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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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Appointment of Shellyn Gae McCaffrey as the United States Representative on the Governing Body of the International Labor Office ID 756 Date 07/28/1989 The President today announced the appointment of Shellyn Gae McCaffrey as U.S. Representative on the Governing Body of the International Labor Office for an indefinite period, and accordance of the personal rank of Ambassador in her capacity as head of the U.S. delegation to the International Labor Conference. She would succeed Eugene Kistler Lawson. Since …
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Remarks to the National Governors' Association in Chicago, Illinois ID 758 Date 07/31/1989 The President. Thank you, Governor Baliles. Thank all of you -- Bill [Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas]. Before I make my remarks, I want to comment on a very disturbing report that we've just heard. There are unconfirmed reports that Colonel Higgins has, indeed, been executed. And I had planned to go on out to Nevada for another appearance today and then to go to Oklahoma tonight. But this matter is of such concern …
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Statement on Food Assistance for Poland ID 770 Date 08/01/1989 I am pleased to announce today that the United States will provide additional support for the Polish people and the democratization process. We are prepared to provide Poland with up to million in food aid in fiscal year 1990. It will include, but go far beyond, the 8000 metric tons of surplus commodities to be provided in FY '90 in accordance with the American Aid to Poland Act. We intend to provide to Poland supplies of sorghum, corn, and …
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Nomination of Ronald J. Sorini for the Rank of Ambassador While Serving as United States Negotiator on Textile Matters ID 771 Date 08/01/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Ronald J. Sorini for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Negotiator on Textile Matters, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Since March 1989 Mr. Sorini has been Chief Textile Negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington, DC. Since 1983 he has been involved …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Proposed Civil Rights Legislation for Disabled Americans ID 774 Date 08/02/1989 The administration has reached a consensus with key Senators from both parties on legislation that would expand the reach of this country's civil rights laws to include disabled Americans. This will be landmark legislation not only for the 37 million Americans with some form of disability but for all Americans, demonstrating, as the President said in his Inaugural Address, that ``this …
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Nomination of Stephen Read Hanmer, Jr., To Be Deputy Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency ID 776 Date 08/02/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Stephen Read Hanmer, Jr., to be Deputy Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He would succeed George F. Murphy, Jr. Ambassador Hanmer is the Chief U.S. Negotiator for Strategic Offensive Arms in the U.S.-Soviet Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms. Prior to this he was Principal …
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Remarks on Receiving Proposed Line-Item Veto Legislation and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters ID 780 Date 08/04/1989 Senator Coats. Mr. President, it's a pleasure for me to present to you on behalf of these Senators with us here -- Senator Humphrey, Senator McCain, Senator Armstrong -- a bill which we think will move us toward spending control from the executive branch and in the Congress, a much-needed tool that you must have and that we want to give you to enact some fiscal discipline in our …
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Nomination of Penne Percy Korth To Be United States Ambassador to Mauritius ID 797 Date 08/04/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Penne Percy Korth to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Mauritius. She would succeed Ronald DeWayne Palmer. Mrs. Korth most recently served as co-chair of the American Bicentennial Presidential Inauguration, 1988 - 1989. Since 1986 Mrs. Korth has been the senior Washington associate and client liaison and …
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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service ID 939 Date 09/21/1989 A thousand apologies for keeping this distinguished group. Please sit, sit, sit. Let me just say first to the Attorney General, Director Morris and Director Sessions, David Runkel, and especially the medal winners, welcome to the White House. It will be my honor in just a moment to bestow the Young American Medal for Bravery and the Young American Medal for Service for 1987 and '88. Emerson …
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Memorandum on the Civil Disorder in the United States Virgin Islands ID 941 Date 09/21/1989 Memorandum for the Attorney General and the Secretary of Transportation Subject: Providing for the Restoration of Law and Order in the Virgin Islands Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, I have issued Proclamation No. 6023 of September 20, 1989, ordering persons engaged in domestic violence and disorder in the United States Virgin Islands to cease and desist. It is my …
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Statement on the Summit Meeting With Soviet President Gorbachev ID 947 Date 09/23/1989 I look forward to meeting with President Gorbachev. The state of U.S.-Soviet relations is good, and I have enjoyed a positive working relationship with Mr. Gorbachev. Our meeting will afford an opportunity to reaffirm our mutual commitment to moving the U.S.-Soviet relationship forward, as underscored by the progress at the Wyoming ministerial. I commend the efforts of Secretary Baker and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze. I …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters During a Meeting With Small Business Leaders ID 954 Date 09/26/1989 The President. As we meet with these small business owners and representatives of small business owners, it gives me an opportunity to make another appeal for the capital gains differential. It is not, as these folks know, a tax break for the rich. It is a job-creating tax measure that will put more Americans to work. And so, I think we have to stand up to the understandable …
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White House Fact Sheet on Proposed Campaign Finance Reform Legislation ID 956 Date 09/26/1989 Today the President transmitted to Congress comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation designed to lessen the power of special economic interests and restore competition to American congressional elections. This legislative proposal implements the reforms already announced by the President. While curtailing the influence of special economic interests, the proposal enhances the roles of individuals and the …