George W. Bush: “The best thing I can do is to listen and hug and empathize as best as…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2003

The best thing I can do is to listen and hug and empathize as best as I can empathize.

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Republican · Texas

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Remarks on the California Wildfires and an Exchange With Reporters in Harbison Canyon, California

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