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The Vice Presidency, which as you know surprised him, he always respected the role of the press. All right. Andrea mitchell joining us by phone. Andrea, appreciate that. And again, just continuing our coverage here. It is 1 00 in the east. We continue our coverage of the death of former president George Herbert walker bush, americas 41st commander in chief. He has died at the age of 94. That word came to us now just over an hour ago, the word being passed from a statement from his son, george w....

>> we have a statement coming in from former president barack obama and his wife michelle obama. george h.w. bushs life is a 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 t...

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 ...

Iraq in 1991 when saddam hussein had invaded kuwait. 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...

Exhausted all reasonable efforts to reach a peaceful resolution v no choice but to drive saddam from kuwait by force. >> general barry mccaffrey is still with us. general, just before george h.w. bush made that statement on national television in january 1991, there had been predictions that if the united states did launch that war, it would turn into a vietnam in the desert. it had been basically 15 years since the end of vietnam. there were terrible memories of that that were wide in this coun...

Had invatded kuwait. 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 tr...

Administration. he liked campaigning. the advice he always got from his mother from a privileged household in new england, oh george, told talk about yourself, she would say. and thats why he as a politician, in contrast to others who occupy that position, he was reluctant to do it. his good manners were always there with him. he was ambassador to china, the director of the vee yeah cia, he was ambassador to the united nations. when he became president, he really did close a deal with the russia...

But for all of his faults, he embodied the idea that you could be a humble man in the biggest arena of american politics and 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, s...