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Article: Former Attorney General discusses civil liberties at Towson U.
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- July 7, 2006
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Brian Stelter
University Wire
07-07-2006
(The Towerlight) (U-WIRE) TOWSON, Md. -- Former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese defended the Bush administration's handling of the war on terror at a speech at Towson University Wednesday, June 28.
In the lecture, titled "Civil Liberties vs. Terrorism," Meese said he believes the war on terror is "being fought with great sensitivity by our government toward our liberties and toward our people."
He also took time to put the current conflicts in historical perspective.
"Nearly 215 years have passed since we began as a nation," he said. "We've gone through several wars, more than 200 military employments during that time. And we've done that without losing ...