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"Mr. President' inquired a reporter during a September 17th press conference, "the Taliban apparently has refused to hand over Osama bin Laden.... Does this mean that the U.S. is prepared to move militarily?" To which the president replied: "All I can tell you is that Osama bin Laden is a prime suspect.... I want justice. There's an old poster out West, as I recall, that said, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive.'"
During a December 28th press conference, another reporter asked President Bush about the notorious videotape in which bin Laden celebrated the September 11th attacks. "He is not escaping us," asserted the president. "This is a guy who, three months ago, was in control of a country.... [O]ne thing we know is that he's not in charge of Afghanistan anymore.''
"Mr. President, in your speeches now you rarely talk or mention Osama bin Laden," stated another journalist during a March 13th White House press conference. "Why is that?" "Deep in my heart I know the man is on the run, if he's alive at all," responded Mr. Bush. "Who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not; we haven't heard from him in a long time...." "But don't you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won't truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?" persisted the reporter. "I truly am not that concerned about ...