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Second Draft of the Address to the Nation on the Gulf War

  • 1/15/1991

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On January 16, 1991, President George Bush used national television to announce the commencement of the air campaign to free Kuwait. In this draft of the speech, with changes in the President’s own hand, he lays out the case for war.

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This primary source comes from the Collection GB-GBPP: George H. W. Bush Papers.

National Archives Identifier: 595211

Full Citation: Second Draft of the Address to the Nation on the Gulf War; 1/15/1991; Collection GB-GBPP:
George H. W. Bush Papers,. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/second-draft-of-the-address-to-the-nation-on-the-gulf-war/, February 7, 2026]

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