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George H.W. Bush: “Well, I say we've got to do what we have to do. And the Congress has affirmed that position. And I think that is--you…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 1991
Well, I say we've got to do what we have to do. And the Congress has affirmed that position. And I think that is--you know, one of the arguments that some made is, well, please get Congress engaged; why are you not willing to go to Congress? We went to Congress; Congress, both Houses of the Congress, affirmed the policies of this government. Soviet Military Intervention in Lithuania
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George H.W. Bush
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