Bush wins US Presidency

Title

Bush wins US Presidency

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

9 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:23

Description

Richard Dallyn reports on preparations for change of US Presidents following win by George H. W. Bush who will take over from Ronald Reagan. On Bush’s policies and appointments for the top jobs. Includes Bush giving his reaction to winning the election, on hopes for summit with USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev and likely relations with Congress.

Contributors

Richard Dallyn; George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; Budgets; Elections; Politics; Taxation; Economics; USSR; Political leadership; Foreign policy; National budgets; Presidential candidates; Ronald Reagan; Summits (meetings); Dan Quayle; Mikhail Gorbachev; Political appointments; East West relations; James Baker; George H. W. Bush; Michael Dukakis

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