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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With Violeta Chamorro of Nicaragua
Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With Violeta Chamorro of Nicaragua ID 1168 Date 11/08/1989 The President met at 3 p.m. today with Violeta Chamorro, Presidential candidate of the United Nicaraguan Opposition. They discussed the great progress the opposition coalition has made in the struggle to bring democracy to Nicaragua. The President expressed to Mrs. Chamorro his best wishes for her and the Nicaraguan people. The President stated that the United States stands firmly …
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Appointment of William J. Hilsman as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee ID 1173 Date 11/09/1989 The President today announced his intention to appoint Lt. Gen. William J. Hilsman, USA, Ret., as a member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He would succeed Robert S. Leventhal. Since 1983 General Hilsman has served as president and chief executive officer of the International Mobile Machines Corp. in Philadelphia, PA. …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on United States Assistance for East German Emigrants ID 1175 Date 11/09/1989 The United States is responding urgently to a request from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany for assistance in accommodating the continuing influx of East Germans into the Federal Republic. The commander of U.S. Air Forces, Europe, has offered temporary housing for up to 6 months in 3 facilities. Processing has begun at a U.S. Air Force contingency hospital at Donaueschingen …
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Statement on Signing the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989 ID 1180 Date 11/10/1989 As I sign into law H.R. 24, the ``Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989,'' I commend the Congress for including a provision in this bill that will provide help to thousands of needy pregnant women, infants, and children who are at nutritional risk. As President, I seek to improve the health and well-being of our children. I am firmly committed to helping nutritionally deficient children obtain …
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Remarks on Signing the Executive Order Creating the President's Drug Advisory Council ID 1183 Date 11/13/1989 Today I am signing an Executive order creating the President's Drug Advisory Council. I have asked 27 very prominent Americans to serve on this Council. They are all leaders in their various fields, experienced in antidrug efforts. And they reflect a cross-section of views, but all share my goal of ridding America of illegal drugs. The Council will advise Director [of National Drug Control Policy] …
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Nomination of Martin H. Gerry To Be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services ID 1186 Date 11/13/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Martin H. Gerry to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation. He would succeed Robert B. Helms. Since 1978 Mr. Gerry has served as president of the Fund for Equal Access to Society, and since 1977 he has served as special counsel for the Wednesday Group of the House of Representatives. Prior to this, …
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Remarks to the Organization of American States ID 1192 Date 11/14/1989 Thank you, Mr. Secretary and distinguished Members of the U.S. Congress. I really wanted to come over here to salute your work and to suggest that, after these few brief remarks for those Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers here, I'd love to be able to just shake hands individually. And maybe we could impose on you to suggest we file through out there and have a quick picture and a handshake, if you're agreeable. But I want to add my …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on President Bush's Telephone Conversation With President Alfredo Cristiani Buckard of El Salvador ID 1204 Date 11/15/1989 The President today telephoned Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani to tell him that we have been following closely the events in El Salvador and that we stand behind the Salvadoran Government in the face of recent FMLN [Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front] attacks. The President said that the FMLN bears full responsibility for this …
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Statement on Proposed Minimum Wage Legislation ID 1121 Date 10/31/1989 I am pleased to announce that a minimum wage package consistent with the criteria I set forth in March of this year has been agreed to by the Republican and Democratic leadership in Congress and the leadership of organized labor. The plan would increase the minimum wage to .25 an hour by April 1, 1991, and provide for a training-wage differential. This package gives relief to those with the greatest need in our work force while at the …
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White House Statement on Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Imported Watches ID 1124 Date 11/01/1989 The President today announced his decision to grant duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to certain imported watches that are not produced in significant quantities in the United States or the U.S. insular possessions. Based on a petition filed by Timex, Inc., the President determined that GSP could be granted to 18 watch tariff categories without causing material injury to the …
