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George H.W. Bush: We continued to address the threat to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States posed by…

On the recordOctober 16, 1991
We continued to address the threat to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States posed by the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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