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On the recordSeptember 25, 1990
We owe it to those brave men and women, laying their lives on the line for peace and stability in the world, to exercise the precious right to vote.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Rally for Senatorial Candidate Lynn Martin in Chicago, Illinois

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