The President's News Conference
02/20/1989
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the detention facility had become a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies.
If we leave Iraq before our commanders say that we are ready we will be risking the future of Iraq.
A nation that can feed itself is a nation more secure.
President George W. Bush expanded their scope and pace, and doubled their budgets.