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On the recordNovember 13, 1991
Nobody at this table and nobody in the country can be happy about unacceptably-high dropout rates.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Meeting of the President's Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

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