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Remarks by the President on the Administration's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response
November 1, 2005"Following is a transcript of remarks by President Bush on the Administration's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response:
William Natcher Center, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
10:04 a.m. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Michael, thank you very much for your introduction. And thanks for the warm reception here at the National Institute of Health. It's good to be back here again.
For more than a century, the NIH has been at the forefront of this country's efforts to prevent, detect and treat disease, and I appreciate the good work you're doing here. This is an important facility, an important complex, and the people who work here are really important to the security of this nation." [Read more]