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Nomination of Antonia Coello Novello To Be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service ID 1125 Date 11/01/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Antonia Coello Novello to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service at the Department of Health and Human Services for a term of 4 years. She would succeed C. Everett Koop. Since 1986 Dr. Novello has served as Deputy Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and as Director of the Division of Extramural …
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White House Fact Sheet on Trade Initiatives for the Andean Region ID 1128 Date 11/01/1989 I. Bilateral and Regional Initiatives A. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): 1. Suggest that the Governments of Venezuela and Ecuador initiate the exchange of letters which would provide those countries with GSP for six categories of handicraft textiles. These categories are USHTS: 5701.10.1300 5702.10.1000 5702.91.2000 5805.00.2000 6304.99.1000 6304.99.4000 2. For Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador: Accelerate …
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Remarks to the Phillips Academy Board of Trustees in Andover, Massachusetts ID 1145 Date 11/05/1989 Thank you all. Excuse the slight delay. I was out there talking to the captain of Andover's victorious football team, Tony Pittman. I don't know whether he came in with us. Is he there? I want to show him off to you guys that came here with me. Small but fast -- [laughter] -- tough. I don't know where he went. Is he coming? Tony, get up here now. I need them to see my excuse for my being late. I don't want …
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Appointment of Stephen John Hadley as an Executive Branch Commissioner-Observer on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ID 1147 Date 11/06/1989 The President today announced his intention to appoint Stephen John Hadley as an Executive Branch Commissioner-Observer on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. He would succeed Ronald F. Lehman II. Since 1989 Mr. Hadley has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy at the Department of Defense in …
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Remarks at a White House Ceremony Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of VISTA ID 1491 Date 01/31/1990 Let me welcome all of you and pay my respects to Bernie Aronson, our Assistant Secretary of State, who is with us today; ACTION Director Jane Kenny; Pat Rodgers, the VISTA Director. Sarge Shriver was supposed to be here. Now, whether the man is here or not, I don't know. I don't see him. But I do see Senator Chris Dodd and Senator Jay Rockefeller, and we are delighted that you came for this. And is Tribal …
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Message to the Congress on the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation Divestiture of MAMCO Manufacturing, Incorporated ID 1506 Date 02/01/1990 To the Congress of the United States: 1. I hereby report to the Congress on my decision to order the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) to divest all its interest in MAMCO Manufacturing, Inc., a company located in Seattle, Washington, and incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. I have taken this …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the 1989 Science and Engineering Indicators Report ID 1517 Date 02/05/1990 To the Congress of the United States: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1), I am pleased to submit to the Congress a report of the National Science Board entitled Science Engineering Indicators -- 1989. This report is the ninth in a continuing series examining key aspects of the status of American science and engineering. The importance of scientific and engineering research to the well-being of …
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Statement on Signing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ID 2109 Date 07/26/1990 Today, I am signing S. 933, the ``Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.'' In this extraordinary year, we have seen our own Declaration of Independence inspire the march of freedom throughout Eastern Europe. It is altogether fitting that the American people have once again given clear expression to our most basic ideals of freedom and equality. The Americans with Disabilities Act represents the full flowering of our …
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Joint Statement by the President and the Governors on a Process for Measuring and Reporting on Progress Toward the National Education Goals ID 2117 Date 07/31/1990 At the historic Education Summit, the President and the Nation's Governors, as elected chief executives, made a commitment to be held accountable for progress in achieving the national education goals. To fulfill this commitment, this Joint Statement establishes the process for identifying measures of performance and reporting on progress toward …
