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| quote: | LARRY KING: Concerning Iraq, do you ever have doubts about it? Do you ever say, you know, "The country obviously turns one way. Things don't look great sometimes. People are kind of down?" Does it ever get to you to say -- and this is for both of you. Does it ever get to you to say, "Maybe, maybe it was wrong?"
G. BUSH: The decision to remove Saddam Hussein was the right decision and I'm absolutely convinced it was.
Where I get down is when I, you know, that some grieving mom or wife or dad has lost their loved one and that's the agony of war. And I've met with enough families to know how it's broken their heart to lose a loved one.
But I made the right decision and we will succeed in Iraq, unless we decide to quit. And success in Iraq will be really important for the world. It's important for there to be a democracy in the heart of the Middle East.
Things don't happen quickly when it comes to helping a nation go from a tyranny to a democracy. But the Iraqi people were given a chance to vote and they did overwhelmingly. And now we're working with a new unity government, to help succeed.
And when we succeed, I think they'll look back at this moment in history and say it's the beginning of changing the conditions that caused there to be such resentment that people would be willing to commit suicide, acts of suicide against U.S. citizens. |
| quote: | KING: Do you lose sleep, Mrs. Bush, over what he goes through?
L. BUSH: Do I lose sleep? No. Do I worry? Sure, of course. Absolutely. Who wouldn't? But I also have great faith in my husband. I know he's very disciplined and he's very strong. And he has a great administration, a great group of advisors that work very, very hard. And I'm proud of the job he does.
KING: Do you ever -- you don't ever fear like, "Why me?"
G. BUSH: Quite the contrary. I feel it is an honor to be in this position, and, you know, I wake up enthused about working on this year's problems, because I've got confidence we can -- we can solve them.
KING: How do you deal with bad news?
G. BUSH: You know, in this job you get quite a bit of it. |
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KING: What do you make of the court's decision on Guantanamo?
G. BUSH: They finally ruled and I have been saying to people that we want to resolve the Guantanamo issue, but the court has got to give us a road map forward. They did. It basically said it's OK to have Guantanamo but you have got to work with Congress to devise a military tribunal, military commission in such a way that conforms to our laws and ...
KING: Is that going to happen?
G. BUSH: Yeah. It is. Everybody wants to solve the problem. This is a very unusual set of circumstances, though. These are illegal combatants. People picked up off the battlefield. We're at war against these folks but they don't wear uniforms. And the Geneva Convention was set up for dealing with nation states. There's no nation state here. There is an ideology but not a nation state and so this is an opportunity to work with Congress to deal with this issue. |
| quote: | KING: Are you going to campaign for the Republican nominee ...
G. BUSH: For president?
KING: ... in 2008?
G. BUSH: I'm trying to get through the '06 elections.
KING: Are you going to do a lot of campaigning in '06?
G. BUSH: Absolutely. I'm doing a lot of campaigning. We're going to be just fine in '06.
KING: Going to keep the House and the Senate?
G. BUSH: We are. We are. And you know why? Because we're right on winning this war on terror, and we've got a good economic record. People are working under the leadership of this administration and the Congress.
KING: Going to get bin Laden?
G. BUSH: Oh, we'll get him. We'll get him. |
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