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George H.W. Bush: “We can sit there and talk about issues of which we've had divisions over the years, try to find ways to narrow them.”

On the recordDecember 2, 1989
We can sit there and talk about issues of which we've had divisions over the years, try to find ways to narrow them.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks of the President and Soviet Chairman Gorbachev and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters in Malta

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