http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-05/local/me-5169_1_persian-gulf
Los Angeles Times
Now, Something Worse in the Gulf Than War : What if You Do Everything Right and End Up Killing 300 Civilians?
July 05, 1988 TOM CLANCY Tom Clancy is the author of "Red Storm Rising" and the coming "Cardinal of the Kremlin."
We extended our protection only to American-flagged Kuwaiti tankers as if freedom of the seas were a superpower prerogative, even though we have entered wars to prove that it was not. Historians tell us that departure from principle in the name of expediency is always a mistake. For those who don't believe, here is renewed proof. The principle was not observed in full, and the Iranians gave it commensurate respect. Move and countermove have ensued. American sailors have died because we have ordered them to be a "presence" in a war zone. Our ships must live in a war zone, must defend themselves but may not take any decisive action to end the threats. When attacked, they take enough action to punish the attackers, but not those who gave the orders.
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Los Angeles Times
Bush Campaign Cranks Up Attack Ads on Kerry
June 08, 2004 Nick Anderson Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — President Bush began his television advertising campaign this year as an heir to Ronald Reagan, with images of flag-raising patriotism that harked back to the 40th president's "Morning in America" commercials of 20 years ago.
But Bush quickly shifted tactics in response to political challenges Reagan never faced. He reduced his positive TV spots to nearly a whisper and cranked up the volume on a series of slashing attacks on his Democratic challenger.
In essence, he labeled Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts an anti-Reagan, accusing him of a vision that amounted to "Twilight in America."
New data on the TV ad wars, compiled for The Times and covering the three months of advertising by Bush, Kerry and a coalition of liberal groups, illustrate the unusual intensity of the president's assault. The information also shows the extent of Kerry's effort to neutralize those attacks with a massive barrage of his own, mostly upbeat TV messages.
The Bush and Kerry TV ads are continuing most of this week even as other campaign activities stop while the nation memorializes Reagan after his death Saturday. Both sides plan to suspend their advertising on Friday, a national day of mourning for Reagan.
The former president's legacy remains a matter of intense dispute between liberals and conservatives. But retrospectives are reminding many voters of his masterly use of television to project an infectious optimism.
To varying degrees, both Bush and Kerry are vying this year to position themselves as messengers of hope in a world shaken by terrorism. But analysts say Bush's TV messages have been, to some extent, hemmed in by events: the ongoing bloodshed in Iraq, a somewhat bumpy economic record, Kerry's easy dominance in the usually fractious Democratic primaries.
Even Bush's early positive ads, while echoing some of the themes of Reagan's, also showed footage of firefighters with a fallen comrade at ground zero in Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist strikes. In short, 2004 is not 1984.
"It's hard to see how Bush would re-create Reagan in '84 because he doesn't have in place most of the conditions to do that kind of campaign," said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Instead, Jamieson compares Bush's TV spots to those run by his father's presidential campaigns -- hard-hitting, controversial and, in some cases, misleading.
Strategists for the Bush and Kerry campaigns agree that the race so far has largely been about defining the Democrat. In part, that is because the nation is closely split and opinions about Bush are firm among most voters -- pro and con. Kerry is less well-known.
"Our ability to affect [Bush's] image is limited," said Matthew Dowd, the reelection campaign's top strategist. "Most incumbents, especially this one, are fairly well-defined.... What you want to do is have your communications have an effect on wherever the largest number of 'soft' voters are. In this case, that was Kerry, and it continues to be Kerry."
From early March through Saturday, the Bush campaign produced 17 commercials that together have run an estimated 70,000 times on local broadcasts in the campaign's most closely contested states and on national cable TV, according to TNSMI/Campaign Media Analysis Group, a nonpartisan company based in Virginia. About 70% of the spots were critical of Kerry.
The latest Bush attack on Kerry, a 30-second spot that premiered Monday, is titled "Pessimism" and chides the senator's frequent citations of the Great Depression when describing the nation's economy. "Pessimism never created a job," a narrator remarks over a full-screen picture of a dour-looking Kerry shrouded by a computer-generated white fog. Bush, in the ad, declares himself an optimist.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2004
Briefing on Meeting with Prime Minister of Japan
Background Briefing by a Senior Administration Official on the President's Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan
Sea Island, Georgia
2:10 P.M. EDT
Q I'm simply wondering if Prime Minister Koizumi asked President Bush for amnesty for Sergeant Jenkins. And I'm also interested in the discussion on the side round of the six-party talks, based on Koizumi's trip to Pyongyang. Is there anything like advice from Mr. Koizumi to President Bush? Thank you very much.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: On Jenkins, the two leaders compared notes. Nobody -- neither leader asked the other leader to do something, they compared notes. The situation and the sympathetic humanitarian situation of Ms. Soga, the legal situation surrounding Jenkins; no conclusions, no requests from one side or the other, but an understanding of the situation and a promise to keep in touch on this.
The Prime Minister did give advice on North Korea. And every time the two leaders meet, the President welcomes Prime Minister Koizumi's advice on North Korea. That's been true in every meeting I've been in, and I've been in pretty much every one. The President respects Prime Minister Koizumi's assessment of the security situation in Northeast Asia, considers Japan a very solid ally in this effort. The main advice the Prime Minister gave was that we should continue telling the North Koreans they can have some benefit from giving up their nuclear weapons. They can have economic aid, they can have energy support from the international community, they can have security assurances. These are all things that we have, in one way or another, put on the table in these talks, the six-party talks. And the Prime Minister's advice was, we need to keep forcing North Korea to think about the advantages it could get, and to realize that it won't have any of that if it tries to maintain its nuclear weapons option. So they often compare notes and strategy, and they did this time, too.
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The American Presidency Project
George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Message to the Congress on the Death of President Ronald Reagan
June 8, 2004
To the Congress of the United States:
By this Message, I officially inform you of the death of Ronald Reagan, the fortieth President of the United States.
Ronald Reagan was a great leader and a good man. He had the confidence that comes with conviction, the strength that comes with character, the grace that comes with humility, and the humor that comes with wisdom.
Through his leadership, spirit, and abiding faith in the American people, President Reagan gave our Nation a renewed optimism. With his courage and moral clarity, he enhanced America's security and advanced the spread of peace, liberty, and democracy to millions of people who had lived in darkness and oppression. As America's President, he helped change the world.
The sun has now set on Ronald Reagan's extraordinary American life. Just as he told us that our Nation's best days are yet to come, we know that the same is true for him.
GEORGE W. BUSH
The White House, June 8, 2004.
