A briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 15, 1990 on the state of United States military deployments to Saudi Arabia in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.  Pictured from left to right: General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Army, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and the man holding command authority for Operation Desert Shield -- the deployment of U.S. military forces to Saudi Arabia; U.S. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney; U.S. President George H.W. Bush; and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin E. Powell, U.S. Army.  Schwarzkopf passed away in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, December 27, 2012..Mandatory Credit: Robert D. Ward / DoD via CNP
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