Very well in politics. He reached the highest peak. He was the president of the United States. But we must remember as has been pointed out in this statement that was released he was a texing otexas oil pioneer. He was a very successful businessman. He really gave that up to serve his country in another way outside of the military. Absolutely. There is an expression, you see this at his president ial library, i mean his office, his personal motto, he has two of them. One was faith, family and friends. And the second was to your point, any definition of a successful life must include service to others. So while a lot of people think of him as being raised in
grinwhich, and a new england born and bred welltodo family, he did go out and make his fortune, and he was pretty humble once he started out. Once he made money, he turned back to what he thought was most important, which was Public Service. Lets go onto talk about as well, so he became the 41st president of the United States, survi
accomplishments in that way. i want to bring back in david gergen who s a presidential advisor to pick up on what wolf blitzer was talking about. we have to remember during that time, david, there was the first gulf war that we dealt with. operation desert shield which became operation desert storm, but it lasted for less than a month from january 16th, 1991 to february 27th, 1991 where the u.s. declared victory in iraq. i m wondering how much that had to do with the outcome of that particular election. well, you know, the there are two things that i think from a foreign policy standpoint stand out and then we can move to the politics of it. i think were particularly instructive how they handled foreign policy well and be successful at it.
led to a 45 day dead line set by the u.s. security cancel authorizing military force for the second time in its history. con capitol hill members clammered to have their say. only congress and the administration. legislatures okayed the decision. when final diplomatic efforts failed, it was a tested will between hussein and the international coalition. on january 16th, 1991, allied forces joined the fight. as i report to you, air attacks are underway against military targets in iraq. operation desert storm was in full force. the steady string ol of allied
authorizing military force for only the second time in its history. on capitol hill members clammered to have their say. the united nations cannot decide when america goes to war and under the constitution only congress and administration can make that decision for our country. legislators ultimately ok d the decision and the u.n. deadline loomed over baghdad. when final diplomatic efforts failed, it was a test of wills between saddam and the international coalition. the latest military intelligence indicates saddam s troops haven t budged an inch. on january 16th 1991 allied forces joined the fight. as i report to you, air attacks are underway against military targets in iraq. reporter: operation desert storm was in full force. a steady string of allied missiles and bombers pounded iraq in around the clock attacks. planes scoured the skies looking for iraqi targets and scud missile launchers. he fired missiles on the tel aviv regions of israel.
it was my second day on the job when saddam hussein ininvaded kuwait. war was imminent. the united states strongly condemns the military nation of kuwait. the urged all networks to pull personnel out of the war zone. i told the president we had freedom of the press in the united states. as long as i had volunteers that would stay i was going to leave them there. cnn s baghdad boys were still on the front lines even when the war started. the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. we went on the air. and i was getting reaction from the pentagon to what the were all watching cnn. right. on january 16th, 1991, for the first time in history, a war began live on television and it was only on cnn. you can hear the bombs now. they are hitting the center of the city. i still believe that was the greatest scoop in the history of