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Visit With Your Predecessors From Previous Administrations. They Know The Ropes And Can Help You See Around Some Corners. Try To Make Original Mistakes, Rather Than Needlessly Repeating Theirs.

Imagine, A September 11 With Weapons Of Mass Destruction. It's Not 3,000. It's Tens Of Thousands Of Innocent Men, Women And Children.

The Coalition Did Not Act In Iraq Because We Had Discovered Dramatic New Evidence Of Iraq's Pursuit. We Acted Because We Saw The Evidence In A Dramatic New Light - Through The Prism Of Our Experience On 9/11.

The Reality Is That Terrorists Can Attack Any Time At Any Minute, 24 Hours A Day, Using A Variety Of Techniques, In Any Place At All. And It's Not Possible To Defend In Every Place, Against Every Technique, Against Every Conceivable Approach. It Means That You Can't Stop Every Terrorist Attack. Innocent Men, Women And Children Are Going To Be Killed If Terrorists Are Determined To Do It.

What Will Follow Will Not Be A Repeat Of Any Other Conflict. It Will Be Of A Force And Scope And Scale That Has Been Beyond What Has Been Seen Before.