DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: President Bush beginning to speak in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Let's listen in.</s>GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: ... seek the ultimate weapons as a short cut to influence. These materials, voluntarily turned over by the Libyan government, are also encouraging evidence that nations can abandon these ambitions and choose a better way. Libya is dismantling its weapons of mass destruction and long- range missile programs. This progress came about through quiet diplomacy between America, Britain and the Libyan government. This progress was set in motion, however, by policies declared in public to all the world. The United States, Great Britain and many other nations are determined to expose the threats of terrorism and proliferation and to oppose those threats with all our power.</s>KAGAN: President Bush today speaking in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This is very close to where the nuclear weapons that were handed over by -- the materials handed over by Libya earlier this year are being stored. President Bush talking and commenting on the war on terror. Also on the scathing report that came out of the Senate Intelligence Committee late last week. President Bush defensive of the information, the prewar information weapons of mass destruction and the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction that have yet to be found in Iraq. And President Bush saying if he had the choice of taking the word of a man mad, meaning Saddam Hussein, or defending America, President Bush said he would choose to defend America every time. Also commenting on some of the pressure coming from the Senate for him to name a replacement for George Tenet to head the Central Intelligence Agency. A lot people thinking that will now come before the November elections, a change of position and a change of plan for the Bush administration. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Bush Speaks at Oak Ridge