President Bush visits troops in Bagram

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) --  President George W. Bush visited Combined Joint Task Force-101 servicemembers Dec. 15 at Bagram Airfield. 

"I am proud to be with brave souls serving the United States of America," President Bush said.

The president expressed his well wishes to the troops during the holidays and thanked them for their service in eastern Afghanistan.

"It was here in Afghanistan that the terrorists planned the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001," he said. "After that date, America gave the Taliban a choice: you can turn over the leaders of al-Qaida -- or you can share in their fate. And when they refused, our just demands were enforced by the United States military."

"Because of you, killers who wanted to take the lives of Americans back home have been brought to justice before they reached our shores," he said to the troops.

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