whitehouse.gov - 12/15/2008
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President Bush on Monday said, "I told the President that you can count on the United States -- just like you've been able to count on this administration, you'll be able to count on the next administration, as well. It's in our interest that Afghanistan's democracy flourish. It's in America's ...
washingtonpost.com - 12/14/2008
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Bush Ducks Shoes Thrown in Iraq, Continues to Afghanistan
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swamppolitics.com - 12/15/2008
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by Frank James On the way to Afghanistan
last night, President Bush joked with reporters aboard Air
Force One about the shoes seen 'round the world. It seemed like he actually made fun of himself at one point, saying he didn't know what the man ...
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Bush doesn't admit Iraq's angry soles
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