Operation Desert Storm
Britishnoun
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President George HW Bush sought congressional authorisation for the 1991 Gulf War before launching Operation Desert Storm, even as he argued that approval from lawmakers wasn't required.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Bush prepared for Operation Desert Storm by ordering what was then the first ever drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on the same night a U.S.-led coalition attacked Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Marine Corps and was part of Operation Desert Storm in the first Gulf War, stepped outside to return to work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
During Operation Desert Storm, he spent close to two years at bases in Europe, but he returned to the U.S. and Whiteman Air Force Base in western Missouri when his wife became ill.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2023
In Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the United States had routed the forces of Saddam Hussein in Kuwait.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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