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George H.W. Bush: “In granting these pardons today, I am doing what I believe honor, decency, and fairness require.”

On the recordDecember 23, 1992
In granting these pardons today, I am doing what I believe honor, decency, and fairness require.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Proclamation 6518—Grant of Executive Clemency

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