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George H.W. Bush: “This is a proud day, I think, for the country, certainly for Tom and Tom's family, and for the Foreign Service.”

On the recordMarch 19, 1989
This is a proud day, I think, for the country, certainly for Tom and Tom's family, and for the Foreign Service.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing-in Ceremony for Thomas R. Pickering as United States Representative to the United Nations

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