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George H.W. Bush: “Not checked. I just heard something on the television. I could hardly believe it. The odds against two people in the…”

On the recordMay 28, 1991
Not checked. I just heard something on the television. I could hardly believe it. The odds against two people in the family having--the doctor told me, the thyroid specialist, one of the classic thyroid men, Colonel Burman, known for his expertise, told me the odds are one in three million. But many people live in the same house together, one of whom has thyroid--so I'm not going to lose confidence in the water at the White House until we know a little more about this.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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