Cheney & Powell fly to Saudi Arabia - Ground war likely

Title

Cheney & Powell fly to Saudi Arabia - Ground war likely

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:20

Description

US Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, Colin Powell meet with the House Armed Services Committee before they fly to Saudi Arabia to meet with Commander of the Coalition Forces, General Norman Schwarzkopf. They reiterate that as soon as Saddam Hussein is out of Kuwait, the war will end, and they are issued with warnings by an unidentified Democrat and Republican. US Vice-President Dan Quayle speaks to the friends and families of troops stationed in Kuwait in an address at the California Marine Base, Camp Pendleton. Nick Peters reports from Washington.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Dan Quayle; Dick Cheney

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; Saudi Arabia; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Colin Powell; Norman Schwarzkopf; Camp Pendleton

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