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It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency. —George W. Bush, June 14, 2001, speaking to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson, unaware that a live television camera was still rolling.

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George W. Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 6
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