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George W. Bush: “Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who was a threat to his own people and the world, and it was the right thing to do.”

On the recordNovember 8, 2007
Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who was a threat to his own people and the world, and it was the right thing to do.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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