12/03/1990
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"It is vital to the national security interests of the United States to finance the sale of defense articles and services to Turkey."
"I hereby authorize the provision of up to $32,000,000 in defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense."
"As of 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Operation Desert Storm forces were engaging targets in Kuwait and Iraq."
"I am determined to bring them home as soon as possible."