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Included here, so important to president bush, but something that president trump jabbed at when he was on the campaign trail. that put him under scrutiny from former bush aides and allies who werent quite sure why president trump was going after george h.w. bush there. former first lady barbara bush, at her funeral melania trump attended on behalf of the trump family. president trump said he would not attend, according to the white house, out of respect for the family, steve. >> hallie, thank y...

It was a controversial decision and he chose to go. >> he chose to go because he believed this will not stand, this aggression against kuwait. he decided from the 2nd of august 1990 through about the 5th of august that it was important in a post cold war era to attempt to establish a rule of law among nations. he saw kuwait as a victim. he saw saddam hussein as an aggressor. he and james baker successfully marshalled the world to project force around the world in order to try to attempt and, as ...

Still keep your humanity, keep your grace, keep your integrity. >> we have talked about one of the most significant moments, not just in george h.w. bushs presidency but really in modern american history. that is the 1991 gulf war. it was august of 1990 when saddam husseins forces in iraq invaded kuwait. george h.w. bush formed an international coalition, amassed troops, set a deadline for hussein to withdraw his forces or to face war. got approval from congress. then when that deadline passed a...

Started this cruel war against kuwait. tonight the battle has been joined. >> reporter: it started as an air war. followed less than six weeks later by a ground war. operation desert storm was short, brutally efficient and successful. >> kuwait is liberated. iraqs army is defeated. our military objectives are met. kuwait is once more in the hands of kuwaitis in control of their own destiny. tonight the kuwaiti flag, once again, flies above the capital of a free and sovereign nation and the ameri...

This will not stand, this aggression against kuwait. i got to go. i have to go to work. >> reporter: this will not stand, bush said, committing himself to reversing saddam husseins invasion and rallying an international coalition to help him do it. u.s. and allied forces gathered in the desert and when diplomacy failed, the commander-in-chief launched operation desert storm. >> just two hours ago, allied air forces began an attack on military forces in iraq and kuwait. these attacks continue as ...

England. now, george, dont talk about yourself, he would say. thats why he as a prigs in contrast to others who occupy that position, he was reluck tant to do it. his good manners were always there with him. he was ambassador to china, the director of the cia, the vice president to the united nations. when he became president, he really did close a deal with the russian government that was discarding the soviet union. he was a seminal figure in so many positions in american political life. storm...

Testament to the notion that public service is a noble, joyous calling and he did tremendous good along the journey, expanding americas promise to new immigrants and people with disabilities, reducing nuclear weapons and building a broad coalition to expel a dictator from kuwait. when democratic revolutions bloomed across eastern europe, it was his steady diplomatic hand that made possible an achievement once thought anything but. ending the cold war without firing a shot. its a legacy of servic...

This is not a time of you feuph certainly not a time to gloat. but it is a time of pride. pride in our troops. pride of our friends who stood with us in our drives. pride in the nation -- with us in our crisis. pride in the nation. >> reporter: a week later before a joint session of congress, president bush declared victory. >> as commander-in-chief, i can report to you our armed forces fought with honor and valor. and as president, i can report to the nation aggression is defeated, the war is o...