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Shoe-Throwing Incident Mars Bush's Farewell Visit to Iraq

washingtonpost.com
Dec. 15, 2008
BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 -- Arriving in Baghdad on Sunday for a surprise farewell visit, President Bush staunchly defended a war that has taken far more time, money and lives than anticipated, but he received a taste of local resentment toward his policies when an Iraqi journalist hurled two shoes at hi...
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