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Bushism of the Day

By |Posted Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at 11:22 AM ET

"They're innocent, they were doing nothing, and they were summarily plucked out of water."—Discussing British sailors detained by Iran while their ship was on patrol in the Persian Gulf, Camp David, March 31, 2007

Click here  to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 35:29.

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