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From 2/6/1911 ( my biological maternal grandfather Ronald Reagan ) To 4/18/1988 ( the United States Navy Operation Praying Mantis - my biological brother US Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan and I US Navy FC2 Kerry Wayne Burgess are both at the same time onboard the United States Navy warship USS Wainwright CG 28 when it evaded a Harpoon anti-ship missile from hostile Iran-Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush-Axis of Evil-Soviet Union-Communist forces ) is 28196 days
28196 = 14098 + 14098
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 5/15/1956 ( premiere US film "Invitation to the Dance" ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 14098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) To 6/8/2004 is 3458 days
3458 = 1729 + 1729
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/28/1970 ( Richard Nixon - Letter Accepting the Resignation of Dr. Thomas O. Paine as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ) is 1729 days
From 5/23/1963 ( Biltmore designated National Historic Landmark ) To 6/8/2004 is 14992 days
14992 = 7496 + 7496
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/12/1986 ( premiere US film "Top Gun" ) is 7496 days
From 5/12/1986 ( premiere US film "Top Gun" ) To 6/8/2004 is 6602 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/30/1983 ( Ronald Reagan - Statement on Signing the United States Commission on Civil Rights Act of 1983 ) is 6602 days
From 6/15/1954 ( premiere US TV series episode "Center Stage"::"Grandfather Takes Off" ) To 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) is 14098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 6/15/1954 ( premiere US TV series episode "Danger"::"The Big Man" ) To 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) is 14098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 6/15/1954 ( premiere US film "The Student Prince" ) To 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) is 14098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 6/15/1954 ( premiere US film "The Unconquered" ) To 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) is 14098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 4158 days
4158 = 2079 + 2079
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/13/1971 ( Richard Nixon - Statement About the Death of Edgar N. Eisenhower ) is 2079 days
From 3/3/1959 ( the birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 10/7/1997 ( premiere US TV series episode "Frontline"::"Once Upon a Time in Arkansas" ) is 14098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 3/3/1959 ( the birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 6/8/2004 is 16534 days
16534 = 8267 + 8267
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/21/1988 ( premiere US film "Backfire" ) is 8267 days
From 3/3/1959 ( the birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 6/8/2004 is 16534 days
16534 = 8267 + 8267
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/21/1988 ( premiere US TV series episode "Frontline"::"Indian Country" ) is 8267 days
From 7/16/1963 ( Phoebe Cates the Harvard University graduate medical doctor and the world-famous actress and the wife of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 6/8/2004 is 14938 days
14938 = 7469 + 7469
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/15/1986 ( the United States airstrikes against Libya ) is 7469 days
From 11/18/1997 ( premiere US film "The Rainmaker" ) To 6/8/2004 is 2394 days
2394 = 1197 + 1197
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/11/1969 ( Jennifer Aniston ) is 1197 days
From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) To 6/8/2004 is 4891 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/25/1979 ( premiere US TV series "Friends" ) is 4891 days
From 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) To 6/8/2004 is 4891 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/25/1979 ( premiere US TV series "Friends" ) is 4891 days
From 1/8/1954 ( premiere US film "The Great Diamond Robbery" ) To 6/8/2004 is 18414 days
18414 = 9207 + 9207
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) is 9207 days
From 1/8/1954 ( premiere US film "The Great Diamond Robbery" ) To 6/8/2004 is 18414 days
18414 = 9207 + 9207
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 9207 days
From 2/17/1909 ( Geronimo deceased ) To 9/24/1947 ( premiere US film "Unconquered" ) is 14098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 2/24/1952 ( premiere US film "Aladdin and His Lamp" ) To 6/8/2004 is 19098 days
19098 = 9549 + 9549
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 9549 days
From 12/26/1941 ( Winston Churchill address US Congress ) To 8/1/1980 ( premiere US film "The Final Countdown" ) is 14098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 11/18/1996 ( premiere US film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) To 6/8/2004 is 2759 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/23/1973 ( Richard Nixon - Executive Order 11721 - Providing for Federal Pay Administration ) is 2759 days
From 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) To 6/8/2004 is 4833 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/26/1979 ( premiere US TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard"::series premiere episode "One Armed Bandits" ) is 4833 days
From 4/18/1918 ( Clifton Keith Hillegass ) To 6/29/1995 ( the Mir space station docking of the United States space shuttle Atlantis orbiter vehicle mission STS-71 includes my biological brother United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan the spacecraft and mission commander and me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-71 pilot astronaut ) is 28196 days
28196 = 14098 + 14098
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/8/2004 is 14098 days
From 8/3/1998 ( Tom Clancy "Rainbow Six" ) To 6/8/2004 is 2136 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/8/1971 ( premiere US film "Sunday Bloody Sunday" ) is 2136 days
From 9/22/1980 ( the Iran-Iraq war begins ) To 6/8/2004 is 8660 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/19/1989 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush kills 111 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232 and destroys the United Airlines Flight 232 aircraft because I was a passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 as United States Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kerry Wayne Burgess and I was assigned to maintain custody of a non-violent offender military prisoner of the United States ) is 8660 days
From 1/6/1957 ( premiere US film "Chain of Evidence" ) To 6/8/2004 is 17320 days
17320 = 8660 + 8660
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/19/1989 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush kills 111 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232 and destroys the United Airlines Flight 232 aircraft because I was a passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 as United States Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kerry Wayne Burgess and I was assigned to maintain custody of a non-violent offender military prisoner of the United States ) is 8660 days
From 2/24/1992 ( premiere US TV movie "Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232" ) To 6/8/2004 is 4488 days
4488 = 2244 + 2244
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) is 2244 days
From 4/17/1998 ( premiere US film "Major League: Back to the Minors" ) To 6/8/2004 is 2244 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) is 2244 days
From 1/30/1925 ( Douglas Engelbart ) To 6/8/2004 is 28984 days
28984 = 14492 + 14492
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/7/2005 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-Corbis-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal bombs London England in a scheduled terrorist attack with extensive damage and many fatalities and many injuries ) is 14492 days
From 8/9/1965 ( the Titan II underground missile silo fire in Searcy Arkansas killing 53 workers ) To 6/8/2004 is 14183 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/1/2004 ( the attack on Beslan North Ossetia School Number One Russia ) is 14183 days
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040608-27.html
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2004
President Bush, President Putin Discuss Iraq
Remarks by the President and President Putin of Russia in Photo Opportunity
Dunbar House
Sea Island, Georgia
5:41 P.M. EDT
PRESIDENT BUSH: I always enjoy talking to my friend, Vladimir Putin. He's a strong leader who cares deeply about the people of his country and understands the issues that we face. We just had a long discussion about a variety of issues. And I had the opportunity to thank him for working together on important issues such as the United Nations Security Council resolution.
The vote today in the United Nations Security Council was a great victory for the Iraqi people. The International community showed that they stand side-by-side with the Iraqi people. The U.N. Security Council resolution supports the interim government, supports free elections and supports the multi-national force. America supports strongly the idea of a free society in the midst of hatred and intolerance. And I appreciate your help, Vladimir, on getting that Security Council resolution through today.
And it is my pleasure to continue to work with you as we make sure our relations are as close as they possibly can be.
PRESIDENT PUTIN: (As translated.) First of all, I would like to thank the U.S. President for having invited me to such a wonderful place. Indeed, we had a very thorough discussion which pertained to virtually the entire spectrum of the U.S.-Russia relationship.
I have congratulated the U.S. President with the positive change currently underway with the U.S. economy, which has to be acknowledged as his merit. And this happens with the background of the unreasonable growth for costs and pricing for the energy resources. We're all interested in these positive changes, because in the contemporary world of today, when we live, it is important for all of us that the U.S. economy improves, for the entire world - for Russia, included.
I'd like to point out the fact that our relationship has been developing all across the board, including such sensitive areas as the military cooperation.
Now, as regards the adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution, without any exaggeration I would state that it is a major step forward. And I hope I will express the view which is held by all members of the Security Council that, indeed, we have witnessed a very constructive dialogue which was in progress over the past few days in this area. And this is not about passing a new document in the Security Council regarding Iraq. This is about a quality change in the status in Iraq and with regards to the presence of the military troops there. This is about a quality change of the impact the United Nations have over the situation in Iraq. Naturally, it will take quite a long time before this adoption of the document will have any impact on the real change on the ground in Iraq.
But we can convincingly and comfortably state that the situation is ripe for adopting such a serious and such a concrete document concerning this country. If prior to this document it was primarily the burden and the responsibility which was upheld by the United States with regard to this country, it seems now it will be the Iraqi government, themselves, who will have the whole spectrum of the sovereignty rights which will be enjoyed by them with a major influence now to be exercised by the entire world community with regards to the situation in that country.
Therefore, on this occasion, I would like to congratulate the U.S. President with this achievement and to express our wish that the situation is going to be changing in a better way there.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir.
END 5:50 P.M. EDT
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Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart, (born January 30, 1925, Portland, Oregon, U.S.—died July 2, 2013, Atherton, California), American inventor whose work beginning in the 1950s led to his patent for the computer mouse, the development of the basic graphical user interface, and groupware. Engelbart won the 1997 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for his “inspiring vision of the future of interactive computing and the invention of key technologies to help realize this vision.”
Engelbart grew up on a farm near Portland. Following two years of enlisted service as a radar technician for the U.S. Navy in World War II, he completed a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at Oregon State University in 1948. He soon became dissatisfied with his electrical engineering job at the Ames Research Center, located at Moffett Field, California, and in December 1950 had the inspiration that would drive the rest of his professional life.
Engelbart’s dream was to use computers to connect individuals in a network that would allow them to share and update information in “real time.” He combined this idea of collaborative software, or groupware, with his experience interpreting radar displays and with ideas he gleaned from an Atlantic Monthly article by Vannevar Bush, “As We May Think,” to envision networked computers employing a graphical user interface. After receiving a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1955, he stayed on as an acting assistant professor for a year before accepting a position with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI; now SRI International) in Menlo Park, California.
In 1963 Engelbart was given funding by SRI to start his own research laboratory, the Augmentation Research Center, where he worked on inventing and perfecting various devices—such as the computer mouse, the multiple window display, and hypermedia (the linking of texts, images, video, and sound files within a single document)—for inputting, manipulating, and displaying data. Together with a colleague at SRI, William English, he eventually perfected a variety of input devices—including joysticks, light pens, and track balls—that are now common. Prior to Engelbart’s inventions, laborious and error-prone keypunch cards or manually set electronic switches were necessary to control computers, and data had to be printed before it could be viewed. His work made it possible for ordinary people to use computers.
Early in 1967 Engelbart’s laboratory became the second site on the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the primary precursor to the Internet. On December 9, 1968, at a computer conference in San Francisco, Engelbart demonstrated a working real-time collaborative computer system known as NLS (oNLine System). Using NLS, he and a colleague (back in Menlo Park) worked on a shared document in one window (using keyboard and mouse input devices) while at the same time conducting the world’s first public computer video conference in another window. Engelbart continued his research, building increasingly sophisticated input and display devices and improving the graphical user interface, but because of budget cuts at SRI most of his research staff migrated to other institutions such as Xerox Corporation’s Palo Alto Research Center in Palo Alto, California.
