07/18/1989
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"We send our prayers and thoughts with those who have been affected and we send the help of the federal government as well."
"We must provide our troops with the help and support they need to get the job done."
"President Bush is promising federal aid. It is going to be needed. That much, we know. How many millions or billions, we don't know."
"President Bush setting new sanctions against members of Burma or Myanmar's military junta and their associates."