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"It's absolutely essential that ... we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we'll get hit again."
DICK CHENEY, U.S. Vice President, campaigning in Iowa, implying that a vote for John Kerry would make another terrorist strike more likely

"What he said was meant to scare voters, period. It was way over the top and, I think, un-American."
JOHN EDWARDS, Democratic vice-presidential candidate, reacting to Cheney's comment

"Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or...

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