06/13/1990
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"He's a strong leader, who wants a free and democratic Iraq to succeed."
"the plan calls for sending 20,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq in a scheme being called -- what they're calling surge and accelerate."
"When President Nixon needed to replace a vice president who had resigned in scandal, he naturally turned to a man whose name was a synonym for integrity, Gerald R. Ford."
"The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people."