On the recordApril 7, 2004
I believe the Bush administration in the first eight months considered terrorism an important issue, but not an urgent issue.
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transcripts.cnn.comRichard Clarke: “I believe the Bush administration in the first eight months considered terrorism an important issue, but not an urgent…”
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Clarke expresses his belief that the Bush administration did not prioritize terrorism as an urgent concern in its early months.
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