President Bush in Rose Garden Discusses Impending Gulf War

WASHINGTON DC - FEBRUARY 11: U.S President George H.W. Bush and staff brief the press in the Rose Garden at the White House about the visit of Cheney and Powell who had just returned from the Middle East prior to commencement of Desert Storm, the 1991 ground war with Iraq, February 11, 1991 in Washington, DC. Standing next to Bush is Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (L), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell, Vice President Dan Quayle. In the far back, (L-R) are National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft (L, holding notebook), CIA Director Robert Gates, and Secretary of State Jim Baker. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)