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George H.W. Bush: I promised everybody at the Embassy, in my heart, that I would leave on time, and thus you could breathe one collective…

On the recordJuly 10, 1989
I promised everybody at the Embassy, in my heart, that I would leave on time, and thus you could breathe one collective sigh of relief.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks to American Embassy Employees and Their Families in Warsaw

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