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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004, at 12:46 PM ET

"Tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign. You're a—you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And, therefore, the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities."—Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004

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Jacob Weisberg is editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy.
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