George H.W. Bush

We finally had time, after all the planning and talking, to get you out on the White House tennis court.

No. Thank you all. You've got the whole day now until we play again this afternoon. Note: The session took place at the Cape Arundel Golf Course. The President teed-off at 6:23 a.m., and the questions were asked at various intervals during…

Well, lots going on. I'm not, but we've set in train some diplomatic action, so there will be plenty of consultation today and in the future, Secretary Baker carrying the main responsibility for that as he did in diplomacy before. But…

I haven't discussed military option or any other option. I'm just leaving it where it is. And as I say, in our view, the United Nations resolutions, existing resolutions, clearly give sanction to that. But it's premature to discuss what…

What I mean is we've got plenty of time to think everything over and a concerted international effort. The great success of Desert Storm was that the world opinion and the United Nations backing up world opinion or molding world opinion…

No question. No question about it. The intelligence is incontrovertible. And everybody that's seen it--there's no dispute. I mean, this isn't even a question. And I think those in the United States and others that have seen the evidence…

I've said all I want to say about it. We will review the bidding and some diplomacy involved here. This is a U.N. resolution. That means there's a lot of people involved in it. But we feel that the authority exists for that under existing…

Very good, yes. I played very well today. So, don't judge me by that last shot--no. [Laughter] Better, though, a little better. Iraq

This concept of going in there and lying and shooting in the air to scare international observers is just something that cannot be condoned.

Heard that, but he's been lying so much.

It's a serious situation, it's not just one -- --

No question about it.

But we're in close touch with the situation, obviously, and concerned about it.

We're looking for a big Justice.

This isn't -- when you see their man standing up at the U.N. and lying, it just takes me back to where things were before they were wiped out on the battlefield.

It makes it more difficult.

Remember the old expression 'stay tuned'?

He must comply with United Nations resolutions.

Well, what I'm hearing is we've got our policy, and we've got to start doing a lot of diplomacy on this matter.

Justice Thurgood Marshall June 27, 1991 Justice Marshall has rendered extraordinary and distinguished service to his country as a pioneering civil rights lawyer, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as Solicitor…

Well, it just happened, I mean. But we'll move promptly; we'll move very swiftly. I paid my respects to Justice Marshall in a statement that we put out. He served his country with great distinction. And, you know, it's very pleasant for…

Now, Therefore, I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do proclaim that:

I do hereby proclaim June 1991 as National Forest System Month and encourage all Americans to join in celebrating the past 100 years of natural resource stewardship in the United States.

I strongly urge those nations in the region who have not acceded to the treaty to do so in order to join the growing community of nations firmly bound to the principles of nuclear nonproliferation.

I welcome and strongly commend the Government of South Africa's decision to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.