George H.W. Bush

I think it's been made clear to Iraq that if they totally comply they will not be attacked.

I haven't gotten pessimistic about it.

Iraq has accepted my initiative for a meeting between Secretary Baker and Foreign Minister `Aziz.

I hope this will have the same result.

I think the answer is that most people feel that the recession will be shallow.

I don't think he has gotten the message and, of course, the purpose here is that he do get the message.

There will be no linkage on these two questions.

Many people have tried to talk sense to the Iraqis and make them understand what they're facing.

This Agreement will improve enforcement of U.S. fisheries laws in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and will reduce risks to human life and safety caused by fisheries enforcement incidents on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

It is now for Saddam Hussein to respond to the international community's plea for reason.

There can be no compromise or negotiating on the objectives contained in those U.N. resolutions.

I am transmitting the statement showing the apportionment population for each State as of April 1, 1990, and the number of Representatives to which each State would be entitled.

I have therefore offered through CDA Joe Wilson in Baghdad to have Secretary Baker meet with Iraqi Foreign Minister `Aziz in Switzerland during the period January 7 - 9.

I am ready to make one last attempt to go the extra mile for peace.

Changing the House rules with a purely party-line vote is neither fair nor right.

I am deeply disappointed by and disturbed about the vote taken in the House of Representatives this afternoon.

I hereby determine that it is important to the national interest that $12,100,000 be made available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.

It is essential to U.S. foreign policy interests in these regions that we respond to these critical humanitarian needs.

NATO decided today to deploy the air component of the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force to Turkey.

I also want to applaud the Soviet Union for the important steps you've taken in building a new society.

Our two nations have set out on a new course, making a better life for both our peoples and a better world of peace and understanding.

Our countries have made great progress, particularly in important political and arms control areas.

Tens of thousands of Soviets have had contact with Americans now, and the numbers are growing.

I determine that a waiver by Executive order of the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act with respect to the Soviet Union will substantially promote the objectives of section 402.

This in no way affects the long-standing U.S. policy of not recognizing the forcible incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the Soviet Union or our support for the right of the Baltic states to self-determination.