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Use of Force Authorization

United States · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1991Date range
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Chronological records

1991

George Herbert Walker Bush12 January 1991

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Receives congressional authorization to use force against Iraq.

Names involved

George Herbert Walker Bush

Provenance

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