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George H.W. Bush: “We seek an Iraq that uses its great resources not to destroy, not to serve the ambitions of a tyrant, but to build a…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 1991
We seek an Iraq that uses its great resources not to destroy, not to serve the ambitions of a tyrant, but to build a better life for itself and its neighbors.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

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