George Herbert Walker Bush
Events (175)
- Late 1990: Defense Secretary Cheney Helps Plan Iraq Invasion
- Mid-March, 1989: Secretary of State Infuriates Israeli Prime Minister with Advice to Withdraw from Palestinian Lands
- Mid-September 1985: North Persuades Former CIA Agent to Assist in Funneling Illegal Funds, Arms to Contras
- Mid-1991: Reports of Patriot Missile System’s Spectacular Success Found to Be False
- Summer 1970: Nixon Media Consultant Details Plan for Dominating Television News Coverage; Plan Will Form ‘Prototype’ of Fox News
- 1989: Cheney Advocates Predominant Executive Power for Foreign Policy
- April, 1976: Church Committee Reports on Domestic Surveillance and Other Illegal Activities by US Intelligence Agencies
- October 2005: Former Powell Aide Calls for Legislation to Reform Inter-Agency and National Security Decision Making Processes; Strongly Criticizes Neocons in Bush Administration
- May 1991: President Bush Authorizes CIA to Create Conditions for Removal of Saddam Hussein; CIA Hires PR Firm
- Early 1984: Bush Begins Involvement in ‘Iraqgate’
- Late August 1990: US Ambassador Says US Didn’t Expect Iraq to Take ‘All of Kuwait’
- Mid-June, 1984: Bush Pressures Export-Import Bank to Fund Iraqi Oil Pipeline
- May 1985: ’Fuller Memo’ Codifies US Policy Towards Arming Iran
- Late January 1989: President Bush Increases Aid to Iraq Despite Military Buildup and Human Rights Violations
- January 1990: President Bush Waives Restrictions on Iraq’s Access to US Funds
- April 1990: Hussein Threatens to ‘Burn Half of Israel;’ Bush Continues to Allow Iraq to Develop WMDs
- July 1990: Bush Opposes Sanctions on Iraq, Presses for More Loans
- October 1992: Bush Argues, In Spite of Evidence, that US Did Not Help Iraq Develop Nuclear Weapons
- 1981-1988: Reagan Administration Gives Covert Support to Iraq Against Iran
- 1986: NULL write over us-iraq 80s
- March 2002: Presidential Panel Recommends Intelligence Agencies Be Transferred from Pentagon to CIA
- February 14-April, 2001: Navy, National Transportation Safety Board Investigate Greeneville Collision; GOP Donors at Controls
- December 1986: Vice President Bush Claims He Is Briefed on Iran-Contra Operation for First Time
- Late May, 1986: McFarlane and North Visit Iran to Negotiate Arms for Hostages
- July 2001: Bush Sr. Assures Crown Prince Abdullah that Bush Jr.‘s ‘Heart Is in Right Place’