George Bush actually said...

I am confident that this appointment will be well-received by your many friends on both sides of the aisle of the United States Senate, of the Congress, and certainly by the American people.

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Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Robert Strauss To Be United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union

06/03/1991

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