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In advance of his trip to Africa, U.S. President George W. Bush gave an exclusive interview with BBC World News America on February 14. Bush echoed Stephen J. Hadley’s February 4 remarks at the Carnegie Endowment in discussing the administration’s policies towards Africa.
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