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On the recordOctober 6, 2004
I believe we were right to take action, and America is safer today with Saddam Hussein in prison. He retained the knowledge, the materials, the means, and the intent to produce weapons of mass destruction. And he could have passed that knowledge on to our terrorist enemies.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Bush defends his decision to invade Iraq, asserting that Saddam Hussein posed a threat due to his potential to produce weapons of mass destruction.

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