George Herbert Walker Bush12 January 1991
Congress agrees the go-ahead for the war
United States of America · Warfare / Gulf War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Congress agrees the go-ahead for the war
Admits responsibility for going to war in Iraq on the basis of faulty intelligence
Later reviews criticise intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons.
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