Bush defends his national security policy (defends the "Bush Doctrine") [View All]

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Source: AP

President George W. Bush says the U.S. has taken the fight against terrorists worldwide.

The president spoke Tuesday to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. Bush gave a full-throated defense of his policy, known as the Bush Doctrine, of pre-emptive military action.

He said after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the country resolved that it would not be attacked again and would go on offense.

Bush said the U.S. saw the urgency of staying a step ahead of our enemies.

It was at West Point on June 1, 2002, that Bush evoked the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and Gen. George C. Marshall's words about the United States as a symbol of freedom and power as he described a new, robust military policy.

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