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George W. Bush: “We cannot know the full extent of the attacks that we and our allies have prevented.”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2007
We cannot know the full extent of the attacks that we and our allies have prevented.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

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