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Originally Posted by buckman
According to the story it's the AP that pushed for the change... This policy, put in by President Bush has annoyed the media since the start of the war.
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To be clear, it was Bush Sr. that put this into place. During a press conference about the Panama invasion, a White House spokesman cracked a joke that made many people smirk. Just so happened that in the background, caskets were being transported. As you can imagine, the combination of the two was blown out of proportion.
Then, in the beginning of Operation Desert Storm, this policy was put into place.