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On the recordDecember 9, 2003
I don't think he took it as nonchalantly as he said. I mean, this is a guy who reportedly spent a weekend during his Skull and Bones year trying to get a tattoo of a skull and cross bones.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Robbins reflects on Bush's involvement with Skull and Bones and suggests he may have taken it more seriously than he claims.

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