U.S. Ex-presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees


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  • Tuesday, 14 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama embraces former President George W. Bush following remarks at the dedication ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, April 25, 2013. Former president Bill Clinton is pictured at right. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo

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(Reuters) -Three former U.S. presidents - Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in the United States following the recent American withdrawal ending 20 years of war.

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