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The last time I looked at September 11th, an American street was a war zone. There was a street in Virginia that was a war zone.
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Statement during a discussion with the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee in June 2003, as quoted in "Ashcroft wants powers expanded to fight terror" in The Washington Times (6 June 2003)

 

John Ashcroft

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Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,
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