In 1977 SRI sold Engelbart’s NLS groupware system to Tymshare, Incorporated, a telephone networking company that renamed it Augment and sought to make it into a commercially viable office automation system. As the last remaining member of his research laboratory, and with SRI showing no further interest in his work, Engelbart joined Tymshare. In 1984 Tymshare was acquired by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, where Engelbart worked on information systems. In 1989 he founded the Bootstrap Institute, a research and consulting firm. Over the following decade he finally began to receive recognition for his innovations.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2004
Bush/Martin Remarks at G8
Dunbar House
Sea Island, Georgia
2:58 P.M. EDT
PRESIDENT BUSH: I'm so honored to have a chance to visit with you again, Mr. Prime Minister. I look forward to our discussions. We've got great relations, and relations with Canada are, as far as I'm concerned, very important relations.
And we will continue our discussions on mad cow and soft wood lumber. You've always been a strong advocate of Canadian interests, of course, and I appreciate that. Hopefully we can resolve the mad cow quickly, that you've asked me to do, and that we will continue to work on a soft wood lumber agreement that's beneficial to both countries.
Canada is a great friend, and you've been very cooperative at figuring out ways to cooperate in the war on terror. The Prime Minister has got a clear vision about the dangers that face the free world, and for that I'm grateful, too. So I look forward to our discussions, sir.
PRIME MINISTER MARTIN: Well, thank you very much. First of all, Mr. President, I thank you for having us all here. This is an absolutely spectacular, beautiful spot. And I think that we're all very, very glad to be here.
In terms of the war on terror, this is a -- we feel every bit as strongly about it as you. And the fact is, that we are all at peril here, and we have all got to win this war. And Canada certainly intends to do our part, and we stand with you foursquare against global terrorism.
If you'll also allow me, simply to say, now that I'm here, I really -- certainly on my own behalf, and on behalf of all of the Canadian people, how -- how much we regret the passing of President Reagan, and what a tremendous contribution he made to the free world. I don't think there's any doubt that he is one of the great influential people of the second half of the last century. His effect in bringing the cold war to an end is one for which historians will laud him forever. And so I think that you -- at the same time, while you feel very badly, I'm sure you feel very, very proud and I think the American people can feel proud.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Thanks, Paul. Appreciate it.
END 3:01 P.M. EDT
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THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2004
Briefing on Meeting with Prime Minister of Japan
Background Briefing by a Senior Administration Official on the President's Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan
Sea Island, Georgia
2:10 P.M. EDT
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I've just come from the bilateral luncheon meeting between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. It began at 12:30 p.m. and ran until about 1:45 p.m. or so. As usual, in the bilateral meetings between these two leaders, there was a lot of good cheer and good, friendly conversation. They meet frequently and talk frequently on the phone.
Prime Minister Koizumi opened up by expressing condolences on the loss of Spot, the President's dog, and then asked after Barney, whom he knows. You probably saw that before the actual bilateral meeting, the two leaders took questions on the record and did a number of issues there.
In the actual substance of the luncheon meeting, they talked about Iraq, North Korea, the economy, and other issues. Prime Minister Koizumi congratulated the President on the very strong prospect that the U.N. would unanimously vote for the Security Council resolution on Iraq and reiterated that Japan will do its part to the utmost to assist with the reconstruction of Iraq, and in that context, that Japan was preparing to continue its deployment of self-defense forces, based on the new resolution and based on a decision to be made in Tokyo sometime next week, and also that Japan is continuing its work with economic reconstruction, based on a pledge of $5 billion made several months ago.
The President and the Prime Minister talked quite a bit about what they can do, together with the other G8 leaders and international leaders, to move forward with a successful transition in Iraq. And the President likes to make the analogy to Japan, as some of you know, and he and the Prime Minister talked about that. Where we were at war with Japan half a century ago, as the President likes to note, today Junichiro Koizumi is one of his closest friends and Japan one of our best allies. And that, he thinks, and the Prime Minister agreed, is a good model for thinking about Iraq, that someday he, the President, will sit down, perhaps with Prime Minister Koizumi and the leader of Iraq, and talk about peace and talk about our economic growth and the welfare of our people in the same way.
Prime Minister Koizumi gave the President a detailed readout on his trip to Pyongyang. He went on May 22nd. He spent several hours with Kim Jong-il. The Prime Minister reiterated Japan's very firm stand that there would be no normalization with North Korea until North Korea had addressed the three key issues to Japan, eliminating nuclear weapons verifiably, dealing with the missile threat to Japan, and resolving the abductee issue. And the President gave the President some of his insights into Kim Jong-il's character and some of the North Korean approach, and they agreed that the six-party talks -- and we have another round coming up soon -- that the six-party talks are the right process to bring China, Japan, the ROK, Russia, and the U.S. together to make it very clear that North Korea will not face a good future if it refuses to give up its nuclear weapons.
The Prime Minister emphasized that he told Kim Jong-il to think carefully about the benefits North Korea could receive if it verifiably gave up nuclear weapons -- economic aid from Japan, security assurances, energy assistance from the international community -- that these were all things that weighed against whatever benefit comes from nuclear weapons which surely outweigh the benefit of nuclear weapons. And the President completely agreed that these things were possible for North Korea, but the key was verification and making sure that the North Koreans kept their promise. And the two leaders agreed that in that context, making sure that the North Koreans make a commitment to all of the six parties, or all of the other five parties, was absolutely essential.
On North Korea, the Prime Minister talked a bit about the Japanese abductees. The President and the Prime Minister have talked about this frequently, and as you know, the President has said several times in public that the United States, and indeed the President, will stand with Japan until every abductee, every abducted Japanese citizen is accounted for.
The Prime Minister described the situation of Ms. Soga, whose husband, Sergeant Jenkins, is a defector and a deserter, and the humanitarian situation and the sympathy that the Japanese public feels for Ms. Soga. The President explained the legal situation, and his understanding of what Sergeant Jenkins had done, which was to defect to the North. And they agreed they would keep in close touch on this.
They talked about the economy, and compared growth between the U.S. and Japan; both economies doing quite well. They talked a bit about U.N. reform. The Prime Minister reminded the President that Japan pays the second highest dues to the U.N. after the U.S., and more than any other P-5 country, other than the U.S. And they agreed to work together on U.N. reform and on the importance of Japan's permanent membership in the Security Council as a goal.
And finally, they talked a bit about force posture and U.S. military presence overseas, particularly in Asia. The President explained that he's had these conversations with the Prime Minister before, that we are reviewing our global posture, that we are focusing on increasing our capabilities and living up to our commitments to our allies based on technology, not just people. And they agreed that they would keep in close consultation on how to shape U.S. forces in Japan in the years to come, to take maximum advantage of technology, to maintain a strong deterrent. And those discussions are just underway.
That was it. I'm happy to take questions. I'm assuming I can hear people in Savannah. I'm told I can hear them, but it's awfully noisy here.
Q Could you tell me how Mr. Koizumi explained Kim Jong-il's character?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: You may want to ask, obviously, the Japanese delegation for more details. But in short, the Prime Minister contrasted his meeting with Kim Jong-il in May this year to the meeting in September a year ago, and thought he detected in Kim Jong-il a bit more of a recognition that there might be advantages to giving up nuclear weapons. But it was mostly atmospherics. And they agreed that the best way to explore and see whether the North Koreans were indeed prepared to change their position was in the next round of the six-party talks, which we expect at the end of this month.
Q I just wanted to ask you to elaborate a little bit about the discussions on the economy, and specifically, did the President say anything about the Japanese government's decision to stop their interventions?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: They did not talk about that. They mostly talked about the factors behind growth in the two economies and the expectation that the economic growth in Japan was sustainable because it was based on domestic demand from capital investment and consumer demand, and was the result of steady reform implemented by the Prime Minister. But they didn't talk about that issue you raised.
Q Could you just give us the precise -- what have President said about Mr. Jenkins, what did Prime Minister Koizumi ask him or said to him, and what did President respond to it?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: The Prime Minister described the situation that Ms. Soga faces, and the President was quite interested in hearing about it. The Prime Minister explained, as you all know well, that Ms. Soga was married to Mr. Jenkins, that she's now in Japan and does not want to go back to North Korea, that the Japanese government is trying to find a way to have them meet.
The President expressed real sympathy for this situation and an understanding of why the Japanese public and why the Prime Minister want to do everything they can to help find a humanitarian answer to this real puzzle, and something that would help Ms. Soga be reunited with her children. The President explained to the Prime Minister that Sergeant Jenkins deserted from the U.S. Army in 1965 and, therefore, he is still technically in the U.S. Army and still wanted on four different charges. And the Prime Minister acknowledged that that was a real dilemma, as well. And so there was no conclusion, but they both agreed that the governments would keep in touch on this.
