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Posted on February 23, 2003 Sanford: South Carolinians need to look out for each other The Associated Press Gov. Mark Sanford says South Carolinians keeping watch for suspicious activity provide some of the best defenses against terrorism. "I think we do a tremendous disservice to the American public, or for that matter the South Carolina public, if we suggest that somehow Washington will be the cure to all terrorism threats," Sanford said during an interview on CNN's "Late Edition" Sunday. "I would rather have that neighbor looking across that neighbor's fence than an apparatus set up in Washington that took from us civil liberties that I think are a part of the American system." Sanford said South Carolina's homeland security office at the State Law Enforcement Division also is working with local law enforcement to safeguard against possible terrorist attacks. "I would say there's no heightened sense of threat in terms of immediate action on the behalf of terrorists in South Carolina," Sanford said. Sanford also said South Carolinians support President Bush's stance against Saddam Hussein and pending war in Iraq. "I think there is a great degree of trust between the people of South Carolina, the president, Don Rumsfeld and his team," Sanford said. "People are ready and willing to serve and we'll wait and see what happens next." |
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