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Laura Welch Bush

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In contrast to my husband, I can pronounce the word nuclear.
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Dutch-Belgian newspaper Metro (May 2, 2005); quoted in Dutch as: In tegenstelling tot mijn man kan ik het woord "nucleair" wel uitspreken.

 
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