President George Bush at the opening of the drug summit
U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush and the representatives of six Latin American countries open the first session of the drug summit on February 27, 1992. The Drug Summit is held at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. (UPI Photo/Bruno Torres/Files)
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