Dan Quayle & John Major press conference - Gulf War

Title

Dan Quayle & John Major press conference - Gulf War

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:05:40

Description

US Vice-President Dan Quayle and UK Prime Minister John Major answer media questions on the Gulf War, posed by Adam Boulton from Sky News, Martin Dell(?) from the BBC, John Draper from ITN and Brian Cabell from CNN. They are questioned on whether the Iraqis’ seizure of Khafji will draw them into a ground offensive; the role of the B52s stationed in Britain and whether they will be armed with nuclear weapons; also whether the objective of the war is to oust Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein from power.

Contributors

John Major; Dan Quayle; Adam Boulton; John Draper; Martin Dell(?); Brian Cabell

Keywords

USA; UK; BBC; Mass media; Nuclear weapons; News flow; Saudi Arabia; Wars (events); Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; ITN; CNN; Khafji; Sky News

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