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George W. Bush: “We're called to confront great challenges to these ideals, from poverty and disease to terror and the aggression of…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2002
We're called to confront great challenges to these ideals, from poverty and disease to terror and the aggression of tyrants.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Reception for Heads of United Nations General Assembly Delegations in New York City

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