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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, at 4:02 PM ET

"Because of your work, children who once wanted to die are now preparing to live."—speaking at the White House summit on malaria, Dec. 14, 2006

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 1:29.

For more, see "The Complete Bushisms."

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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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