Freedom is on the march: Bush

Declaring that "freedom is on the march", he expressed his determination to finish the job in Iraq, defeat global terrorism and spread democracy throughout the Middle East. Invoking powerful memories of September 11, President George W Bush launched his final drive to the November election today by presenting himself as a battle-tested leader who can guide the nation through dangerous times. Acknowledging his flaws as well as his strengths, Bush asked Americans to give him four more years to make the country safer, stronger and more prosperous.

He assured cheering delegates at the Republican convention that he would never falter in his "solemn duty to protect the American people".

Bush accepted his party's presidential nomination in Madison Square Garden, several kilometres from the site of the terrorist attacks that shook the nation and altered the course of his president...

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Top Stories - September 4th, 2004