President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terror - washingtonpost.com

President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terror - washingtonpost.com: "Transcript President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terror At American Enterprise Institute CQ Transcripts Wire Thursday, February 15, 2007; 12:13 PM SPEAKER: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH [*] BUSH: Thank you, Mr. President. (Laughter.) That's got kind of a nice ring to it. (Laughter.) Chris, thanks for inviting me. I appreciate the chance to come and share some thoughts with the men and women of AEI. I admire AEI a lot -- I'm sure you know that. After all, I have been consistently borrowing some of your best people. More than 20 AEI scholars have worked in my administration. A few have returned to the fold -- you'll have to wait two more years to get another one to return to the fold. Dick Cheney is occupied. (Laughter.) He sends his best. I appreciate what the AEI stands for. This Institute has been a tireless voice for the principles of individual liberty, free enterprise, limited government, and a strong national defense. And no one embodied these principles better than the late Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick. (Applause.) She was a professor, author, diplomat, presidential adviser, and a key architect in our victory in the Cold War. In 2003, I had the honor of asking her to lead the U.S. delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva. I would like to share with you what she told that commission. She said, '[America's] national policy is to assert that all human beings are born free. All human beings are equal in inherent rights and human dignity.' That's the policy of the Bush administration, as well. I believe in the universality of f"