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Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One

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Apr 23, 2013

I was reminded that evil exists and that there are people in the world who are willing to kill innocent people to advance a cause. I don't know what this cause is, but we'll find out.

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Apr 23, 2013

The removal of Saddam Hussein was the right decision. America's more secure. The Iraqi people have a chance to live in a free society.

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Apr 23, 2013

We went to Africa and saw people dying, needlessly dying. There's nothing more important, I think, and Laura thinks, as well, to help somebody live.

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Feb 14, 2016

Strength is not empty rhetoric. It's not bluster. And in my experience, the strongest person usually isn't the loudest one in the room.

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