LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Confusion over US policy on Gulf crisis

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

3 Nov 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:15

Description

Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports on confusion over US President George H.W. Bush’s policy on the Gulf crisis and whether he is preparing for war or not. Includes speeches by Bush saying they will not put up with naked aggression and later denying he is being inconsistent; Stephen(?) Hess of a US thinktank, on the media interpretation of Bush’s words; Congressman Robert Torricelli linking the budget crisis to the Gulf crisis.

Contributors

Nick Peters; George H. W. Bush; Stephen(?) Hess; Robert Torricelli

Keywords

USA; International relations; Mass media; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Baghdad

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