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President Bush “has been more respectful of civil liberties

and civil rights than any previous wartime president in the history of the United States,” John Ashcroft said during a speech in North Carolina Tuesday. “His 50-minute speech…was interrupted frequently by shouts from the crowd and, at one point, at least 20 people stood up and walked out together.”

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