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On the recordOctober 10, 2006
I -- you know, I stand by the figure a lot of innocent people have lost their life. 600,000, whatever they guessed at, is just -- it's not credible.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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President Bush defends his previous estimate of civilian deaths in Iraq and dismisses higher figures.

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