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Published 1/12/2009 by Perry Bacon Jr. at Wash Post Obama Administration
President Bush called for a "compassionate" Republican Party and warned against the GOP becoming "anti-immigrant" in one of his last interviews as president, defending his vision of the party, which has become unpopular among some Republicans.
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