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George H.W. Bush: “We cannot permit a resource so vital to be dominated by one so ruthless.”

On the recordSeptember 10, 1990
We cannot permit a resource so vital to be dominated by one so ruthless.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis and the Federal Budget Deficit

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