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Jeb Bush said he would have invaded Iraq

By Thor Benson
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. File Photo by Molly Riley/UPI
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. File Photo by Molly Riley/UPI | License Photo

WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- In an interview with Fox News, Jeb Bush said he would have invaded Iraq just like his brother did. He also thinks Hillary Clinton would have done it.

"I would have [authorized the invasion], and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody. And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got," Bush told Megyn Kelly.

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Bush also tackled immigration in the conversation.

"I mean, there's got to be a point where we fix this system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show some respect for people," he said. To "a kid that might have been here 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school, to say, 'No, no, no, you're not allowed to go to college,' I just think there's a point passed which we're over the line."

Bush has not announced plans to run for president yet, but he is expected to do so. A Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire Poll of Republicans puts him behind Rand Paul and Scott Walker, but only by 1 percent. The same poll shows Clinton beating all members of the GOP in the state but by a smaller margin than previous polls.

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