Claim

Claim 786

President Bush said constraints on press access were an ordinary part of a combat situation.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: President Bush said constraints on press access were an ordinary part of a combat situation.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Bush cites combat constraints
About: incident 1989-us-panama-press-pool-restricted
Source: Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Publisher: The American Presidency Project
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1990-04-06

Quotation from the source

When you're involved in a combat situation, I don't need to tell people in this room there are constraints.