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On the recordAugust 19, 2008
Now you can't do what George Bush did and say, I looked into Vladimir Putin's soul. You don't look into somebody's soul to make your foreign policy. You look at your national interests. And what's right for American security.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama criticizes George Bush's approach to foreign policy, emphasizing the importance of national interests.

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