President George H. W. Bush Addresses the Nation on His National Drug Policy | The Archive Project

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This video shows President Bush's first televised national address as president, in which he called drugs "the greatest domestic threat facing our nation today," held up a bag of seized crack cocaine, and vowed to escalate funding for the war on drugs. Also shown is the Democratic response to the president's speech, which was delivered by Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE).

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Records of the U.S. Information Agency

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Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities

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1989-09-05

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3:51

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