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Statement on the Establishment of the National Education Goals Panel ID 2118 Date 07/31/1990 I am pleased by the agreement reached with the Nation's Governors to establish a National Education Goals Panel to measure and monitor progress toward these goals. This is an important step in the process which began last September at the education summit in Charlottesville, VA. As administration representatives on the panel, I have designated Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos, Gov. John H. Sununu [Chief of …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters in Aspen, Colorado, Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom ID 2124 Date 08/02/1990 The President. Let me first welcome Prime Minister Thatcher back to the United States. It's a very timely visit, and as you can well imagine, we have been exchanging views on the Iraq-Kuwait situation. Not surprisingly, I find myself very much in accord with the views of the Prime Minister. I reported to her on contacts that …
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Remarks at the Aspen Institute Symposium in Aspen, Colorado ID 2128 Date 08/02/1990 Thank you. Lod Cook, thank you so very much for that genuinely warm welcome. I've really been looking forward to coming here. To David McLaughlin, our president, and John Phelan, the chairman, I salute you for what you are doing, what you have done. To Henry Catto, our distinguished Ambassador to the Court of Saint James, I salute him and Jessica and thank them for their hospitality. I'm honored that the Governor of the …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the ``Regulatory Program of the United States Government'' ID 2129 Date 08/03/1990 To the Congress of the United States: The annual Regulatory Program of the United States Government sets forth the Administration's regulatory priorities for the coming year. This is my Administration's first Regulatory Program published pursuant to Executive Order No. 12498. it represents my long-standing commitment to prudent and cost-effective Federal regulation. The decade of the …
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Nomination of Paula J. Dobriansky To Be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency ID 2130 Date 08/03/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate Paula J. Dobriansky, of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency for Programs. She would succeed Charles Edward Horner. Currently Ms. Dobriansky serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in Washington, DC. Prior to this, she served …
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Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters on the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait ID 2138 Date 08/05/1990 The President. Hello, everybody. I just wanted to fill you all in on the diplomatic activity that is taking place -- intensive diplomatic activity around the world. I've got to go in now. I'm getting another call from President Ozal of Turkey, with whom I have been in previous conversation. Yesterday I talked to him. I talked this morning to Prime Minister Kaifu, and I applaud Japan's stance: cracking down on the …
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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the All-American Cities Awards ID 2139 Date 08/06/1990 The President. Thank you very much. Excuse the little delay here. Welcome to the White House. I want to single out an old friend of mine, Henry Cisneros, the chair of the National Civic League. Wayne Hedien of Allstate, Members of Congress who are here, State representatives, mayors and, above all, some friends of the finest cities in America, it's an honor and, indeed, a pleasure to have you here at the White …
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Nomination of Herbert Donald Gelber To Be United States Ambassador to Mali ID 2140 Date 08/06/1990 The President has nominated Herbert Donald Gelber, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mali. He would succeed Robert Maxwell Pringle. Since 1986 Mr. Gelber has served as Special Assistant for International Affairs to the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. Prior to this, he served as Charge d'Affaires in Lagos, Nigeria, 1985 - 1986; …
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Appointment of Charles E.M. Kolb as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy ID 2143 Date 08/06/1990 The President today announced the appointment of Charles E.M. Kolb to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. He would succeed William Roper. Since 1988 Mr. Kolb has served as Deputy Under Secretary for Planning, Budget, and Evaluation at the Department of Education. Prior to this, he served as Deputy General Counsel for Regulations and Legislation at the Department of …
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Address to the Nation Announcing the Deployment of United States Armed Forces to Saudi Arabia ID 2147 Date 08/08/1990 In the life of a nation, we're called upon to define who we are and what we believe. Sometimes these choices are not easy. But today as President, I ask for your support in a decision I've made to stand up for what's right and condemn what's wrong, all in the cause of peace. At my direction, elements of the 82d Airborne Division as well as key units of the United States Air Force are …
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The President's News Conference ID 2148 Date 08/08/1990 The President. Terry [Terence Hunt, Associated Press]? Persian Gulf Crisis Q. Mr. President, how many American troops have you sent to Saudi Arabia? How long are you committed to keeping them there? And why not use them to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait? The President. There will be a military briefing at the Pentagon -- I think it's within an hour -- and so, I'll leave the numbers to them. I would expect there would be some reluctance to give out …