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Communism, and the soviet union fell apart, george h.w. bush was president of the united states. >> the cold war didnt have to end peacefully. it could have ended with a bang instead of a whimper, but he made sure that it ended peacefully and took a lot of heat in the process for not being willing to be -- to emote more about winning the cold war. >> reporter: only months into president bushs term, chinas government brutally crashed a pro-democracy uprising in tiananmen square in beijing. the pr...

He handled the end of the cold war and the transition to a europe whole, free, and at peace. >> reporter: the state of the union broke up peacefully, and gorbachev resigned on christmas day, 1991. >> gorbachev called president bush to tell him what he was going to do. and he said to president bush, history will judge us well, yes, we did the right thing, didnt we? >> good evening -- >> reporter: that same christmas night, president bush addressed the nation from the oval office. >> eastern europ...

Europeans will ever forget. and certainly mikhail gorbachev wont forget. this morning, im in moscow now, we got reaction from mikhail gorbachev. heres what he said, quote, i have a lot of memories associated with this person, obviously speaking about george h.w. bush. we had a chance to work together during the years of tremendous changes. it was a dramatic time that demanded great responsibility from everyone. the result was an end to the cold war and the nuclear arms race. obviously some warm ...

Support the protesters, supporting their aspiration for more democrat circumstance more jobs, more political inclusion but not going to call for president mubarak to step down, not yet. i think what you heard secretary of state hillary clinton say is she is implying an end to the end of mubarak, she is calling for a transition, for a transformational process. she has been talking a lot about elections this september. what she is hoping is president mubarak will institute dialogue with the people...