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Chief of Staff under President Reagan who agreed sanctions against Israel were essential after the 1981 bombing of Iraq's Osirak reactor. 1930-04-28 Houston, Texas

James A. Baker III served as the Chief of Staff under President Ronald Reagan. He was present at a meeting of Reagan's high command following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak bombing in June 1981, where he agreed that some sanctions against Israel were essential.1

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  1. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. ↩︎