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George H.W. Bush: “You tell me why a nation that can make smart bombs cannot produce the smartest kids in the entire world.”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1992
You tell me why a nation that can make smart bombs cannot produce the smartest kids in the entire world.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks to Sandia National Laboratories Employees in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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