12/11/1989
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"I guess my reaction to all the noise about, you know, he wants to go to war, is, first of all, I don't understand the tactics. And I guess I would say it's political."
"Today I'm sending the Congress a wartime supplemental appropriations request of $74.7 billion to fund needs directly arising from the Iraqi conflict and our global war against terror."
"President Bush is asking for tens of billions more dollars."
"Their solution is to scale back America's efforts in Baghdad or announce the phased withdrawal of our combat forces."