Interview With Members of the White House Press Corps
07/12/1989
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the detention facility had become a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies.
I came here for two reasons. One, because I care deeply about Jeb and, two, because I care deeply about our country.
No, it was never strained. That's -- I think that's the mythology that's -- that we've escaped.
I know this, that Laura and I gave the presidency eight years of our lives. We gave it our all.