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Bill Delahunt: “They are willing to take the money. But let us go back to the Gulf War that was managed by this President's father.…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2003
They are willing to take the money. But let us go back to the Gulf War that was managed by this President's father. There were 160,000 nonAmerican troops that were involved in that effort. That was a true coalition of the willing in the face of naked aggression by Saddam Hussein. Mr. DeFAZIO. Briefly, I do not want to sour that because it certainly was a much better international effort, but there was an $11 billion payoff to Egypt where we forgave their debt.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing international coalitions and financial aspects of the Gulf War.

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