Q Can you explain if Mr. Bush expressed his feeling about how he felt about compromising with Germany and France concerning the resolution? And also, did the talks on broader -- and North African nations come up during the meeting?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yes, in fact, the Prime Minister congratulated the President and made the point that if there is, as most people expect, a 15-0 U.N. Security Council resolution passed on Iraq, that from his perspective, this was a real demonstration of the respect for the position the President has been pushing, which is for the Iraqi people to take on the role of restoring their country to sovereignty, with the help of the international community.
So it wasn't talked about in terms of a compromise, but rather in terms of a real success that was something both the Prime Minister and the President were eager to see, and had been for some time.
And they did talk about the broader Middle East. The Prime Minister expressed his support and the President thanked him. They'll be talking about it, of course, with the other G8 leaders in the days ahead. The Prime Minister expressed his support; the President thanked him. They talking about it, of course, with the other G8 leaders in the days ahead. And the President explained that this was a real opportunity for the leaders of the G8 to demonstrate support for reform and for change in many of these countries generated from within, but with support from leading economies and democracies of the world. But it was a very brief discussion, and they'll talk about it more with the other leaders today, tomorrow, and the next day.
Q I'd like to know more about global postal -- did President Bush and Prime Minister Koizumi talk about in some detail about changing presence of U.S. military station in Japan?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No, they didn't really talk about detailed plans because the official discussion between the U.S. and Japan on that is still fairly new. For the most part, the two governments, the Defense Department, State, Gai Musho and Boeicho, have been talking about strategy, assessing the threat, assessing the technology. They've been doing the broader homework to get ready for some discussions about how to shape our presence in a way that takes maximum advantage of new technologies that eases the burden as much as possible on the people of Okinawa or the rest of Japan, and maintains, or even enhances, the capability and the flexibility of U.S. forces.
And the case in Korea and the ROK is a little further ahead -- and we've actually had lots of discussion with the ROK government. The President has talked to President Roh, and it's a little further ahead. In the case of Japan, we're just starting now to think about how U.S. presence in Japan fits into what is our much broader effort to reposture or revise and relocate our global posture review. So they didn't get into real details about forces or figures.
Q I'm wondering if the two leaders discussed any trade issues. You may recall that Senator Grassley wrote President Bush last month asking him to raise the KAMPO privatization dispute and the BSE beef ban. Were any of those or any trade issues raised?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: They did talk about some trade issues. I'm not going to get into every detail. The only one I will flag specifically is beef, because at lunch they ate beef -- and it was very good, I might add. And the President did, in commenting on how delicious it is, asked where we are on that. And they both expressed confidence that talks will lead to a mutually satisfactory solution. Because beef exports to Japan for us are traditionally a billion dollars a year. It's a very important market for us, and the Prime Minister knows that.
Q I just wanted to clarify, the discussion about Japan becoming a permanent member of the Security Council -- is that a new position, or is that -- why did it come up in this context, given the battles the administration had with the Security Council that looked like the administration trying to stack the Security Council with some of its friends?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: It's always been the U.S. position that -- or has been for at least a decade -- that Japan should be -- in any reformation, any effort to reform the Security Council, that Japan should be a candidate, a leading candidate to have a permanent seat. There's no concrete plan in place, there's no initiative about to begin. It was a reiteration of a position that we've had since 41, since the first Bush administration, held by the Clinton administration, and continued by this administration. And it was in the context of Prime Minister Koizumi talking about a very important theme for Japan, reform of the U.N., reform of the Security Council, that the President did reiterate that we still have this goal with Japan that's finding a way in reform of the Security Council to have Japan on it permanently.
There's no agreement on how you do that. There's no plan ready to unfold, to unveil, and there's no initiative about to start. But in principle, we've had that position, and still do.
Q There was some reporting out of Japan before the Prime Minister's visit from some interviews he did with foreign press there that he believed that the North Koreans were prepared to do a deal, and I was just wondering, how optimistic was he? Why did he think there had been this change? And did he at all raise the prospect of some benefit in bilaterals between the U.S. and North Korea?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I'm sorry, I didn't catch the last --
Q Did he suggest it may be a good thing to have bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea --to further this optimistic view of North Korea's position at the moment?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Kim Jong-il said in September a year ago, some slightly different formulations about nuclear weapons than he did this time. This time he apparently said that North Korea didn't want nuclear weapons, a formulation that from time to time comes out of Pyongyang, usually accompanied by a statement saying, but we have to because of the Americans hostile policy. In this case, the fact that it was Kim Jong-il was significant. And the two leaders agreed that these upcoming six-party talks are a real opportunity to test that.
The President's view, and the Prime Minister agreed, is that if we get in a bilateral negotiating process with the North Koreans, we'd throw away all the leverage we have on them, because what the U.S. brings is a military option, which is not a good option. But North Korea's neighbors bring a different kind of leverage, which is the negative leverage of being able to hold down their economic development, and then the positive leverage of providing some incentives if they give up nuclear weapons. So that the key was to keep everybody in this equally, and not have a U.S.-DPRK negotiation with sort of endorsements from the other parties, but keep it six-party.
And the Prime Minister agreed, and agreed that we would, in the six-party talks, approach this, and that the six-party talks are a good chance to test the North Koreans' -- what the Japanese call "honne", their true intentions. We do that in the talks in plenary session. There are opportunities in the past for the U.S. delegation in bilateral contact to answer questions or ask questions. So there is bilateral contact of an informal, unofficial nature that allows that, as well. But the main discussion, they agreed, and the main opportunity to test the North Koreans and whether this is something new is in the six-party -- is the six-party format.
Q I'm simply wondering if Prime Minister Koizumi asked President Bush for amnesty for Sergeant Jenkins. And I'm also interested in the discussion on the side round of the six-party talks, based on Koizumi's trip to Pyongyang. Is there anything like advice from Mr. Koizumi to President Bush? Thank you very much.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: On Jenkins, the two leaders compared notes. Nobody -- neither leader asked the other leader to do something, they compared notes. The situation and the sympathetic humanitarian situation of Ms. Soga, the legal situation surrounding Jenkins; no conclusions, no requests from one side or the other, but an understanding of the situation and a promise to keep in touch on this.
The Prime Minister did give advice on North Korea. And every time the two leaders meet, the President welcomes Prime Minister Koizumi's advice on North Korea. That's been true in every meeting I've been in, and I've been in pretty much every one. The President respects Prime Minister Koizumi's assessment of the security situation in Northeast Asia, considers Japan a very solid ally in this effort. The main advice the Prime Minister gave was that we should continue telling the North Koreans they can have some benefit from giving up their nuclear weapons. They can have economic aid, they can have energy support from the international community, they can have security assurances. These are all things that we have, in one way or another, put on the table in these talks, the six-party talks. And the Prime Minister's advice was, we need to keep forcing North Korea to think about the advantages it could get, and to realize that it won't have any of that if it tries to maintain its nuclear weapons option. So they often compare notes and strategy, and they did this time, too.
Thank you very much.
END 2:30 P.M. EDT
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Los Angeles Times
Bush Aims Mideast Pitch at G-8
As host of industrial nations' summit, he will put a democracy initiative on the agenda. Other issues include debt relief and AIDS.
June 08, 2004 Edwin Chen Times Staff Writer
SEA ISLAND, Ga. — Fresh from a long weekend in Europe to mend transatlantic ties, President Bush today launches a new effort on another daunting diplomatic challenge: cultivating peace, democracy and human rights in the Middle East.
Bush's forum at this posh resort off the Georgia coast is the Group of 8 conference, the 30th annual economic summit of the world's leading industrial countries.
The meeting's official agenda includes items such as debt relief and trade promotion and fighting AIDS and global famine. But as this year's host, Bush has chosen to put the Middle East and the war on terrorism on the front burner.
The president arrived here late Sunday night after visiting Rome, Paris and France's Normandy region, places where he met with an array of world leaders, including Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. On Sunday, Bush took part in ceremonies in Normandy marking the 60th anniversary of the D-day invasion.
Even as the president stayed out of sight Monday at one of the many multimillion-dollar mansions in this exclusive enclave, his aides continued hammering out a declaration calling for democratic change in the Middle East, a statement that Bush hopes the world leaders will endorse.
The president's proposal has faced a tough road, in part because of the enmity the Iraq war has incited in the Arab world. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Morocco turned down Bush's invitation to attend this week's gathering. But the administration has downplayed their absence.
"I mean, President Mubarak was just in the United States, and the king of Morocco is about to come to the United States," a senior administration official who is involved in the process said Monday.
