DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: First, "CNN 20," today: the prelude to war.</s>JAMES BAKER, SECRETARY OF STATE: If it should choose to continue its brutal occupation of Kuwait, Iraq will be choosing a military confrontation which it cannot win.</s>EASON JORDAN, PRES., NEWSGATHERING & INTL. NETWORKS: So much hope was pinned on that meeting between James Baker and Tariq Aziz at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva. When the announcement was made that the talks had failed, the hearts of a lot of CNN people and people around the world dropped, because it was then known that it was inevitable.</s>DAVID FRENCH, CNN ANCHOR: On Capitol Hill, today, it was a moment for history. The Senate and House of Representatives voted to give President Bush the authority he needs to use force to dislodge Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Live on this please! Not getting (OFF-MIKE) in Washington. Why is that?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hello, Baghdad?</s>JORDAN: It was a difficult time for us, but it also was a time when we knew, competitively, we had to be on our game like never before.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We can't (OFF-MIKE) Iran.</s>JORDAN: It is a nerve-wracking time.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Baghdad's back!</s>JORDAN: A lot of preparations were made. We had a tremendous advantage from the outset, because we had had a long relationship with Iraqi state TV, so that relationship paid off for us beautifully. Of course, any time there's a war you just feel sick to your stomach. You know, you're so sorry that it got to that point.
CNN 20: Crisis in the Gulf, January, 1991