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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at 2:45 PM ET

"A clear lesson I learned in the museum was that outside forces that tend to divide people up inside their country are unbelievably counterproductive."—after touring a genocide memorial, Kigali, Rwanda, Feb. 19, 2008 (Thanks to Hellyn Sher.)

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 27:41.

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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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