A draft of the proposed declaration began circulating months ago. It immediately alienated some Arab leaders, who let the administration know any such document must call for greater efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
National security advisor Condoleezza Rice said the absence of some key Arab leaders would not deter Bush's initiative. "You can expect the G-8 leaders this week to agree to take new actions to promote freedom, democracy and prosperity in the broader Middle East," Rice told reporters.
She also noted that, at Bush's invitation, the leaders of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen will come to meet with the group here, mostly to discuss his initiative. Iraq's new interim president, Ghazi Ajil Yawer, is expected Wednesday as a last-minute invitee.
In addition, the leaders of Algeria, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Nigeria and Uganda are to attend this year's gathering.
The Group of 8 is made up of the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and Russia.
The G-8 leaders also are expected to declare their support for stepped-up efforts to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, strengthen international cooperation in the U.S.-declared war on terror, expand global peacekeeping efforts and redouble the campaigns to alleviate poverty and combat AIDS.
The actions they are expected to take include extending the debt relief program for the poorest nations, due to expire at the end of this year, and endorsing a U.S. proposal to train 75,000 new peacekeepers over the next five years to deal with conflicts in such regions as Africa. In addition, the leaders are expected to commit themselves to improving airline passenger screening and the sharing of threat information among international law enforcement agencies.
Despite the broad array of items on the agenda, the administration has made it clear that the president's top priority here is approval of his Middle East initiative. Even First Lady Laura Bush, who typically promotes noncontroversial causes such as reading, plans to hold a round-table discussion here this week of how her husband's proposal relates to women.
Rice said the president's desire to promote democracy, freedom and human rights in the greater Middle East -- not just Iraq -- is based on his conviction the U.S. was wrong for too long in believing that "stability could be bought at the expense of freedom and liberty." Instead, she added, "what we bought was extremism."
Bush's antidote, Rice said, "is to have a spirit of liberty and freedom and to allow people the ability to pursue their hopes and aspirations."
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THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2004
President's Remarks at MACC
Remarks by the President at Multi-Agency Command Center MACC
Saint Simon's Island, Georgia
6:32 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much for working at what you're doing. It's a great example of federal, state and local cooperation. I appreciate so many of you taking time away from your families to make sure this event goes the way we want it to go, secure and peaceful.
I know that you're working long hours and I've come to thank you very much for what you're doing. It means a lot to me, and it means a lot to the people whose lives you're protecting. So I want to thank you very much, and I ask for God's blessings on you all and the country. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
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Los Angeles Times
FAREWELL TO A PRESIDENT
A Week That Could Bolster Bush
Unofficially, GOP insiders hope nostalgia for Reagan will reap political dividends.
June 08, 2004 Doyle McManus Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — Can Ronald Reagan's political magic work in one last election -- this time for President Bush?
Republican strategists acknowledged Monday that they hope the nation's week of mourning for Reagan, who died Saturday, will turn into a boost for Bush's reelection campaign.
Officially, GOP leaders said it would be unseemly to talk about the political impact of Reagan's death. "We just want to make sure that Ronald Reagan's legacy is honored," Republican Party national chairman Ed Gillespie said.
But unofficially, several Republican strategists said the nation's outpouring of nostalgia and respect for Reagan may have offered Bush an opportunity to improve his flagging popularity -- if he can find a way to don the mantle of his well-loved predecessor.
Even before Reagan's death, Bush and his campaign deliberately borrowed some favorite themes from the Republican revolution of 1980: optimism, national confidence, military strength, tax cuts, economic recovery.
This week, trying not to sound overtly political, Republican spokesmen again looked for polite ways to remind voters that Bush is, in many ways, Reagan's ideological heir.
"The life and example of Ronald Reagan reinforces how important conviction and determination are in a president," Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt said in an apparent dig at Bush's presumed Democratic challenger, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), whom Republicans have accused of flip-flops. "Reagan's legacy of optimism and of patriotism should inspire everybody, regardless of political party."
On Friday, in a eulogy he is to deliver for Reagan at the Washington National Cathedral, Bush will have a chance to make that point himself -- if only by implication. The eulogy is being prepared by Bush's chief speechwriter, Michael Gerson, who also wrote the president's moving speech for a memorial service in the same cathedral after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The cycle of mourning for Reagan could bring Bush one other bonus, Republican pollster Bill McInturff said: It will take Americans' minds off the recent spate of bad news from Iraq.
The revelation that U.S. troops had abused Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison sent voters' confidence and Bush's popularity reeling during the last month, McInturff said. "It was like a national psychiatric moment," he said.
"This is a country that thinks of itself as moral and law-abiding," he said. "The prison stories compromised that ... but remembering Reagan has been a perfect counterpoint, reminding us of a time that made America feel good about itself.
"This national dialogue about Reagan could wash away the focus on the prison story and do a lot to rebalance public opinion," McInturff said. "It could get [public confidence] back where it ought to be, and that will be a very good outcome for the campaign."
McInturff added that a week or two of focusing on Reagan, no matter how helpful to Bush, would not decide the presidential election. "However major this story is in June, it's very rare that something like this will determine what happens in November," he said.
But he argued that the coming week could "reset" public sentiment and stop what had been a gradual slide in Bush's popularity -- "and if that happens, that's a big deal."
Other political analysts said the glow of nostalgia for Reagan's presidency was unlikely to warm voters long enough to carry them to the polls for Bush in November.
"If this had happened in mid-October, it might have been different," said William Schneider, CNN senior political analyst and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. "It would have rallied conservatives.... But it's five months too early. A week in politics is a lifetime; five months is an eternity.
"Bush's fate is dependent on events from here on out," Schneider said. "What if we capture Osama bin Laden? What if there's a smooth transition in Iraq, and diminishing casualties? What if there are good economic numbers? All of those events could help Bush much more than Ronald Reagan.
"I would expect this week's events to produce some modest improvement in Bush's approval ratings, but I don't expect it to last unless some of those other things happen."
But the mourning for Reagan could hide a trap for Republicans, Schneider warned: the temptation to make too much political hay of the former president's death.
"Don't allow any of the commemorations to turn into a political rally," he advised. "If any Republican says at a memorial service that we should win one more for 'the Gipper' " -- paraphrasing Reagan's famous line from "Knute Rockne All American," in which he played Notre Dame football star George Gipp, -- "they're sunk."
In fact, Gillespie and other Republican leaders have avoided that faux pas so far.
Another political expert, former Reagan aide David Gergen, warned that Bush faces another peril: He may emerge from a week of comparison to Reagan looking distinctly second-best.
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FAREWELL TO A PRESIDENT
A Week That Could Bolster Bush
Unofficially, GOP insiders hope nostalgia for Reagan will reap political dividends.
June 08, 2004 Doyle McManus Times Staff Writer
"To a considerable extent, the celebration of Reagan includes the celebration of his values and his conservatism, and that should benefit Bush as Reagan's heir," said Gergen, who also worked for President Clinton.
"The imponderable is whether Reagan looks so large that Bush, by contrast, looks diminished," he said. "There was so much poetry in Reagan; it's going to be hard for this president to be seen on the same plane."
Kerry faces a similar problem, Gergen said. "Bill Clinton is about to bring out his memoirs and go on a book tour," he said. "Clinton is the best orator in the country today. If you're John Kerry, how do you compete with that?"
Kerry, for his part, has suspended public campaign events until after Reagan's funeral, which meant canceling two large fund-raising concerts in Los Angeles and New York.
"This is a week in which there's not much Kerry can do," said Stephen Hess, a scholar at the Brookings Institution, a centrist Washington think-tank. "The attention of the world is directed otherwise, and there's no way he can turn Reagan into a Democratic icon.
"But a campaign is the sort of thing you measure in weeks -- as in 'Kerry had a good week' or 'Bush had a good week,' " Hess said. "Bush will spend this week not as a candidate but as our president, and I'm sure he'll give a very eloquent eulogy on Friday, and that will be nice. And then next week they'll go back to business as usual."
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040608-13.html
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2004
Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Douglas L. McElhaney, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Ambassador
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a highest ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state, or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment. The word is also often used more liberally for persons who are known, without national appointment, to represent certain professions, activities and fields of endeavor.
In its most common use, the term usually applies to the ranking government representative stationed in a foreign capital. The host country typically allows the ambassador control of specific territory called an embassy, whose territory, staff, and vehicles are generally afforded diplomatic immunity in the host country.
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
Historically, officials representing their countries abroad were termed ministers, but this term was also applied to diplomats of the second rank. The Congress of Vienna of 1815 formalized the system of diplomatic rank under international law:
Ambassadors are diplomats of the highest rank, formally representing the head of state, with plenipotentiary powers (i.e. full authority to represent the government). In modern usage, most ambassadors on foreign postings as head of mission carry the full title of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. "Ordinary" ambassadors and non-plenipotentiary status are rarely used, although they may be encountered in certain circumstances. The only difference between an extraordinary ambassador and an ordinary ambassador is that while the former's mission is permanent, the latter serves only for a specific purpose.
