United States President George H.W. Bush, center, meets with his military advisors in the Pentagon Gold Room at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., the usual meeting place of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on August 15, 1990 to discuss the U.S. military response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. From left to right: General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Army, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Central Command; U.S. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney; President Bush.
Mandatory Credit: Robert D. Ward / DoD via CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM