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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting Reports on Security Arrangements With Other Nations ID 4681 Date 08/17/1992 Dear Mr. Chairman: (Dear Senator): (Dear Congressman): Pursuant to Section 1457 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101 - 510), I have the honor to transmit reports, in both classified and unclassified form, on U.S. security arrangements with, and commitments to, other nations. Sincerely, George Bush Note: Identical letters were sent to Sam Nunn and …
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Presidential Determination No. 92 - 39 -- Memorandum on Assistance for Angolan Refugees ID 4682 Date 08/17/1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby determine that it is important to the national interest that up to ,000,000 be made available from the U.S. Emergency …
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Presidential Determination No. 92 - 41 -- Memorandum on Resumption of Foreign Air Cargo Service to Lebanon ID 4684 Date 08/17/1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of Transportation Subject: Resumption of Foreign Air Cargo Service to Lebanon By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1114(a) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (``the Act'') (49 U.S.C. 1514), I hereby determine that the prohibition of all transportation services to Lebanon by Presidential Determination 85 - 14 of July 1, …
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Nomination of James Michael Reum To Be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission ID 4691 Date 08/19/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate James Michael Reum, of Illinois, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 5, 1997. He would succeed Edward H. Fleischman. Since 1979, Mr. Reum has served as a partner in the law firm of Hopkins Sutter in Chicago, IL. He has also served as associate Republican counsel for the Committee on the …
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Remarks at a Prayer Breakfast in Houston ID 4692 Date 08/20/1992 Thank you very much, Mary Lou. For heaven sakes, that was just wonderful, and thank you for that wonderful introduction. Let me repeat what I said last week to the 1992 -- -- [At this point, audience members interrupted the President's remarks.] I apologize to those who have put together this ecumenical, lovely prayer breakfast, but you just can't control things like this. I hope you understand. I certainly do. I was saying that I salute Mary …
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Remarks at Lincoln Technical Institute in Union, New Jersey ID 4703 Date 08/24/1992 The President. Thank you very much, Secretary Martin. Let me just salute our great Secretary of Labor and thank her very much for her introduction. Salute the former Governor of this State, Tom Kean. The working man and woman never had a better friend than Tom Kean. Mattie Rinaldo, he and I go back a long time. He's the Congressman from this area, doing a superb job. If we had more like him, we wouldn't have a gridlocked …
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White House Fact Sheet: Youth Skills Initiative ID 4707 Date 08/24/1992 The President announced today his Youth Skills Initiative, a new strategy to prepare our Nation's non-college-bound youth for success in the rapidly changing workplace. The President's Youth Skills Initiative consists of four major elements: Youth Training Corps (YTC). A new residential and nonresidential training program for economically and socially disadvantaged youth; Treat and Train. A comprehensive youth drug treatment program …
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Appointment of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler as Assistant to the President for Communications ID 4709 Date 08/24/1992 The President today announced the appointment of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler as Assistant to the President for Communications. Since 1989, Miss Tutwiler has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Department Spokesman. Prior to this, Miss Tutwiler served as deputy to the chairman of the Bush-Quayle '88 campaign and as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and …
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Presidential Determination No. 92 - 44 -- Memorandum on Arms Exports to the Organization of African Unity ID 4718 Date 08/25/1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Eligibility of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to be Furnished Defense Articles and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)), and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export …
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Designation of Arlene Holen As Chairman of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission ID 4945 Date 10/09/1992 The President designated Arlene Holen, of the District of Columbia, as Chairman of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. She would succeed Ford Barney Ford. Since 1990, Ms. Holen has served as a commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. Prior to this, Ms. Holen has served as a member of the Coal Commission, 1990; as an Associate Director for …
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Remarks to Farm and Business Groups in Grand Rapids, Michigan ID 4951 Date 10/12/1992 Thank you very much. Well, thank you all. And let me just thank everybody, thank Jim and Tom, Noelle and Brian. Pay respects to our Governor, who is rapidly crossing out the fact that his wife, Michelle, is not with us today, which is our loss. She's doing a first class job as first lady of this State, and I'm very proud to have these endorsements from the leading farm and business groups in Michigan. You know, the global …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Partial Suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act ID 4955 Date 10/14/1992 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I hereby report that I have exercised my statutory authority under section 6 of the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. 276a - 5, to suspend the provisions of sections 276a to 276a - 5 of the Davis-Bacon Act in the event of a national emergency. I have found that the conditions caused by Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki constitute a ``national emergency'' within the meaning of …
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Statement on Signing the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 ID 4961 Date 10/16/1992 I am signing into law H.R. 2321, the ``Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992,'' which establishes the Dayton Aviation National Historic Park in Ohio as an addition to the National Park System. The park will preserve certain historic sites in the Dayton, Ohio, area that are associated with the Wright brothers and the early development of aviation. The Act will recognize the national significance of …
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White House Fact Sheet: Consumer Choice in Auto Insurance ID 4962 Date 10/16/1992 President Bush announced a proposal today that would allow consumers to save 20 to 30 percent on their auto insurance premiums, for a potential nationwide savings of to billion annually. These savings would be achieved by giving consumers the opportunity to waive their right to sue for pain and suffering damages (thereby also insulating themselves against lawsuits for such damages) and to elect insurance coverage payable by …
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Remarks to the Community in Spartanburg, South Carolina ID 4973 Date 10/20/1992 The President. Wall to wall people. Thank you all. This has been a wonderful day, taking this train through Georgia and South Carolina. This is the icing on the cake. I am delighted to be with your great Senator and my great friend, Strom Thurmond. When you talk about a national leader, you've got a great Governor in Carroll Campbell, respected all across this country. I salute him, and I salute Iris. And I'm delighted to have …
