Remembering “Operation Just Cause”

Think back think back just twelve short months ago to the world we knew as 1989 began.

One year, one year ago the people of Panama lived in fear under the thumb of a dictator. Today democracy is restored. Panama is free.

“Operation Just Cause” has achieved its objective. And the number of military personnel in Panama is now very close to what it was before the operation began. And tonight I am announcing that before the end of February the additional numbers of American troops, the brave men and women of our armed forces who made this mission a success, will be back home.

… We need to cut the tax on capital gains,….

… The money is there. It's there for research and development, R and D, a record high.

… Private Markwell was among the first to see battle in Panama, and among the first to fall. But he knew what he believed in. He carried the idea we call America in his heart.

… let us remember that the state of the Union depends on each and every one of us.

George Herbert Walker Bush, Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union, January 31, 1990.