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Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters in Montevideo, Uruguay ID 2526 Date 12/04/1990 President Lacalle. I'd like to welcome you all to this press availability. I know the important figure here is President Bush and not me, but I would also be prepared to answer any questions in my broken English, which is, of course, our common language here. I'd appreciate it if you'd identify yourselves, and I would give the floor to President Bush. President Bush. Just a brief opening statement, with your …
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Address to the 44th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York ID 950 Date 09/25/1989 Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, and distinguished delegates of the United Nations: I am honored to speak to you today as you open the 44th Session of the General Assembly. I would like to congratulate Joseph Garba of Nigeria, a distinguished diplomat, on his election as President of this Session of the General Assembly, and I wish him success in his presidency. I feel a great personal …
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The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in Singapore ID 3816 Date 01/04/1992 The Prime Minister. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The President and I have had discussions on many wide-ranging topics. I will not go into details. I would invite the President to say a few words, and then you can ask the questions from there. Mr. President. The President. Well, thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. And let me just say that it is an honor and a privilege to be the first American President …
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Munich Economic Summit Declaration ID 4551 Date 07/07/1992 1. We, the Heads of State and Government of seven major industrial nations and the President of the Commission of the European Community, have met in Munich for our eighteenth annual Summit. 2. The international community is at the threshold of a new era, freed from the burden of the East-West conflict. Rarely have conditions been so favourable for shaping a permanent peace, guaranteeing respect for human rights, carrying through the principles of …
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Remarks at Texas A M University in College Station, Texas ID 5117 Date 12/15/1992 Thank you all for that welcome back. Thank you very, very much. Good afternoon, everybody, and thank you all. I knew if I wore this necktie I'd get a nice welcome. But anyway -- [applause]. Thank you, Dr. Mobley, thank you, Bill, for your kind introduction. May I salute Congressmen that are with us today, Congressman Joe Barton and Congressman Jack Fields; and Commissioner Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison and …
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Remarks to Community Leaders in Los Angeles ID 4283 Date 05/08/1992 I would get off to a bad start if I didn't say what I think everybody else is feeling, and I want to just congratulate Larisse for that marvelous rendition of ``The Star-Spangled Banner.'' And may I first thank all of you for being here today. I think they were introduced at the very beginning, but I want to single out two members of my Cabinet, Secretary Lou Sullivan of HHS and Secretary Jack Kemp from Housing and Urban Development who …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a White House Briefing for Representatives of the Arab-American Community ID 2248 Date 09/24/1990 The President. Welcome to the White House. Thank you very, very much. First, let me thank Richard and Paul. I've been doing a little homework listening -- hey, Bill -- listening to your questions and saying, thank God I don't have to answer any of them, because I'm -- [laughter] -- but I'm here to just make a few comments. And I want to start by thanking both the …
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The President's News Conference on the Persian Gulf Crisis ID 2177 Date 08/22/1990 The President. Let me make a brief opening statement, and then I'll be glad to take any questions. First, Secretary Cheney and General Powell have just given me a very full and, I would say, encouraging briefing on the status of our deployment to the Persian Gulf. This has been a very complicated mission calling for precision, calling for maximum coordination with Saudi Arabia and the other nations providing forces. The …
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Remarks at the Presidential Open Forum on Educational Choice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ID 4585 Date 07/21/1992 The President. Before taking your questions let me just make a few brief comments. The first, of course, is to say how very, very pleased I am to be here, and secondly, to thank Maria for that extraordinarily personal and generous and kind welcome and introduction; to say to Kelly Geiger, I'm glad he's not running for President this year -- [laughter] -- articulate guy that he is. But I was …
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News Conference of President Bush and President Francois Mitterrand of France in Key Largo, Florida ID 1778 Date 04/19/1990 President Bush. Well, it's been a great pleasure having President Mitterrand as our guest here at Key Largo, after his splendid tropical hospitality at St. Martin in December. And our meetings, starting last May at Kennebunkport, have been invaluable in ensuring close French-American cooperation during this period of historic change in Europe. President Mitterrand and I spent most of …
