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8 Jan 91        President Bush requests resolution supporting use of force. Representative Aspin (R-
                Wisconsin) predicts quick victory in an air war.

9 Jan 91        Momentum increases for war resolution when US-Iraq talks fail.

12 Jan 91       Congress votes for use-of-force resolution.

16 Jan 91       President Bush complies with resolution and informs Congress that peaceful means have
                failed to evict Iraq from Kuwait. Air campaign begins.

17 Jan 91       Senate votes 98~ comniending and supporting President Bush and U.S. troops.

22 Jan 91       President Bush delivers State of the Union Address to joint session of Congress.

5 Feb 91        SECDEF and Chairman JCS Powell brief Congress on war and say war is going well
                and ground offensive not innninent.

7 Feb 91        21 Democratic congressmen, sign a statement urging President Bush not to escalate war.

8 Feb 91        Senator Nunn, acknowledges some reservists are taking longer to get into shape and
                calls for re~xamiiiig the round~ut concept.

12 Feb 91       Senator Simpson (R-Wyoming) says reporters in Iraq are hurting allies.

13 Feb 91       Representative Boxer (D-Califoraia) call for legislation allowing military parents to win
                exemptions from assignments to war zones. Military calls this a mistake.

18 Feb 91       Congress working on iniproving benefits for military personnel in Gulf.


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