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George W. Bush: “The time has come for people to raise their hands and cast their vote and either announce that they will return to the…”

On the recordOctober 27, 2002
The time has come for people to raise their hands and cast their vote and either announce that they will return to the ways of the '90s, with a weak, ineffective system of inspection, or recognize that Saddam Hussein has taken advantage of weakness and the world needs to do something different.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Press Gaggle by Ari Fleischer

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