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George H.W. Bush: “Our Forces are in the Gulf region in the exercise of our inherent right of individual and collective self-defense…”

On the recordNovember 15, 1990
Our Forces are in the Gulf region in the exercise of our inherent right of individual and collective self-defense against Iraq's aggression.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Deployment of Additional United States Armed Forces to the Persian Gulf

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