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Remarks at the State Fair in Raleigh, North Carolina ID 4978 Date 10/21/1992 The President. Thank you very, very much. And let me say at the outset, let me say at the beginning how proud I am to be standing here with your great Senator, Jesse Helms, and to be introduced by him. With us all day today is Strom Thurmond from South Carolina, another great leader, a man that is fighting for strong anticrime legislation in that Senate. Every place I go people talk about cleaning House, changing the Congress. …
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Remarks on Signing the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 in Miami, Florida ID 4988 Date 10/23/1992 The President. Thank you very, very much. And may I thank Armando for that warm introduction and all of you for this reception. I am very, very pleased to be here. It's great to be among so many friends. This is a very special day, and we've got one standing up here who deserves very special credit, our great Senator Connie Mack. And also a great friend, Congressman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, joined in the Congress now …
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Remarks to the Community in Wixom, Michigan ID 4859 Date 09/27/1992 The President. Thank you, Wixom. Thank you, Governor Engler. What a great Sunday welcome. Thank you very, very much. May I thank Governor John Engler, your great Governor, and his wife, Michelle, on the train with us here today. May I single out your Mayor, Wayne Glessner, and thank him. Barbara Dobb, you've got a great State representative here, Barbara Dobb, and may I ask you to send Joe Knollenberg to Congress so we can clean the House. …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Circuit Court Decision on the Marbled Murrelet ID 4867 Date 09/28/1992 The administration is disappointed that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to stay an order by the Seattle Federal District Court requiring the Fish and Wildlife Service to immediately decide whether to list the marbled murrelet as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The district court also issued a temporary restraining order preventing timber sales in …
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Remarks on Arrival in Chattanooga, Tennessee ID 4870 Date 09/29/1992 The President. Thank you very much. Audience members. Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! The President. Four more. Four more. That's what we need. What a great Tennessee welcome. Thank you all. Thank you so much. Audience members. We love you, George. The President. Thank you. Thanks for that Chattanooga welcome. Let me thank two special guests with us today: of course, an old friend of mine and Barbara's, Ricky Skaggs, …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report of the National Institute of Building Sciences ID 4874 Date 09/29/1992 To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with the requirements of section 809 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701j - 2(j)), I transmit herewith the 15th annual report of the National Institute of Building Sciences for fiscal year 1991. George Bush The White House, September 29, …
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Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Haiti ID 4885 Date 09/30/1992 To the Congress of The United States: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In …
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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Barbados-United States Taxation Protocol ID 4886 Date 09/30/1992 To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and Barbados for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income signed on December 31, 1984, which protocol was signed at Washington on December 18, 1991. I also transmit for …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi ID 3504 Date 10/14/1991 We applaud the Nobel Prize Committee's decision to award the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi (Owng Sahn Soo Chee). Her leadership of the Non-Violent Movement for Democratic Reform in Burma is in the best tradition of previous winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the leader of the Opposition National League for Democracy Party which swept to victory in the 1990 national …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Nuclear Arms Reduction Talks ID 3509 Date 10/15/1991 Following up on the President's initiative to reduce nuclear weapons, the U.S. Defense and Space Negotiating Group in Geneva, Switzerland, has tabled a new U.S. approach to an agreement facilitating deployment of ballistic missile defenses. The United States is now prepared to discuss limits on the scope and timing of defense deployments, consistent with the President's direction to pursue a system providing …
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Exchange With Reporters on the Confirmation of Clarence Thomas as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court ID 3512 Date 10/16/1991 Q. Where are the women? Q. New meaning to Helen's [Helen Thomas, United Press International] question. Q. Mr. President, are you going to speak to the Nation about the process of confirmation? The President. Well, I'm going to have something to say. Whether I speak to the Nation about it, and -- if you mean an Oval Office and that, I don't know about that; there's no decision. …
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Memorandum on the Emigration Policies of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic ID 3514 Date 10/16/1991 Presidential Determination No. 92 - 3 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Determination Under Subsections 402(a) and 409(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 -- Emigration Policies of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic Pursuant to the authority vested in me by subsections 402(a) and 409(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2432(a) and 2439(a)) (``the Act''), I determine that the Czech and Slovak …
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Remarks in a Teleconference With the Associated Press Managing Editors ID 3515 Date 10/17/1991 The President. Thank you, Ralph. Thank you very much. Thank you for the plug for the Texas Rangers. It's nice being introduced in Detroit by a fellow Texan. It's also nice to see Lou Boccardi again. He's on the corner of my screen, about half of Lou is there. But let me just say I am very sorry I couldn't join you for today's lunch, especially since it's miserable, rainy, and cold here, and I'm sure it's nice and …
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Proclamation 6359 -- Crime Prevention Month, 1991 ID 3517 Date 10/17/1991 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation America has committed unprecedented energy and resources to the fight against crime -- and with promising results. We have strengthened law enforcement, making record increases in the number of Federal prosecutors and agents, and we have significantly increased the capacity of Federal prisons. Through vigorous public education and prevention programs, we have started to …
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Message to the Congress Deferring Sanctions Under the Pelagic Driftnet Agreement ID 3518 Date 10/18/1991 To the Congress of the United States: The conservation of high seas living marine resources and averting threats to such resources have become important international issues in recent years. Much of the concern has focused on the use of the large-scale pelagic driftnet fishing method. The United States has worked with several high seas driftnet fishing countries to assess the impacts that these methods …