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George W. Bush: We have the opportunity to do something that happens in this town every 50 or 60 years, and that's create a new…

On the recordDecember 16, 2002
We have the opportunity to do something that happens in this town every 50 or 60 years, and that's create a new department.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks by Governor Tom Ridge

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