First Lady Laura Bush Delivers Remarks, Introduces President Bush at GOP Convention

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We all know how important it is for America to have judges who respect the Constitution. Our whole nation can be proud of the two newest members of the Supreme Court, Justice Sam Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts.

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Many in this arena and many across our nation are people of faith, people who have answered the call to love your neighbor. The president has empowered faith-based and community charities to partner with them to help those in need.

Engaging these groups is successful policy. One way we know this, across the country, 35 governors from both parties have started faith-based and community initiatives of their own.

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And here's another inspiring statistic. When my husband took office, fewer than 50,000 Africans suffering from AIDS were receiving the medicine they needed to survive.

Thanks to the president's emergency plan for AIDS relief, that number is now nearly two million.

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You might call that change you can really believe in.

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George is using American's influence to lift up lives around the world. Millions of children are protected from malaria by mosquito nets the American people provide.

LAURA BUSH: In Afghanistan and Iraq, 50 million people are now living in freedom.

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And let's not forget President Bush has kept the American people safe.

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We'll always be grateful to the men and women who volunteer to wear the uniform of the United States, to the military families who know the anxiety of waiting for a loved one to return.

America honors your service and we give you our thanks.

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In two months, the American people will choose a new president. No one knows what the job requires better than the man who holds this office.

Ladies and gentlemen, my husband and the president of the United States, George W. Bush.

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