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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, at 2:44 PM ET

"[I]t's the Afghan national army that went into Najaf and did the work there."—Referring to Iraqi troops during a joint press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2004 (Thanks to Garry Trudeau.)

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Jacob Weisberg is chairman and editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy. Follow him at http://twitter.com/jacobwe.
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