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We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement - that's the kindest word I can give you - of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war. The price is very, very heavy and I regret it enormously. I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history.
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Anybody who believes the surge has not succeeded, militarily, politically and in most other ways, frankly, does not know the facts on the ground.
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Depriving the oppressed of a beacon of hope could lose us the world we have built and thrived in. It could cost our reputation in history as the nation distinct from all others in our achievements, our identity, and our enduring influence on mankind. Our values are central to all three.
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An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections.
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Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.
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I'm not running for president to be somebody, but to do something; to do the hard but necessary things not the easy and needless things.
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Let me just say again, We have drawn down. Three of the five brigades are home. The Marines, the additional Marines are home. By the end of July, they will have been back.
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A strong E.U., a strong NATO, and a true strategic partnership between them is profoundly in our interest.
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Sometimes it's important to watch what the president does rather than what he says.
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Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.
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I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.
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Americans are very frustrated, and they have every right to be. We’ve wasted a lot of our most precious treasure, which is American lives.
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I don't think Roger Ailes is ham-fisted.
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Frankly, I would never accept an award from Vladimir Putin because then you kind of give some credence and credibility to this butcher, this KGB agent, which is what he is.
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Whenever America sends its citizens into harm's way, it must do so with eyes wide open.
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I will not take the low road to the highest office in this land. I want the presidency in the best way, not the worst way.
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I believe we should always put our country first.
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I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi, bin Laden, Hitler, and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.
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You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare.
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The United States expects a lot of its partners and allies, including joint patrolling, significant contributions to armed conflicts, and a strict adherence to human rights, among other things.