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On the recordMarch 19, 1991
But you also understand that the cause of freedom cannot end at your own borders, and you proved it during the war in the Persian Gulf.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for President Lech Walesa of Poland

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