George H.W. Bush: “I will not let our economy be wrecked and our security threatened by…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1992

I will not let our economy be wrecked and our security threatened by the politically appealing idea of gutting our national defense.

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Republican · Texas

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Remarks to Odetics, Inc., Associates in Anaheim, California

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