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There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 11 September attacks. There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in the United States. If there had been something, we would have acted on it.

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Birmingham
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