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Charles Robert Jenkins
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Charles Robert Jenkins (born February 18, 1940) is a former United States Army soldier who lived in North Korea from 1965 to 2004 after deserting from his unit and crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Military service and desertion
Jenkins was born in Rich Square, North Carolina. He joined the National Guard in 1955, aged 15, well below the minimum enlistment age. He joined the regular army in 1958 and was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. He served in South Korea from 1960 to 1961, in Europe to 1964, and in South Korea again.
In South Korea, Jenkins was assigned to night patrols. As a result of fears that he would be transferred to combat duty in Vietnam, he grew depressed and anxious, and started drinking alcohol. On the night of January 4, 1965, after reportedly drinking ten beers, he set off on his nightly patrol of the Demilitarized Zone. In the early morning, he told his patrol that he was going to investigate a noise.
He subsequently crossed into North Korea and surrendered to forces there, in hopes of being sent to the USSR and then, through prisoner exchange, eventually returned to America. Shortly thereafter, North Korean propaganda declared that a U.S. sergeant had defected, and broadcast statements allegedly made by the defector, reportedly in stilted English. The U.S. Army claimed Jenkins wrote four letters stating his intention to defect (an allegation Jenkins denies); however, the original letters are reportedly lost. His relatives maintained throughout his absence that he was abducted.
Life in North Korea
Information about Jenkins' status was unavailable outside North Korea for many years. Jenkins says he almost immediately regretted his desertion. He says that he and three other U.S. servicemen, Larry Abshier, Jerry Parrish and James Dresnok, were quarantined in a one-room house with no running water for seven years until 1972, where they were made to study the Juche philosophy of Kim Il-sung daily. They were forced to memorize large passages of Kim's in Korean, and beaten frequently by their guards.
He says that at one point in 1966, he found his way to the Soviet embassy in Pyongyang and requested asylum, which was denied. Eventually, Jenkins was placed in separate housing and began teaching English at the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies. However, Jenkins had a thick Southern US accent.
In 1980, Jenkins was introduced to Hitomi Soga, a 21-year-old Japanese nursing student who had been abducted by North Korean agents in 1978, along with her mother, during a search for Japanese citizens who could train future spies in Japanese language and culture. Soga's mother was never heard from again, and Soga was "given to" Jenkins. Thirty-eight days after meeting, they were married. They had two daughters, Roberta Mika Jenkins (born 1983) and Brinda Carol Jenkins (born 1985). In 1982, Jenkins appeared in the North Korean film Unsung Heroes, which provided the first evidence to the Western world that he was alive. The U.S. government did not publicly reveal this information until 1996.
Confirmation and return
Jenkins drew international interest again in 2002, when North Korean leader Kim Jong-il confirmed that North Korea had abducted Japanese citizens. In an effort at détente, surviving abductees were allowed to travel to Japan, including Jenkins' wife. The visit was intended to last for a week, but the Japanese government chose not to return them on schedule and instead negotiated for their families to join them in Japan. Most of the families did ultimately travel to Japan, but Jenkins and his daughters stayed behind out of fear that the North Korean government was testing his loyalty.
After assurances of protection from the Japanese government, he traveled with his daughters to Japan by way of Indonesia for medical treatment, arriving in Japan on July 18, 2004. Japan formally requested a pardon for Jenkins, which the U.S. declined to grant. After expressing a desire to put his conscience at rest, Jenkins reported on September 11, 2004 to Camp Zama in Japan. He reported in respectful military form, saluting the receiving military police officer.
On November 3, Jenkins pled guilty to charges of desertion and aiding the enemy, but denied making disloyal or seditious statements – the latter charges were dropped. He was sentenced to 30 days' confinement, received a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and benefits and was reduced in rank to E-1 private (the lowest rank in the US Army). He was released six days early, on November 27, 2004, for good behavior.
Jenkins and his family settled on Sado Island in Japan, which is Soga's home. On June 14, 2005, Jenkins, his wife, and two daughters traveled to the United States to visit his 91-year-old mother in North Carolina, returning later in the month. He found work as a greeter in a shop.
Military awards
Although dishonorably discharged from military service (meaning that Jenkins is ineligible to display U.S. military awards, request replacements from the Army, or purchase them on his own), Jenkins' years of status as a deserter technically qualified him for several automatic military decorations which he displayed at the time of his court martial.
During his active duty service in the 1960s, Jenkins was presented one award of the Good Conduct Medal, this being the only award he was ever formally presented by the military. During his years as a deserter, however, Jenkins was "carried on the rolls" of the U.S. Army in a desertion status meaning that he was not discharged but classified as an active duty soldier under "Time Lost" due to his AWOL status.
In 2004, when Jenkins surrendered himself as a deserter, the U.S. Army placed him back on the active duty rolls as a "deserter returned to military control". He was credited with 14,494 days time lost as a deserter and, by default, became eligible for all automatic service medals which had been created during his long period of absence. This included all automatic awards created for soldiers serving in Korea as well as active duty awards for service after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
At his court martial in November 2004, Jenkins appeared wearing the following awards on his Army uniform.
Army Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korea Defense Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
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Clifton Keith Hillegass
Hillegass, Clifton Keith (18 Apr. 1918-5 May 2001), publisher, was born in Rising City, Nebraska, the son of Pearl Clinton Hillegass, a rural mail carrier and farmer, and Rosena Dechert. An earnest youngster, he read voraciously, a habit reinforced by two months spent in bed recovering from surgery when he was seven years old. He later claimed to have read every book in his high-school library by the time he graduated in 1934. He also worked hard delivering newspapers and selling magazines. In 1934 the sixteen-year-old entered Midland College, a Lutheran school in nearby Fremont, Nebraska, supporting himself as a stock clerk at a Woolworth store until he received his bachelor's degree with a double major in physics and mathematics three years later. His employers at Woolworth asked him to stay on, but Hillegass instead accepted a graduate assistantship in physics and geology at the University of Nebraska in nearby Lincoln, the state capital.
Hillegass was a diligent and popular student, getting excellent grades and forming lasting friendships in Acacia Fraternity, of which he remained a generous supporter throughout his life. He finished all the coursework for a master's degree, but in 1939 left without writing the required thesis. That year he married classmate Catherine Galbraith, with whom he had three children, and took a job for $12 a week as a sales clerk with Long's Book Co., a small bookstore on campus.
In 1942 he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he served as a meteorologist and held the rank of captain. When World War II ended, he returned to Long's, which had expanded and had been renamed the Nebraska Book Co., to become a distributor of college texts. In 1946 he became the manager of its wholesale sales division, a position he held until 1964, traveling throughout the United States and Canada buying and selling used textbooks.
In 1958 Hillegass entered into an agreement with Jack Cole, a bookshop owner and publisher in Toronto, Canada. Cole had created a series of study guides he called Cole's Notes that had sold well in Canada, and he suggested that Hillegass reprint them for the U.S. market, offering him course outlines for sixteen of Shakespeare's plays royalty-free. Hillegass hesitantly agreed. He borrowed $4,000 from a local bank, convinced a friend to print 33,000 copies of the booklets, and changed their name from "Cole's Notes" to "Cliff's Notes." With his wife typing letters to all his friends in the book trade offering them for sale and his young daughter Linda sitting on the floor stuffing the letters in envelopes, he created the American market for study guides. That year saw sales of 18,000 of the slim pamphlets, and by 1961 annual sales reached 129,000. Hillegass began to pay a five percent royalty to Jack Cole in the early 1960s, but in a few years he ceased using Cole's Notes and dealt only in his own. When annual sales passed the 1 million mark in 1964, he quit his job with Nebraska Book Co. and became a full-time publisher. He divorced his wife in 1967 and married Mary D. Patterson the following year. The couple had no children, but he adopted his second wife's daughter.
Cliffs Notes (Hillegass gave up the apostrophe soon after going into business for himself) were perfectly crafted for their market. More than mere plot outlines, they provided authors' biographies, character lists, critical commentaries, review questions, essay topics, and annotated bibliographies. Presented in vivid yellow-and-black striped paper covers with the punning logo of a cliff that Hillegass designed for his first publications, the study guides soon became a familiar sight on campuses throughout the country. The publisher was familiar with and expert in textbook marketing: he took orders by phone, mailed his books out the same day, and offered full refunds for returns. The Notes were written by people who understood the needs and capacities of students: academics revised Cole's Notes and wrote most of Cliffs Notes. He avoided in-depth scholarship. As he explained to Frank Martin in 1983, "Someone involved in 20 years of teaching Shakespeare often has too specialized a knowledge. Eventually we found that the best Notes were written by graduate students" (p. 122). The writers were paid flat fees; the author of the Notes for A Tale of Two Cities received $750 in 1959, but by the 1980s the company paid an average of $2,000.
