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On the recordJune 3, 1991
It succeeded, in less than 24 hours, in carrying more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to new lives in Israel.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at the Awards Presentation Ceremony for Emigration Assistance to Ethiopian Jews

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