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"If I didn't want to support the President's position, I wouldn't be in the Administration."
DONALD RUMSFELD, U.S. Defense Secretary, responding to a New York Times editorial that accused him of lobbying against a controversial intelligence-reform bill backed by President George W. Bush

"Next year, any foreign worker without the new identity card will be jailed and whipped. It is best to leave now."
DATUK AZMI KHALID, Malaysia's Home Affairs Minister, on the country's national ID-card project, which is an effort to crack down on the estimated 1.5 million foreigners working illegally...