National Security Directive 45: U.S. Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
Memo
By: George H.W. Bush
Date: August 20, 1990
Source: Bush, George H.W. National Security Directive 45: U.S. Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait. August 20, 1990. Reproduced in the National Security Archive. Available online at http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB39; website home page: http://www.gwu.edu (accessed April 4, 2003).
About the Author: George H.W. Bush (1924–) was born in Milton, Massachusetts. On his eighteenth birthday, Bush enlisted in the U.S. Navy. During World War II (1939–1945), he flew fifty-eight combat missions and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. After graduating from Yale University in 1948, Bush entered the Texas oil business. Later, he served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a U.S. envoy to China, director of...
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