# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1989-us-panama-press-pool-restricted)
- Source: Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-question-and-answer-session-with-members-the-american-society-newspaper
- 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.

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