Transcript

If you missed President Bush’s year-end news conference this morning, The Washington Post has the text here.

Favorite bit:

QUESTION: You say this is not personal, but you’ve also pointed out this was a man who tried to murder your father. What is your greeting today?

BUSH: “Good riddance. The world is better off without you, Mr. Saddam Hussein. And I find it very interesting that when the heat got on you dug yourself a hole and you crawled in it. And our brave troops, combined with good intelligence, found you. And you’ll be brought to justice, something you did not afford the people you brutalized in your own country.”

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