“[Recalling George H. W. Bush's Secretary of State James Baker:]…the best secretary of state since Dean Acheson. I say that because he and Bush 41 had an incredibly tempestuous period in history, and they navigated through it with great success.”

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“[Recalling George H. W. Bush's Secretary of State James Baker:]…the best secretary of state since Dean Acheson. I say that because he and Bush 41 had an incredibly tempestuous period in history, and they navigated through it with great success.”

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