George Bush actually said...

I'm flattered to be in the company of the most accomplished members of a most important profession.

Remarks at a Reception for Participants in the National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher-Scholar Program

03/01/1989

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I am determined to follow up on this.

It will not be linked in any way with Saddam Hussein's aggression.

I hope it is credible.

I honestly don't know the details of that enough to know to whom he's referring.