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George H.W. Bush: “I'm not sure. What would a mission of Jim Baker have been? It might have been to convince the man that he is up against…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 1991
I'm not sure. What would a mission of Jim Baker have been? It might have been to convince the man that he is up against an immovable force. He's up against something that is not going to yield. He is up against a situation under which there will be no compromise; and there will be none. But because, you see, Ann [Ann Compton, ABC News], I go back to my point, I don't think he has felt this up until now--on both points. I don't think he's felt that force will be used against him, and I think he has felt that if it were, he'd prevail. He's wrong on both counts.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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