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Bush Praises Libyan Man in Women’s Day Speech

HeadlineMar 18, 2004

And finally President Bush has marked International Women’s Week by paying tribute to women reformers. In a speech on Friday he said “Earlier today, the Libyan government released Fathi Jahmi. She’s a local government official who was imprisoned in 2002 for advocating free speech and democracy.” There was one problem. She was in fact a he.

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