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International Law

Abstract

In his State of the Union address January 20, 2004, President Bush declared that the United States is a nation called to great responsibilities. "The greatest of these responsibilities," he continued, "is the active defense of the American people."' With this introduction, the President set the stage for the central theme of his address to Congress and the nation - the preeminent role of the United States in the war on terrorism. The President recognized the efforts of "hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women deployed across the world in the war on terror," of law enforcement and intelligence agencies tracking terrorist threats, and of the new Department of Homeland Security patrolling our coasts and borders, and concluded that "their vigilance is protecting America." The President cautioned, nonetheless, against false hopes that the danger is behind us. "We must continue to give homeland security and law enforcement personnel every tool they need to defend us. And one of those essential tools is the Patriot Act, which allows Federal law enforcement to better share information, to track terrorists, to disrupt their cells, and to seize their assets."

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