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Remarks at a Reception for Participants in the Very Special Arts International Festival ID 550 Date 06/15/1989 Thank you, Jean, for that warm introduction; and Barbara and I are just delighted to be here. I'm only sorry that the six puppies are not here. [Laughter] We'd have had a heck of a good time with them. But, Jean, thank you for all you do -- you and everyone else involved in this Very Special Arts program. Let me tell you how pleased that Barbara and I are to have front-row seats for a program like …
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Remarks at a Briefing on Law Enforcement for United States Attorneys ID 551 Date 06/16/1989 Welcome to the White House. Thank you all very much. Thank you, Dick, and thank all of you for that warm welcome here. But let me welcome you to the White House. I'm just delighted to have the U.S. attorneys here. First, a word about our able Attorney General. I feel very confident about our Justice Department under his able leadership. And the integrity that Dick brings to this job is known nationwide, and I know …
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Remarks Congratulating the Wichita State University Shockers on Winning the NCAA Baseball Championship ID 552 Date 06/16/1989 First, let me salute the two Kansas Senators, Senator Dole, Senator Kassebaum; members of the Kansas congressional delegation; President Armstrong; Coach Stephenson; Shocker players; staff; friends; secret admirers. Welcome to the White House, and heartfelt congratulations on wrapping up and winning the NCAA Baseball Championship. And nothing personal at all in your having kicked …
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Nomination of Stephen John Hadley To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense ID 553 Date 06/16/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Stephen John Hadley to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Policy). He would succeed Ronald F. Lehman II. Since 1981 Mr. Hadley has been a partner with Shea and Gardner, Attorneys at Law, in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was an associate with Shea and Gardner, 1977 - 1981. Mr. Hadley served on the National Security Council staff …
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Nomination of Henry S. Rowen To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense ID 554 Date 06/16/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Henry S. Rowen to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs). He would succeed Richard Lee Armitage. Mr. Rowen is currently a professor of public policy studies at Stanford University's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Mr. Rowen served as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the Central Intelligence …
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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Drug-Free Schools Awards ID 559 Date 06/19/1989 Thank you, Secretary Cavazos. Mr. Vice President, students, parents, teachers, and friends: Welcome to the White House, the steamy Rose Garden. [Laughter] We're delighted you're here. I thought long and hard about what to say today, how to talk about the importance of drug education and prevention, and of how we can save our schools and our children from drugs. And then I read the judges' reports about this year's …
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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Scholars Awards ID 564 Date 06/20/1989 Thank you all, and welcome to the White House. Ronna, you're in charge of keeping the rain off. [Laughter] Secretary Cavazos and Ronna Romney and members of the Commission, sponsors, guests, distinguished teachers, and Presidential Scholars: Let me officially welcome you to the White House. You know, that great English leader, Benjamin Disraeli, once said: ``Youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity.'' …
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Nomination of Susan M. Coughlin To Be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board ID 569 Date 06/20/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Susan M. Coughlin to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the term expiring December 31, 1993. She would succeed Lemoine V. Dickinson, Jr. Since 1987 Mrs. Coughlin has been Deputy Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration at the Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. Prior to this she was Acting …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Communications Support for Drug Interdiction ID 716 Date 07/20/1989 Dear XXXXX: The enclosed report responds to the reporting requirement of Section 1103(b) of the FY 1989 National Defense Authorization Act. The report focuses on the communications support for drug interdiction and the responsibilities for operating the communications network; provides a description of the funding approach to effect a secure interoperable interagency communications infrastructure to …
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Remarks on Transmitting to the Congress Proposed Legislation To Amend the Clean Air Act ID 718 Date 07/21/1989 Welcome to the steamy Rose Garden, Mr. Speaker and distinguished Members of the Congress. Something that was truly striking during my recent travels in Europe was this genuine excitement and enthusiasm spreading about the environmental issues. And the economic summit in Paris was largely devoted to the environment and what it means for the quality of life on our planet. Our neighbors abroad feel a …
