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“If George Bush [Jr.] decided he was going to turn the troops loose on Syria and Iran after that he would last in office for about 15 minutes. In fact if President Bush were to try that now even I would think that he ought to be impeached. You can't get away with that sort of thing in this democracy.”

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Lawrence Eagleburger
Lawrence Eagleburger

Lawrence Eagleburger, born on August 1, 1930, and passed away on June 4, 2011, served as the United States Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush. He was a key figure in American foreign policy during the end of the Cold War and the early post-Cold War era. more

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