Bush misspeak cites U.S. readiness to harm U.S.
Thu Aug 5,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
President George W. Bush has told a roomful of top Pentagon brass his
administration would never stop looking for ways to harm the
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The latest installment of
misspeak from a president long known for his malapropisms came during a signing
ceremony for a new $417 billion (228.4 billion pounds) defence
appropriations bill that includes $25 billion in emergency funding for
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Our enemies are
innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new
ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we," Bush said on
Thursday.
The
Republican incumbent, who is in a tight race for reelection against Democrat
John Kerry, a decorated
On hand for the ceremony
were Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld,
deputy Defence Secretary
Paul Wolfowitz and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
