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On the recordJanuary 29, 1991
And when he was rescued and told that he could enter the United States, he wept for joy.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at the 50th Anniversary Observance of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Speech

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