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George H.W. Bush: “I declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1992
I declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of the Government of Iraq.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Notice on Continuation of Iraqi Emergency

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