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On the recordAugust 30, 2006
We can decide to stop fighting the terrorists in Iraq and other parts of the world, but they will not decide to stop fighting us.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas
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Bush argues that withdrawing from Iraq would not stop terrorist threats against the U.S.

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