In the late 1980s Cliffs Notes, Inc. had study guides for more than two hundred classics and also carried Cliffs Test Preparation Guides for many standardized verbal and math tests. Some 5 million copies were sold annually, mostly to high school students, in more than 7,000 retail outlets, and the company accounted for 80 percent of the study-guide market. Its profit in 1988 was reported to be more than $2 million. Hillegass established a generous profit-sharing plan for his staff of forty-five employees and donated 10 percent of pretax profits to local charities annually. Numerous offers were made to buy Cliffs Notes, but Hillegass steadfastly refused to let the company leave Nebraska until 1999, when he sold it and the name for $14 million to IDG Books Worldwide, later renamed Hungry Minds, Inc., the publisher of the popular "For Dummies" series. That year he endowed a chair in English and contributed money for literary research at the University of Nebraska.
Although many colleges viewed Cliffs Notes as "cheat sheets" and barred their sale on campus, Hillegass always defended their use as "supplementary aid," and until he sold the company each volume included a statement, over his printed signature, asserting, "These notes are not a substitute for the text itself or for the classroom discussion of the text, and students who attempt to use them in this way are denying themselves the very education that they are presumably giving their most vital years to achieve." He himself reportedly read five complete books a week until his death at home in Lincoln, Nebraska, of complications following a stroke.
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Sunday, October 31, 2004
Punishment rarely severe for deserters
By Eric Talmadge
The Associated Press
ZAMA, Japan — Desertion is a crime like few others. Along with mutiny, it hits at the heart of military service, violating a fundamental code of honor. But as the U.S. Army prepares to court-martial Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins in one of its highest-profile desertion cases since Pvt. Eddie Slovik was executed in World War II, a little-known fact is coming to light.
Serious though it may sound, desertion, especially in peacetime, rarely results in anything more than a dishonorable discharge.
Jenkins, back in uniform nearly 40 years after allegedly defecting to communist North Korea, is accused not only of desertion but of aiding the enemy and urging others to join him.
The maximum penalty for peacetime desertion is life in prison, while wartime desertion can be punished by death. But that hasn't happened since Slovik was executed in January 1945 by a firing squad from his own unit in northeast France. Slovik was one of 70 servicemen executed during the war but the only one shot for desertion — the others were executed for murder or rape.
Jenkins' case presents a bit of a legal quandary. The Korean War ended in a truce, but not a formal peace, in 1953, 12 years before Jenkins allegedly left his patrol on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.
Army officials say it's up to the judge, Col. Denise Vowell, to decide whether death or life imprisonment applies.
There are indications that Jenkins, whose court-martial begins here on Wednesday, has worked out a pretrial agreement. He faces charges of desertion, plus two counts of soliciting other service members to desert, one of aiding the enemy and two of encouraging disloyalty.
But Jenkins has given no interviews since turning himself in Sept. 11, and has never publicly admitted guilt or explained how, or why, he ended up in North Korea to begin with.
In January, the Air Force gave a bad-conduct discharge to a 43-year-old senior airman who disappeared from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, in 1981, according to an Air Force Office of Special Investigations public-affairs report. Though on the lam for 22 years — and though the punishment was meted out while U.S. soldiers were fighting and dying in Iraq — he was not sent to prison.
In another high-profile case, National Guard Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, who said he left his unit in Iraq to protest an "oil-driven" war, received one year in prison and a bad-conduct discharge in May for not returning to his Florida unit after a two-week furlough.
Still, any prison time for the frail, 64-year-old Jenkins would be unusual.
A report compiled by the Army Research Institute in 2002 said an "overwhelming majority" of deserters are released with less-than-honorable discharges and never go through the full court-martial process. Of more than 12,000 soldiers who deserted between 1997 and 2001, it said, 94 percent were cashiered in this manner.
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Gus Cantrell: I hate to have to do this, but there's a speech clause in my contract. I know you guys have been reading the papers. That this is just a thing for publicity, part of my ongoing feud with Leonard Huff. But it would selfish of me to put you guys in such a jam just for publicity. No my motivation is deeper than that. It's ego.
[the players laugh]
Gus Cantrell: I know your coaches would go out there to have fun or to fulfill your dream. I am asking that you win this one for me. Yeah!
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George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Remarks at a Bush-Cheney Reception in Greenville, South Carolina
November 10, 2003
Thank you all for coming. I'm honored to be here. Please be seated.
Mr. Speaker, thank you for those warm remarks. South Carolina will always have a big part of my political career. I'm proud of all the people here. I want to thank you for your friendship. I remember 2000 very well. Today we're laying the foundation for what will be a South Carolina and a national victory in 2004.
I'm proud to have your support. I'm loosening up. [Laughter] I'm getting ready. But politics will come in its own time. See, I've got a job to do.
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Quicksand
MAGGIE: I know who Deputy Director Spiller is, but who are the other two? That's Dan Cabbot from the U.S. Attorney's office.
And Jessica Simon from Internal Affairs.
How much trouble do you think Martin's in? Not a little.
The Hellfire missile you reported seeing where is it? Unknown.
During the apprehension of my suspect while facing hostile numbers, I was unable to secure the weapon.
(gunfire) (tires screech) It was gone when McGuire and Rice arrived later? The place had been cleaned.
So, we have no way of verifying what you're saying? You think I'm making this up? Look, Dobson was running stolen military hardware from out of there.
- That's why the missile was there.
- But you can't prove - any of this.
- I could if I wasn't sitting here.
The sniper who shot Dobson wasn't apprehended.
The Houston field office is still pursuing leads.
What about the suspect that McGuire and Rice arrested at the garage? Ray Campbell was killed by another prisoner in police custody.
The same reason Evans and McCombs were murdered.
- It's damage control.
- SIMON: Damage control.
- By whom? - Martin believes Dobson was working for a military contractor called Verax.
Verax Global Security? One of the top contractors for the U.S. military? Sounds like a conspiracy theory.
(scoffs) This is a waste of time.
The fact is you were acting in an extralegal capacity as a rogue agent.
- I was undercover.
- SPILLER: It was never sanctioned.
That's the bottom line.
I've given DCO wide latitude in these matters, but GATES: I have no doubt Agent Odum would've brought this case into light.
After racking up how many kills? After hijacking how many more buses? I was doing what I could to keep my prisoner alive.
They still got him.
That should tell you something - about who I was up against.
- GATES: Use of deadly force falls under Section 47 in the classified addendum of the Patriot Act.
Section 47 doesn't apply if Agent Odum acted without sanction.
SPILLER: We're all grateful for your service, Martin.
We have to assess this situation honestly.
Sounds like a fancy way of calling me a liar, sir.
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Unconquered (1947)
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Martin Garth: The King's Law moves with the king's muskets, and there are very few King's muskets west of the alleghenies.
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Frontline Season 6 Episode 23
Indian Country
Aired Tuesday 9:00 PM Jun 21, 1988 on PBS
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Richard Nixon
XXXVII President of the United States: 1969 - 1974
Executive Order 11721 - Providing for Federal Pay Administration
May 23, 1973
By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 5303, 5304, and 5305 of title 5, United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
PART I—GENERAL POLICY
SECTION 101. Heads of agencies are directed:
(a) To make full use of the authorities in chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, and the statutory pay systems to which section 5301 of that chapter refers to secure and maintain the high quality of Federal personnel necessary for an effective and efficient Government service;
(b) To use these authorities to (1) motivate employees to perform continuously at their full capacity, and (2) provide fair treatment in pay matters of all employees subject to the statutory pay systems; and
(c) To take appropriate measures to ensure that the Government receives full value for its expenditures for salaries and that every employee is paid no more than is warranted by the nature of his assignments and the degree of competence with which he performs them.
SEC. 102. As used in this order, the term "agency" has the meaning given to it by section 5102 (a) of title 5, United States Code.
PART II—ANNUAL PAY REVIEW
SECTION 201. The Director, Office of Management and Budget, and the Chairman, United States Civil Service Commission, are hereby designated as the President's agent under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 202. The head of each agency employing personnel under the statutory pay systems (as defined in section 5301 (c) of title 5, United States Code) shall provide such information and technical assistance with respect to the statutory pay systems applicable to his agency as may be requested by the President's agent in carrying out the provisions of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 203. The following agencies are designated under section 5305 (q) of title 5, United States Code, to prescribe the rules necessary to convert the rates of basic pay or salaries of officers and employees to the new pay rates as adjusted for each statutory pay system under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code:
(i) General Schedule—the Civil Service Commission;
(ii) Foreign Service schedules—the Department of State;
(iii) Schedules for the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration--the Veterans Administration.
