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George H.W. Bush: “What we thought we'd do is alternate questions for Prime Minister Kaifu and for me, and alternate between the Japanese…”

On the recordApril 4, 1991
What we thought we'd do is alternate questions for Prime Minister Kaifu and for me, and alternate between the Japanese journalists and the U.S. journalists. Inasmuch as we're in the United States, I'm the appointed coordinator here. [Laughter] Self-appointed. Japan
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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