Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Remarks to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California
February 07, 1990
In the President's reference to Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher [of the Federal Republic of Germany] today, he meant that Germany would remain as a member of NATO, but NATO may have a changing mission. This changing mission, involving an increased political role for NATO, was discussed in Brussels following the Malta summit.
George Bush, Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Remarks to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/263999