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On the recordMarch 12, 2006
Today, nearly half the IEDs in Iraq are found and disabled before they can be detonated. In the past 18 months, we've cut the casualty rate per IED attack in half.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas
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President Bush discusses progress in finding and disabling IEDs in Iraq.

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