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"Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary."
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"Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not."
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"Bin Laden is remarkably eager for Americans to know why he doesn't like us, what he intends to do about it and then following up and doing something about it in terms of military actions."
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