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Nomination of Gordon K. Durnil To Be a Commissioner on the International Joint Commission -- United States and Canada ID 723 Date 07/21/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Gordon K. Durnil to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission -- United States and Canada. He would succeed Robert C. McEwen. Mr. Durnil has served as the State chairman of the Indiana Republican Party, 1981 - 1989. He has served in the fields of sales, small …
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Nomination of Mark Gregory Hambley To Be United States Ambassador to Qatar ID 725 Date 07/21/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Mark Gregory Hambley to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Qatar. He would succeed Joseph Ghougassian. Since 1986, Mr. Hambley has been counsul general in Alexandria, Egypt. Since joining the Department of State in 1971, Mr. Hambley has served at posts in Vietnam, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, …
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Remarks on the Defense Budget and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters ID 727 Date 07/24/1989 The President. I just wanted to just briefly say that -- as we begin the critical debate -- that I strongly support what we've sent up there to the Hill. SDI, in my view, is critical. It's critically important. We've got a good program there, and I think it's essential that it go forward. There's been a lot of discussion about the B - 2, but it is a revolutionary plane with revolutionary technology, and …
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Nomination of Michael P.W. Stone To Be Secretary of the Army ID 730 Date 07/24/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael P.W. Stone to be Secretary of the Army. He would succeed John O. Marsh, Jr. Since 1988 Mr. Stone has served as the Under Secretary of the Army. Prior to this he was Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management, 1986 - 1988. From 1982 to 1984, he served in several capacities for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), including Mission …
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Remarks at a Ceremony Honoring Participants in the Job Training Partnership Program ID 732 Date 07/25/1989 Thank you, Elizabeth. Thank you all. Senators, thank you four for being with us today. Well, Senator Dole, thank you very much, and ladies and gentlemen -- [laughter] -- did I say Senator? [Laughter] Freudian slip. [Laughter] It's a good chance to thank Senator Dole for giving us one of the great Secretaries of Labor we've ever had -- I'll tell you -- permitting her to serve our great country. …
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White House Fact Sheet on Proposed Legislation to Amend the Job Training Partnership Act ID 733 Date 07/25/1989 Although the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has been highly successful (the Nation's most distinguished employment and training program ever), it can be made even better. Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole has proposed changes that will maintain the successful cornerstones of the current JTPA program while targeting assistance and training to those least skilled and most disadvantaged. …
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Statement on the Steel Trade Liberalization Program ID 734 Date 07/25/1989 Today I am establishing a Steel Trade Liberalization Program that will extend for 2/2\ years the voluntary restraint arrangements (VRA's) that limit steel imports into the United States. I am taking this step to permit the negotiation of an international consensus to remove unfair trade practices and to provide more time for the industry to adjust and modernize. This Steel Trade Liberalization Program is designed to restore …
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Memorandum on Steel Imports and Exports ID 735 Date 07/25/1989 Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative Subject: Steel Trade Liberalization Program I have decided to establish a two and one-half year Steel Trade Liberalization Program and hereby direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to begin immediately its implementation. The program is designed to phase out in a responsible and orderly manner the voluntary restraint arrangements (VRAs) that currently limit steel imports into …
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Nomination of Raymond G.H. Seitz To Be an Assistant Secretary of State ID 739 Date 07/25/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Raymond G.H. Seitz to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Canadian Affairs). He would succeed Rozanne L. Ridgway. Since 1984 Mr. Seitz has served as Minister to London. Prior to this, he served in various capacities at the Department of State, including Executive Assistant to the Secretary, 1982 - 1984; Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for …
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Nomination of Stanley E. Morris To Be a Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy ID 740 Date 07/25/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Stanley E. Morris to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy. This is a new position. Since 1983 Mr. Morris has been the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service at the Department of Justice. He was the Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice, 1981 - 1983. Mr. Morris …
