Remarks at Tippecanoe High School and a question-and-answer session in Tipp City, Ohio.(Week Ending Friday, April 20, 2007)(Speech)

From: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents | Date: April 23, 2007 | Copyright information

April 19, 2007

The President. Thank you all. Please be seated. Thank you. Sit down. Thanks for coming. I'm honored you're here. Steve, thank you for the invitation. It's a real pleasure to be with you. What I thought I would do is share some thoughts with you about a couple of subjects, primarily Iraq, and then I'd like to answer some of your questions, on any topic that you'd like to ask me about.

Before I do, I do want to thank Steve and the chamber of comme...

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