PART III—SPECIAL RATES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
SECTION 301 (a). The Civil Service Commission is hereby designated to exercise—
(1) the authority of the President under section 5303 (a) and (b) of title 5, United States Code, to establish or revise higher minimum rates of pay, and
(2) the authority of the President under section 5303(d) of title 5, United States Code, to prescribe conversion rules for adjusting an employee's pay.
(b) Before exercising these functions for positions compensated under the Foreign Service schedules or under the schedules for physicians, dentists, and nurses in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration, the Civil Service Commission shall consult with the head of the agency concerned.
SEC. 302(a). Before establishing higher rates of pay under section 5303 (a) of title 5, United States Code, the Civil Service Commission shall consider whether—
(1) an adequate recruiting program has been implemented and that attention has been given to the improvement of working conditions and to other relevant factors; and
(2) adequate recruitment or retention cannot be achieved by alternate means such as job redesign or skills improvement training programs.
(b) The Civil Service Commission may not establish higher rates for all positions in a statutory grade or level in a given area unless the Commission determines that adequate recruitment and retention cannot be achieved by establishment of higher rates for certain occupations or groups of occupations.
SEC. 303. The Civil Service Commission shall review, at least annually, higher rates of pay established under section 5303 (a) of title 5, United States Code, and shall continue, abolish, or revise the higher rates in consideration of the facts and pertinent criteria under the law and this order.
SEC. 304. An employee's basic pay rate may not be reduced solely because of a revision to, or cancellation of, the higher rates established under section 5303 (a) of title 5, United States Code.
PART IV—GENERAL SCHEDULE SYSTEM
SECTION 401 (a). Heads of agencies shall ensure that agency managers and supervisors at all levels use the position classification plan of the General Schedule system as a tool for effective and efficient human resources utilization.
(b) The Civil Service Commission shall revoke the position classification authority of an agency under the General Schedule whenever the Commission finds, in connection with its regular evaluation, or otherwise, that an agency has failed to classify its positions in accordance with or consistently with applicable standards.
SEC. 402. The Civil Service Commission shall issue such regulations and standards as may be necessary to ensure that only those employees whose work is of an acceptable level of competence receive periodic step-increases under the provisions of section 5335 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 403 (a). The Civil Service Commission shall require each agency employing personnel under the General Schedule to establish a plan for granting additional step-increases in recognition of high quality performance under section 5336 of title 5, United States Code, and shall require that the plans (1) be as simple as practicable, (2) provide for delegation of authority to an appropriate management level, (3) seek to ensure fairness to all employees, and (4) provide for informing employees, at least annually, of the number of additional step-increases granted in their agencies.
(b) The Civil Service Commission shall (1) establish such regulations and standards as it deems appropriate for agency plans, (2) aid and advise agencies in the formulation and administration of the plans, and (3) evaluate the plans and their operation to ensure that step-increases are granted in a manner that is fair to employees and provides motivation for high quality performance.
SEC. 404. The Civil Service Commission, in prescribing regulations for higher rates of pay under section 5333 (b) of title 5, United States Code, for employees having responsibility for supervision of prevailing-rate employees, shall give effect to the following:
(a) An irregular prevailing rate (such as the saved rate of a prevailing-rate employee not related to his current position) shall not serve to advance the pay rate of a supervisor under the General Schedule.
(b) The relative rate-range of a General Schedule supervisor and a prevailing-rate employee supervised by him shall be considered as well as the specific rate either is receiving at a given time.
(c) Due consideration shall be given to equities among General Schedule supervisors as well as those between a General Schedule supervisor and a prevailing-rate employee supervised by him.
PART V—PRIOR ORDER SUPERSEDED
SECTION 501. Executive Order 11073 of January 2, 1963, and Executive Order 11173 of August 20, 1964, are hereby superseded.
RICHARD NIXON
The White House,
May 23, 1973.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2004
Briefing on Meeting with Prime Minister of Japan
Background Briefing by a Senior Administration Official on the President's Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan
Sea Island, Georgia
2:10 P.M. EDT
Prime Minister Koizumi opened up by expressing condolences on the loss of Spot, the President's dog, and then asked after Barney, whom he knows.
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Alonzo Harris: Naw, he ain't no fed. He's just a choirboy that got the drop on all you fools.
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One Armed Bandits
Aired Friday 8:00 PM Jan 26, 1979 on CBS
AIRED: 1/26/79
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Richard Nixon
XXXVII President of the United States: 1969 - 1974
238 - Letter Accepting the Resignation of Dr. Thomas O. Paine as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
July 28, 1970
Dear Tom:
I deeply regret that you will be leaving the government, but I accept your resignation as Administrator of NASA effective September 15, as you have requested.
You have earned the gratitude of every one of your fellow citizens many times over for the outstanding leadership you have given to the nation's space programs. Your contribution to man's knowledge of the Earth as well as the heavens has been major, and the course you have done so much to set will help guide our efforts for years to come. The respect and affection of the colleagues and associates you leave behind will accompany you wherever you go, and I hope you will always take pride in your splendid achievements in behalf of every American and, indeed, in behalf of all mankind.
You have earned a unique and permanent place of honor in the history of man's exploration. It has been a privilege to know you, and to work with you, and to share with you the sense of excitement, adventure and achievement that has marked this time of triumph in the nation's space program.
With warm personal regards,
Sincerely,
RICHARD NIXON
[Dr. Thomas Paine, Administrator of NASA]
Note: On the same day, the White House released the transcript of a news conference by Dr. Paine on his resignation.
The President's letter was released at San Clemente, Calif., along with Dr. Paine's which read as follows:
Dear Mr. President:
Please accept my resignation as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration effective 15 September 1970. Now is an appropriate time for a change of command at NASA, and this coincides with my wish to return to private life.
During my direction Americans orbited the moon and walked on its surface, achieving our boldest national goal on time and within budget. We have made the transition to the post-Apollo internationally oriented space program of the 1970's, and the Congress has approved the new direction and pace in the 1971 budget. We will shortly publish a prospectus for man's conquest of space through the year 2000 which charts a long-range plan for future progress.
The world can well be proud of the NASA team's incredible space achievements accomplished under four Presidents of the United States in twelve short years. Now the nation should press on boldly with the exploration of the universe as well as with the solution of man's problems here on the blue planet.
It has been a privilege and honor to have led the nation's space program through critical times under two Presidents. You have shown me every courtesy and consideration, as have your staff and the Congress. I am most grateful to you for having given me this unique opportunity to serve my country during mankind's first journey to another world.
Respectfully yours,
TOM PAINE,
[The President, The White House, Washington, D.C. 20500]
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Center Stage Season 1 Episode 2
Grandfather Takes Off
Aired Tuesday 9:30 PM Jun 15, 1954 on ABC
A pioneer aviator is fascinated by the modern jet planes and is determined to come out of retirement and fly one for himself.
AIRED: 6/15/54
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Danger Season 4 Episode 38
The Big Man
Aired Tuesday 10:00 PM Jun 15, 1954 on CBS
A timid bank employee teeters on the edge of financial disaster as he tries to impress the woman he loves.
AIRED: 6/15/54
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The Student Prince (1954)
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The Unconquered (1954)
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Helen Keller in Her Story
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Richard Nixon
XXXVII President of the United States: 1969 - 1974
229 - Statement About the Death of Edgar N. Eisenhower
July 13, 1971
MRS. NIXON and I wish to express our deep personal sorrow at the death of Edgar Eisenhower. Mr. Eisenhower was a warm friend. He not only was a distinguished member of an illustrious family but was a man who throughout his life was dedicated to principle.
Note: Mr. Eisenhower, 82, died of a stroke in Tacoma, Wash., on July 12, 1971. He was an elder brother of the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 4:42 PM
To: Kerry Burgess
Subject: Re: Journal May 26, 2006
Kerry Burgess wrote:
The fox hunt organizers and the adult field judges were complimentary about my performance because I really got out there and scored the dogs. Micheal laughed during my first fox hunt when I asked if we used a shotgun or a rifle to shoot the fox. I can remember early on after I started judging, when I was still traveling with an adult, I hauled ass across this open field to get the number of a dog out by itself. We hadn't seen much that day and I wanted to score something. The dog came over to lick my hand and I disqualified it.
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Invitation to the Dance (1956)
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USA 15 May 1956
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-05/local/me-5169_1_persian-gulf/2
Los Angeles Times
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July 05, 1988 TOM CLANCY Tom Clancy is the author of "Red Storm Rising" and the coming "Cardinal of the Kremlin."
Put yourself in the captain's place. U.S. ships have been attacked by aircraft in the gulf, at the cost of American lives. You have one battle under way, and now there is a new potential threat. It's heading toward you at 450 knots. Not so long ago, another U.S. Navy cruiser shot it out with air and surface units at the same time.
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 08:25 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 25 September 2014
