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George H.W. Bush: “I tried to think back, and it wasn't hard, to the brutality and the terrible grief that the families that stayed in…”

On the recordMay 19, 1991
I tried to think back, and it wasn't hard, to the brutality and the terrible grief that the families that stayed in Kuwait had.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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The President's News Conference With Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany

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