Bush bitten by own soundbite

Bush bitten by own soundbite

WASHINGTON – US President George W Bush has told a roomful of top Pentagon brass his administration would never stop looking for ways to harm the United States.

The latest instalment of misspeak from a president long known for his malapropisms came during a signing ceremony for a new US$417 billion defence appropriations bill that includes US$25 billion in emergency funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we,” Bush said on Thursday.On hand for the ceremony were Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.- Nampa-Reuters”Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we,” Bush said on Thursday.On hand for the ceremony were Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.- Nampa-Reuters

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