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George W. Bush: “If we were to leave before the job is done, the enemy would follow us here to America.”

On the recordNovember 5, 2006
If we were to leave before the job is done, the enemy would follow us here to America.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Florida Victory 2006 Rally in Pensacola, Florida

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