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George H.W. Bush: “I'm not sure I have great hope for it. But I think when human life is at stake, you go the extra mile for peace. And…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 1991
I'm not sure I have great hope for it. But I think when human life is at stake, you go the extra mile for peace. And that's what we have tried to do. And I will continue to think of reasons--I told President Mitterrand, I said, look, if you think of a new approach, or I do, please, let's one or the other get on the phone and try. But we remain determined that these resolutions are going to be complied with. I am very concerned that sanctions--I know sanctions alone aren't going to get this job done. And so we're pushing here, and that's what the Baker meeting with `Aziz was about. I'm not going to give up, though. Karen [Karen Hosler, Baltimore Sun]?
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George H.W. Bush
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