Persian Gulf War: Open Phones
Pool footage of coalition forces entering Kuwait was shown while phone callers responded to the President’s…
Defense Department News Briefing
1991-02-28T22:02:00-05:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/capitol.jpgOfficials of the Defense Department spoke to reporters in the Pentagon on military aspects of the cease-fire in the Persian Gulf war which had been announced the previous evening by President Bush. Lt. Gen. Kelly announced the final statistics of the operations in the Persian Gulf, as the ground operation had been officially halted at midnight. Admiral McConnell presented a series of photographs taken to show the falsity of Iraqi claims that Iraq’s religious institutions had been targeted and destroyed by coalition forces. Lt. Gen. Kelly said military officials were in the process of planning the withdrawal of U.S. armed forces in the Middle East. Mr. Williams announced the actions being taken by elements of the U.S. armed forces, including the U.S. Army corps of engineers, in the reconstruction of Kuwait.
Officials of the Defense Department spoke to reporters in the Pentagon on military aspects of the cease-fire in the Persian Gulf war which had… read more
Officials of the Defense Department spoke to reporters in the Pentagon on military aspects of the cease-fire in the Persian Gulf war which had been announced the previous evening by President Bush. Lt. Gen. Kelly announced the final statistics of the operations in the Persian Gulf, as the ground operation had been officially halted at midnight. Admiral McConnell presented a series of photographs taken to show the falsity of Iraqi claims that Iraq’s religious institutions had been targeted and destroyed by coalition forces. Lt. Gen. Kelly said military officials were in the process of planning the withdrawal of U.S. armed forces in the Middle East. Mr. Williams announced the actions being taken by elements of the U.S. armed forces, including the U.S. Army corps of engineers, in the reconstruction of Kuwait. close
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- Thomas Kelly Director (Retired) Joint Chiefs of Staff->Operations
- J. "Mike" Michael McConnell Director Joint Chiefs of Staff->Intelligence
- Pete Williams Assistant Secretary Department of Defense->Public Affairs
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