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...George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, reveals its most generous patrons on a gray marble wall in the foyer. When the center, located at Texas A&M University, was being erected, money flowed in from as far away as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, places that had good reason to thank the 40th president of the United States. But for one donor of at least $100,000 - Texas oilman Edwin L. Cox, Sr. - gratitude may have been closer to home...
...airstrikes against Iraqi radars threatening planes patrolling the no-fly zones in Iraq were necessary to protect American and British pilots. The continued enforcement of these zones limits the ability of Saddam Hussein to threaten either Kuwait or minorities in the north and south of the country. But missiles alone cannot solve the larger dilemma--what should be done about Iraq...
...library has more documents than F.D.R.'s. No wonder Presidents leave office with a tin cup in hand. "They've become mendicants in some ways," says a presidential-library official. L.B.J. got the Texas legislature to help fund his; George Bush received $1 million each from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. And Clinton is hoping to hustle contributions well north of $1 million a pop. The President as rainmaker--that's a role Clinton knows all too well...
When Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in the summer of 1990, the UN Security Council quickly passed Resolution 661, imposing a full trade embargo on Iraq that would only be lifted once Iraq had withdrawn. However, after the US-led alliance pulverized the Iraqi army and drove H out of Kuwait, the sanctions remained in place. What began as a seemingly mild punishment for a violation of international law has culminated in one of the worst man-made humanitarian disasters of all time...
...Golden State. But diplomacy may be the most effective arrow in Bush's quiver. He plans to place energy on the national-security agenda and lobby OPEC to pump more oil. Although the cartel last week announced production cuts, which pushed prices higher, some key members, such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, remain grateful to Bush's father for winning the Gulf War. Will they help...