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Monday, November 03, 2003

wh 23.10.03 bb speech malreported china rectify

Apparently the White House is altering Dubya's speech transcripts on their site. In this case, it was the speech he gave to the Australian parliament, the one that was interrupted by hecklers a couple times. The altered line concerns china:
Old: "We see a China that is stable and prosperous, a nation that respects the peace of its neighbors and works to secure the freedom of its own people."

New: "We seek a China that is stable and prosperous, a nation that respects the peace of its neighbors and works to secure the freedom of its own people."
(italics mine)

So "see" became "seek". One little letter? Sure, but a whole lotta difference.

Is this the sort of practice that the White House intends to make habitual and customary?

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