From Deseret News archives:
Bush wows Salt Lake crowd
Thousands hail the chief at airport
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"These are challenging times, and I wish I could report to you that all is well. But there are still enemies who still want to hurt America," he said, referring to terrorists. "Our most important duty is to protect American people from further attack."
He then responded to critics calling for the troops to come home.
"We will defeat the terrorists abroad so we do not have to fight them at home," the president said.
As a band played patriotic music, Bush shook hands with those standing on the tarmac of the Utah Air National Guard runway east of Salt Lake City International Airport.
"I got to shake his hand. It was squishy," Bethanne Bissell, 9, of Layton said. Her mother, Utah Air National Guard Master Sgt. Rebecca Bissell, said she thought the president's speech was great.
Many people snapped photos while the president was there and stayed behind to take shots in front of the presidential plane, Air Force One, as did Darin Engh of Draper and his family.
"I thought it was wonderful. I enjoyed the part where he talked about the Almighty," Engh said, calling the speech "very passionate, very animated."
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