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The President's News Conference in Kennebunkport, Maine, on the Attempted Coup in the Soviet Union ID 3317 Date 08/20/1991 The President. The events in the Soviet Union continue to deeply concern the whole world. The unconstitutional seizure of power is an affront to the goals and aspirations that the Soviet peoples have been nurturing over the past years. This action also puts the Soviet Union at odds with the world community and undermines the positive steps that have been undertaken to make the Soviet …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Recognition of the Czech and Slovak Republics ID 5145 Date 01/01/1993 The President today recognized the new Czech and Slovak Republics and offered to establish full diplomatic relations. In an exchange of letters, Czech Prime Minister Klaus and Slovak Prime Minister Meciar welcomed U.S. recognition and accepted our offer of full diplomatic relations. Both leaders provided assurances that the new states will fulfill the obligations and commitments of the former …
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The President's News Conference ID 74 Date 02/21/1989 Representative Bill Grant of Florida The President. With me is Congressman Bill Grant, from the second district of Florida, and his wife; new chairman of the Republican Party in the State of Florida, my old friend, Van Poole; and our chairman of the national committee, Lee Atwater. And I just wanted to bring Congressman Grant in here to say how pleased I am that he is switching over to become a Republican. Florida is on the move. The Nation, I think, …
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The President's News Conference With Prime Minister John Major of the United Kingdom at Camp David ID 4401 Date 06/07/1992 The President. Let me just say that from our standpoint we've had a wonderful visit with the Prime Minister, covered a wide array of subjects, and managed to get in a couple of hours of relaxation after working some yesterday and then again this morning. So it's been a very good visit. Mr. Prime Minister, a delight having you here, sir. The Prime Minister. Well, Mr. President, thank …
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Address on Administration Goals Before a Joint Session of Congress ID 51 Date 02/09/1989 Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, and distinguished Members of the House and Senate, honored guests, and fellow citizens: Less than 3 weeks ago, I joined you on the West Front of this very building and, looking over the monuments to our proud past, offered you my hand in filling the next page of American history with a story of extended prosperity and continued peace. And tonight I'm back to offer you my plans as well. The …
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Remarks at the Bush-Quayle Fundraising Dinner in Dallas, Texas ID 3579 Date 11/01/1991 Thank you, Ray Hunt, and thank all of you. Barbara and I are thrilled and delighted to be with you. And, Ray, thank you for your leadership on this dinner, you and Perry Bass, and Elvis, and my dear friends, Bill and Rita Clements, the great Governor of this State. Phil Gramm, and Tom Loeffler, and all the chairmen and cochairmen, thank you for this fantastic welcome back home. And I might say, if I don't get in trouble …
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… important that we learn how to disagree. The way democracies engage in debate is not without consequence. It is a mark of civility and freedom. I hardly need to tell anyone in this room just what anti-Semitism is. As my friend Abe Foxman, with us … important that we learn how to disagree. The way democracies engage in debate is not without consequence. It is a mark of civility and freedom. I hardly need to tell anyone in this room just what anti-Semitism is. As my friend Abe Foxman, with us …
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The President's News Conference in Kennebunkport, Maine ID 3334 Date 09/02/1991 The President. Nearly 2 weeks ago, the world watched with fascination the courage of the Soviet people in foiling a cynical coup, a coup that, thank God, failed. We've marveled since at their efforts to build a new and democratic future. Major changes are now taking place in the Soviet Union, not the least of which is the establishment of new arrangements between the Republics and the central government. While we await the …
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The President's News Conference in Tokyo ID 84 Date 02/25/1989 The President. I have had an extremely useful set of meetings with leaders familiar with the problems and prospects of the major geographic areas of the world. And as all of you are aware, international affairs have entered an extraordinarily interesting period, a period of fluidity in which several regional problems -- Afghanistan, Cambodia, Angola, the Middle East, to name just a few -- have renewed prospect for resolution. Many of the …
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London Economic Summit Economic Declaration: Building World Partnership ID 3197 Date 07/17/1991 1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the seven major industrial democracies and the representatives of the European Community, met in London for our seventeenth annual Summit. 2. The spread of freedom and democracy which we celebrated at Houston has gathered pace over the last year. Together the international community has overcome a major threat to world peace in the Gulf. But new challenges and new …
