<span>As a result
of crippling air bombardment and the beginning of an all-out ground assault on
Iraqi troops Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, (who was the fifth president of
Iraq, he was convicted of crimes against humanity and later sentenced to death
by hanging) announced the withdraw of his troops from Kuwait in the first Gulf
War.</span>
Nixon outlines his plan to move from an era of confrontation to an era of negotiation.
He reduced tensions with China and Soviet Union