Baghdad ( CNN ) -- Former President George H.W . Bush is getting his old foreign policy team back together on the 20th anniversary of the Gulf War . The reunion is being held on the Texas A & M University campus in College Station , where the Bush presidential library is located . A roundtable discussion by the Bush team is expected to include the 41st president , former vice presidents Dan Quayle and Dick Cheney , who was secretary of the defense at the time , and former secretaries of state James Baker and Colin Powell , who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . Iraq invaded on August 1990 , declaring Kuwait its 19th province . The United States led a counter-offensive starting January 16 , 1991 . The United Nations lifted Saddam-era sanctions against Iraq in December , a largely symbolic step toward Iraq regaining full sovereignty and its status in the international community . More than 1,000 people -- or their remains -- are still missing , including Iraqis , Kuwaitis and others . Iraq is also continuing to pay off its war reparations to its neighbor . Baghdad says it has paid about $ 30 billion to date and still has to pay more than $ 20 billion more . The money is deducted from Iraq 's main income , oil revenues .
George W . Bush gathers war cabinet at Texas A & M . Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990 , and the US led a counteroffensive in January 1991 . Baghdad continues to pay tribute to its neighbor . About 1,000 people who disappeared have never been found .