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George W. Bush: “I was faced with a choice, either to trust the word of a madman, a tyrant, a dictator, or defend the country.”

On the recordApril 14, 2004
I was faced with a choice, either to trust the word of a madman, a tyrant, a dictator, or defend the country.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks in Des Moines

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