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George H.W. Bush: “They went to the Gulf not because it was the expedient way but because it was the American way.”

On the recordJune 7, 1991
They went to the Gulf not because it was the expedient way but because it was the American way.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Memorial Service in Arlington, Virginia, for Those Who Died in the Persian Gulf Conflict

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