Word: norms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That's something to consider," I replied. "But I need to talk to Norm first." I excused myself and went into the President's study just off the Oval Office. I picked up a secure phone, and the White House military operator put me through to Riyadh...
...Norm," I said, "the President wants to know...
...have any problem," Norm said. "Our objective was to drive 'em out, and we've done it. But let me talk to my commanders, and unless they've run into a snag I don't know about, I don't see why we shouldn't stop...
...time the President made his final decision to suspend hostilities, 5:57. It was the Commander in Chief's decision to make, and he had made it. Every member of his policymaking team agreed. Schwarzkopf and I agreed. And there is no doubt in my mind that if Norm or I had had the slightest reservation about stopping now, the President would have given us all the time we needed...
...would make to the American people that night. Shortly after 6 p.m., I got on the phone again with Schwarzkopf. I told him the President would speak at 9 our time to announce that the fighting would stop at 8 a.m. the following morning Riyadh time. That would give Norm almost the one more day he had asked for in our conversation earlier in the morning...