapons of mass destruction, sponsored terrorist groups and inflicted terror on its own people.” Full Story