George H.W. Bush: “And I said, ``If you have any angst, forget about it.'' [Laughter] And…”

On the recordMay 2, 1991

And I said, ``If you have any angst, forget about it.'' [Laughter] And he said, ``I don't.'' He said, ``I have none at all.'' And that's typical of him. He's a generous and superb commander, and a great Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. And nobody's going to drive a wedge between him and me. I don't care what kind of book they've got, how many unnamed sources they have, how many quotes they put in the mouth of somebody when they weren't there. They are not going to divide us on this.

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