George H.W. Bush: “Fulfill the commitments that they already have made. I'm told that the Germans have already come in with a…”

“Fulfill the commitments that they already have made. I'm told that the Germans have already come in with a substantial--close to 50 percent of their commitment. And I am also told that the Japanese Diet yesterday approved this $9 billion payment. And so, I would simply say Japan and Germany have constitutional constraints--the American people may or may not understand that--constraints that kept them from participating on the ground in the coalition. But I have tried to make clear to the American people that both of them have stepped up and have offered to bear their share of responsibility by putting up substantial amounts of money.”