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Today in History: November 27, President George W. Bush spends Thanksgiving with U.S. troops in Iraq

Also on this day, a gunman attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing three people and injuring nine

President George W. Bush carries a platter of turkey and fixings in a crowd of US troops
US President George W. Bush carries a platter of turkey and fixings as he visits US troops for Thanksgiving in Baghdad, 27 November, 2003. Bush made the Thanksgiving visit to troops in Baghdad under the greatest secrecy and security. News of his trip was not even released until Air Force One had already left Iraq. Television reports said US authorities would have called off the visit had news been leaked in advance.AFP PHOTO/Anja NIEDRINGHAUS/POOL (Photo by ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS / AP POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS/AP POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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President George W. Bush flew to Iraq under extraordinary secrecy and security to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops and thank them for “defending the American people from danger.”

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