George W. Bush: “We went into Afghanistan not to seek revenge but justice, and we went…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2002

We went into Afghanistan not to seek revenge but justice, and we went into that country not as conquerors but as liberators.

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Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Senatorial Candidate James M. Talent in St. Louis, Missouri

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