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Some transcripts and NECN video of speeches available

7:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. EDT

Theme: "A Safer World, A More Hopeful America"

Convention Call to Order, Rep. Henry Bonilla of Texas, Deputy Permanent Co-Chair

Presentation of Colors, New York Port Authority

Pledge of Allegiance, Mary Lou Retton and Kerri Strug, Olympic Gold Medalists

National Anthem, Nicole C. Mullen, Nashville, Tenn.

Invocation, Bishop Keith Butler, Southfield, Mich.

Lynn Swann, NFL Hall of Famer

Dorothy Hamill, Olympic Gold Medalist

The Honorable Michael Williams of Texas

Music, Donnie McClurkin

Mel Martinez
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Tommy Franks
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Music, Michael W. Smith

New York Gov. George Pataki
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NECN video

President Bush
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Benediction, Cardinal Egan