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Freedom of the Press
President Bush during Wednesday remarks to Associated General Contractors:
“And freedom of the press is a valuable freedom here, and it’s just something that we’ve all got to live with …”
President Bush in a Thursday statement marking World Press Freedom Day:
“The United States values freedom of the press as one of the most fundamental political rights and as a necessary component of free societies. In undemocratic societies where governments suppress, manipulate and conrol access to information, journalists are on the front lines of the people’s battle for freedom. The danger journalists face in such repressive states can be great - and even deadly. On behalf of the American people, I salute those in the press who courageously do their work at great risk.”
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