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On the recordJune 7, 1991
It lives because we dared risk our most precious asset -- our sons and daughters.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Memorial Service in Arlington, Virginia, for Those Who Died in the Persian Gulf Conflict

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Oct 18, 2017

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