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President George W. Bush addresses members of the United States Coast Guard in Philadelphia Monday, March 31, 2003. "Now, as part of the Department of Homeland Security, you have taken on a new and vital mission, a mission as important as any in your 213-year history: the mission of defending our country against terrorist attack," President Bush said. White House photo by Tina Hager