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Nomination of JoAnn Krukar Webb To Be Director of the National Cemetery System ID 741 Date 07/25/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate JoAnn Krukar Webb to be Director of the National Cemetery System, Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a new position. From 1985 to 1988, Ms. Webb served as a health care consultant for ACTION, the national volunteer agency. She served as the ACTION representative on the Federal Task Force on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Epidemic. During …
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Nomination of Barbara E. McTurk To Be Superintendent of the United States Mint at Denver ID 742 Date 07/25/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Barbara E. McTurk to be Superintendent of the Mint of the United States at Denver, Department of the Treasury. She would succeed Cynthia Jeanne Grassby Baker. Since 1988 Mrs. McTurk has been a consultant for the Colorado House of Representatives. She has also served at the Jefferson County Community Center for the Developmentally Disabled, …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the National Aero-Space Plane Program ID 744 Date 07/25/1989 The President, acting upon the recommendation of the Vice President, has approved the continuation of the National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) program as a high-priority national effort to develop and demonstrate hypersonic technologies with the ultimate goal of single-stage-to-orbit. The Government will complete the Phase II technology development program, and plans to develop an experimental flight vehicle …
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Remarks on Signing the Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989 ID 745 Date 07/26/1989 Thank you all very, very much, and thanks also to Jim Watkins, our distinguished Secretary, who is off to such an outstanding start as Secretary of Energy, and also, Martha, thanks to you -- Martha Hesse -- for her great efforts at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and to the forward-looking leaders from both sides of the aisle. Seeing this awesome array with my own two Senators, Lloyd Bentsen and Phil Gramm -- …
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Remarks to Representatives of the Future Farmers of America ID 749 Date 07/27/1989 I want to apologize for keeping you waiting. I'm blaming your six national officers -- [laughter] -- putting the blame squarely on them. It doesn't deserve to be there, but they gave me a warm greeting outside on your behalf -- a lovely plaque that I will treasure. And I see them here, and I want to say thank you publicly. I want to salute my two able assistants and friends up here on the platform, both of whom are not only …
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Informal Exchange With Reporters ID 490 Date 06/02/1989 The President. Thank you all. Great trip; enjoyed it. Q. How do you feel, Mr. President? The President. Feel pretty good, feel pretty good -- can't wait to take a day off, but -- -- Q. We're hearing about some more bold new moves, such as the one you made -- [laughter]. The President. Hey, listen, I'll let you know in the same fashion we let you know on the first one. Q. -- -- of your political career? Strategic Arms Reduction Talks Q. START talks -- …
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Statement on the Chinese Government's Suppression of Student Demonstrations ID 492 Date 06/03/1989 It is clear that the Chinese Government has chosen to use force against Chinese citizens who were making a peaceful statement in favor of democracy. I deeply deplore the decision to use force against peaceful demonstrators and the consequent loss of life. We have been urging -- and continue to urge -- nonviolence, restraint, and dialog. Tragically, another course has been chosen. Again, I urge a return to …
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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Reporting on the Cyprus Conflict ID 495 Date 06/05/1989 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:) In accordance with Public Law 95 - 384, I am submitting to you this bimonthly report on progress toward a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus question. During the past 2 months the two Cypriot parties have continued their efforts, under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary General, to assemble …
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Nomination of Edward C. Stringer To Be General Counsel of the Department of Education ID 496 Date 06/05/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Edward C. Stringer to be General Counsel at the Department of Education. He would succeed Wendell L. Willkie, II. Since 1980 Mr. Stringer has served in various capacities at the Pillsbury Company, including senior vice president and general counsel, 1980 - 1982; executive vice president and general counsel, 1982 - 1983; and executive vice …
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Accordance of the Personal Rank of Ambassador to Peter Tomsen While Serving as Special Envoy to the Afghan Resistance ID 502 Date 06/05/1989 The President today accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to Peter Tomsen, of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, in his capacity as Special Envoy to the Afghan Resistance. Mr. Tomsen entered the Foreign Service in 1967. He has most recently completed an assignment as the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. …