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Bush, in final news conference, hits "axis of evil"

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Monday that North Korea and Iran, part of what he once branded an "axis of evil," remained dangerous but the biggest threat facing his successor Barack Obama was another terrorist attack on America. (link)

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