| 1871 |
Number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
| 66 |
Number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since Bush went on vacation earlier this month. |
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Approximate price of a barrel of oil (in U.S. dollars) in 2000 when Bush said, “What I think the president ought to do is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots. … if in fact there is collusion amongst big oil, he ought to intercede there as well. I used to be in the oil business. … And so I understand what can happen in the marketplace.”
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63.59 |
Price of a barrel of oil (in U.S. dollars) last Thursday.
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$1.52 |
Average price for a gallon of gasoline in September 2000. |
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$2.55 |
Average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. last week. |
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49 |
Bush’s overall approval rating on August 2 (Rasmussen)
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43 |
Bush’s overall approval rating on August 18 (Rasmussen) |
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338 |
Number of days Bush has spent on vacation during his presidency, a new record. The previous record was held by Ronald Reagan, who spent 335 days on vacation during his eight-year presidency. Bush has topped that in just four-and-a-half years.
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