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On the recordSeptember 30, 1990
I'd like to see market forces determine it rather than excessive speculation.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks on Signing a Resolution Providing Funding for Continued Government Operation and a Question-and-Answer Session With...

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I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether be here or elsewhere.

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