There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives…

George W. Bush
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There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like. ✨ I do not want more widows, Bush tells TV by Matthew Engel, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2002.
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