"The government is absolutely not considering a need to be armed by nuclear weapons. We do not need to acquire nuclear arms with an assurance by Secretary of State Rice that the bilateral alliance

"The government is absolutely not considering a need to be armed by nuclear weapons. We do not need to acquire nuclear arms with an assurance by Secretary of State Rice that the bilateral alliance would work without fault."
Taro Aso
Japanese foreign minister.
"With the bill I'm about to sign, the men our intelligence officials believe orchestrated the murder of nearly 3,000 innocent people will face justice."
President Bush
Before signing a law authorizing militarytrials of terrorism suspects.
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