The Middle East in the 1990's: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, April 4; May 8; June 26; and July 17, 1990 |
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Page 191 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:30 pm, in room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 65 - Your prepared statements, of course, will be entered into the record in full. I would like to begin with you, Dr.
Page 147 - It is an honor to be asked to testify before this Committee.
Page 211 - Israel had to withdraw totally from all territory captured in the 1967 war and agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza.
Page 154 - It is water, in the final analysis, that will determine the future of the Occupied Territories, and by extension, the issue of conflict or peace in the region.
Page 162 - In fact, owing to serious shortages, Israel is presently conducting a large-scale operation of trucking water to Israel from the Litani River which lies entirely within sovereign Lebanese territory'.
Page 143 - Interior Lowlands Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee. Mississippi Great Lakes Basin Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa. North Dakota, South Dakota. Interior Highlands Ozark Mountains: Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma; Ouachita Mountains: Arkansas, Oklahoma. Great Plains North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico.
Page 201 - Gorbachev, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
Page 1 - I would also like to add that this hearing is the first in a series of hearings that the Subcommittee on Human Services plans on the subject of the 1991 White House Conference on Aging.
Page 41 - It, frankly, was about a 51 to 49 decision, and I always grade those toward the individual. Therefore, I disapproved the finding of the board of officers, and that was the end of the matter. The cadet was cleared and returned to duty. Now we get to how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.