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As the school year began in September,
1991, President George Bush was trying to get
his nominees to the Supreme Court and the
Central Intelligence Agency sucessfully
through the confirmation process. But two of
his major tasks were peace in the Middle
East and lingering recession at home in the
United States. And with a Presidential
election around the corner, thePresident
was putting together his re-election team.
The coup in the Soviet Union began on
August 19, 1991. An eight-man committee
led by Vice-President Gennady Yanayev took
power from President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Yanayev said Gorbachev was ill. As Russian
President, Boris Yeltsin called Russians to
resist the coup; tanks and other military
gear moved into Moscow. However the coup
failed and Gorbachev regained power by the
end of the week.

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