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George H.W. Bush: “----because I'm a little bit tired--well, I'll give you an example. I'll give you an example. This State of Tennessee…”

On the recordFebruary 19, 1992
----because I'm a little bit tired--well, I'll give you an example. I'll give you an example. This State of Tennessee had 6,700 reservists and guardsmen volunteer. One community of 1,000 had 18 people. This is the Volunteer State. People are still very proud of the fact that this--of Desert Storm. And there's a national pride there; there's a pride in having a strong America. That's my position: a strong America and having led a very triumphant and very important war over there. So, I'll be taking that message, along with the message of economic change, economic hope. Mine's not going to be a pessimistic message, and it's for certain things.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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