“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordJuly 18, 1989
I have reviewed the activities of the United States Government departments and agencies during the calendar year 1988 related to preventing nuclear proliferation.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report on Nuclear Nonproliferation

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