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From Tony Snow’s press briefing today:

Q Tony, yesterday Dana said these resolutions send mixed signals to our troops and our enemies. Should we really be so concerned that the misunderstanding of the exercise of our form of government by the enemy would cause us to not pass resolutions?

MR. SNOW: Well, if one came to the conclusion that it emboldened an enemy and placed people in harm’s way and increased the risk. It’s something — look, the thing is, when you talk about this, you’re trying to read states of mind. And these are things that are important to keep — at least to consider when you’re doing these things. As you know, and I’ve said many times, Osama bin Laden thought the lack of American resolve was a key reason why he could inspire people to come after us on September 11th. I am not accusing members of the Senate of inviting carnage on the United States of America. I’m simply saying, you think about what impact it may have.

But we also — look, they’re a separate and co-equal branch of government. And they will do what they think is appropriate. The most important thing to do is for everything to realize — I’ll finish up and then you can come back at me.

Full transcript here