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George W. Bush: “If we were to leave before the job is done, if we were to allow this young democracy to be overwhelmed by the extremists…”

On the recordJune 20, 2007
If we were to leave before the job is done, if we were to allow this young democracy to be overwhelmed by the extremists and the radicals, people in the Middle East would say, 'What's the word of the United States worth?'
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Reception for Senatorial Candidate Jefferson B. Sessions III in Mobile, Alabama

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