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Chicken Diplomacy: How President Bush Went For The Gut In The Former USSR

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (left) and former U.S. President George H.W. Bush share a light moment together outside the White House in 1990. Could they be discussing chicken? Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images hide caption

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Chicken Diplomacy: How President Bush Went For The Gut In The Former USSR

WBUR

December 6, 2018 • The first Bush administration left the former Soviet Union with a taste for dark meat American chicken. It's all because of a Soviet food shortage, a U.S. surplus, and a deal with President Gorbachev.

Chicken Diplomacy: How President Bush Went For The Gut In The Former USSR

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