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Declaration of San Antonio ID 4001 Date 02/27/1992 San Antonio Drug Summit 1992 We, the Presidents of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and the United States of America, and the Minister of Foreign Relations of Venezuela, met in San Antonio, Texas, on the 26th and 27th of February, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two and issued the following Declaration of San Antonio We recognize that the Cartagena Declaration, issued on February 15, 1990, by the Presidents of Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, and the …
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Appendix A -- Digest of Other White House Announcements ID 5146 Date 12/31/1992 The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this book. January 1 In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush greeted the American consulate community at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, their residence during their stay in Sydney, Australia, which began on December 31, 1991. President Bush then went to …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters Following Discussions With President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt ID 2487 Date 11/23/1990 President Mubarak. We welcome President Bush in Egypt as an outstanding leader of a great nation. We welcome him as a true friend, as a man of principles and determination, a statesman endowed with vision and compassion. We value the contribution he has made to strengthen Egyptian-American friendship, bringing it to a higher level of cooperation based …
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Remarks on the London Economic Summit and an Exchange With Foreign Journalists ID 3159 Date 07/08/1991 The President. All I want to do is say we're looking forward to this trip -- I am very much. It's preceded by several bilaterals -- one, an important meeting with Brian Mulroney in Canada tomorrow. Perhaps some might think that's less necessary because I stay in such close touch with him by phone and we visit back and forth. But it's important for us anyway; I hope for him. We'll have a chance to talk …
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The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada in Ottawa ID 2795 Date 03/13/1991 The Prime Minister. The President and I had an opportunity for slightly over an hour so far to review both some bilateral relationships and problems that we do have in the trade area and elsewhere, but also to begin the process of discussing the evolving situation in the Middle East. As you know, Secretary of External Affairs Joe Clark is returning tonight to join us at dinner after an extensive …
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Remarks on Assistance for Iraqi Refugees and a News Conference ID 2882 Date 04/16/1991 The President. I have a brief statement here, and then I'll be glad to take a few questions. Eleven days ago, on April 5th, I announced that the United States would initiate what soon became the largest U.S. relief effort mounted in modern military history. Such an undertaking was made necessary by the terrible human tragedy unfolding in and around Iraq as a result of Saddam Hussein's brutal treatment of Iraqi citizens. …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With High School Students From the Close Up Foundation ID 253 Date 03/29/1989 The President. Welcome to the White House. Famous personalities roam the corridors of this famous house. Play your cards right and you can see our dog, Millie, in a few minutes, coming down the stairs. [Laughter] But I'm delighted that you all are here in Washington. And I hope you're gaining an understanding of something that really matters, and that is good government. I met today with …
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Appendix C -- Checklist of White House Press Releases ID 1382 Date 12/31/1989 The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press Secretary which are not included in this book. Released January 26 Advance text: Remarks to members of the Senior Executive Service Released January 31 Advance text: Remarks to the crew of the U.S.S. America and naval shipyard employees in Norfolk, VA Released February 2 Transcript: Press briefing on the President's meeting with Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita of …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session in Lafayette, Louisiana ID 4996 Date 10/24/1992 The President. Kind of the Phil Donahue of southern Louisiana. [Laughter] But let me just say to all the people in this great State, a State in which I used to work, and in an area, this one, an area in which I used to work, that we have just come from signing a very important piece of national legislation. I signed the national energy strategy bill. And those who work in the oilfields and do either drilling or …
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The President's News Conference in Rome, Italy ID 3602 Date 11/08/1991 NATO Summit The President. Let me get my brainpower up here. Well, let me just make a brief statement, and then I'll be glad to respond to a handful of questions. This Alliance has been an extraordinary success. The cold war, the division of Europe, the East-West military struggle are no longer subject for leaders but for historians. But I won't dwell on NATO's successful past. I want to talk about NATO's future. The Rome summit is a …