Nationwide address on Iraq by US President George Bush

Title

Nationwide address on Iraq by US President George Bush

Genre

Speech

TX Date

8 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:40

Description

Nationwide address by President George Bush from the White House on imposing economic sanctions to induce Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, and that following consultation with King Fahd, United States forces are to be deployed to Saudi Arabia to preserve the country’s integrity and to deter further Iraqi aggression.

Contributors

George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; Economic sanctions; Saudi Arabia; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); King Fahd; George H. W. Bush

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