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George H.W. Bush: “I don't have a percentage in mind. We're working out administration positions on that. But the main thing is full…”

On the recordMay 15, 1991
I don't have a percentage in mind. We're working out administration positions on that. But the main thing is full compliance with all the U.N. resolutions. And so, that's the key point. I don't know where the talks stand between the Kurds and the center and Saddam Hussein, but that could offer some hope. But I don't think that we can just entrust the fate of the Kurds to the word of Saddam Hussein. Soviet-U.S. Relations
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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