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On the recordDecember 20, 1989
The deployment of U.S. Forces is an exercise of the right of self-defense recognized in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on United States Military...

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