On the recordJuly 29, 2008
An American President has got to know two things: one, the nature of the person he's dealing with, and the nature of the government he's dealing with.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGeorge W. Bush: “An American President has got to know two things: one, the nature of the person he's dealing with, and the nature of the…”
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