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George H.W. Bush: “I believe this is dual-use equipment. I believe this is dual use that was cleared. If it's not, somebody screwed up, or…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1992
I believe this is dual-use equipment. I believe this is dual use that was cleared. If it's not, somebody screwed up, or somebody took equipment that shouldn't have been shipped over there, or not. We never, ever tried to support Saddam Hussein in building his nuclear capability. It is the United States that guarantees he doesn't have one. So if there was some high-level, you know, just really special level technology that got there, it got there without the knowledge of the United States. But what I saw today--I don't know about the Bergen Record--was dual-use tech--have you got what kind of equipment it was?
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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