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John Kerry: “I would have told those kids very politely and nicely that the president of the United States had something that he…”

On the recordAugust 4, 2004
I would have told those kids very politely and nicely that the president of the United States had something that he needed to attend to. And I would have attended to it.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry discusses how he would have responded differently to the situation on September 11th.

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