AFL-CIO Persian Gulf Conflict (Iraq), 1991

File — Box: 34, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Letter to Mazur re meetings by AFL-CIO Committee on Defense studying American policy in the Persian Gulf, January 16, 1991; “AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland Statement on the American Response to the Iraq Crisis,” August 22, 1990; resolution of Congress authorizing use of military force against Iraq, from Washington Post, January 13, 1991; transcript of press conference by President G.H.W. Bush on U.S. military incursion into the Gulf, November 30, 1990; reprint from December 10, 1990, U.S. Department of State Dispatch, statement of Secretary Baker before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “America’s Strategy in the Persian Gulf Crisis”; excerpts from other White House press conferences; white paper, “The Military Option: The Conduct and Consequences of War in the Persian Gulf,” by Rep. Lee Aspin, chairman, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of representatives, January 8, 1991; advertisement, “An Open Letter to President Bush: Let the Sanctions Work,” signed by several union leaders, Washington Post, January 10, 1991; newspaper clippings

Dates

1991

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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