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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 …
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The President's News Conference ID 519 Date 06/08/1989 The President. Welcome to the East Room. Please be seated, and we shall proceed. Helen [Helen Thomas, United Press International]? China-U.S. Relations Q. Mr. President, cutting off military sales to China does not seem to have made an impression on the rulers there, and they've become more repressive. What else are you going to do to express this nation's outrage? And do you have any other plans? The President. Helen, I think that the position we …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With the Magazine Publishers of America ID 2082 Date 07/17/1990 The President. Apologies for keeping you waiting. Let me just open with a brief -- I don't want to filibuster -- but open with a brief statement on a word about Germany. And then I'll be glad to respond to your questions. I talked this morning with both Chancellor Kohl and Mikhail Gorbachev and had a fairly long conversations -- about 30 or 40 minutes -- with each one. I feel that the agreement that …
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Remarks and an Exchange With Soviet Journalists on the Upcoming Moscow Summit ID 3241 Date 07/25/1991 The President. Well, we have, I think, about 30 minutes, and I don't know any better way to start other than to say I'm looking forward to this visit very much indeed. A lot of things to talk about, and I have every anticipation that the visit will go well. A lot of the issues were addressed at this G - 7 meeting, but we've got a lot of bilateral things to discuss and, as far as we're concerned, every …
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The President's News Conference in Munich, Germany ID 4554 Date 07/08/1992 The President. I've spent the past 3 days discussing the responsibilities and opportunities that we have for encouraging stronger economic growth in our countries and, indeed, in the entire world. We've also discussed sustaining political reform in the emerging democracies as well as regional political issues, including Yugoslavia. I would cite five key accomplishments at the Munich economic summit. We've succeeded in achieving a …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Luncheon Hosted by the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California ID 1525 Date 02/07/1990 The President. Thank you, Dr. Fink. Modesty may not be his long suit, but I like the introduction. [Laughter] And very candidly, I like the pride he takes in his institution, and he gave me a good lecture up here as to how I should be supportive of these smaller and independent colleges. And it struck home to me, I'll tell you. And Governor Deukmejian, I'm glad to be …
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The President's News Conference With President Leonid Kravchuk of Ukraine ID 4261 Date 05/06/1992 President Bush. Mr. President and distinguished members of the Ukrainian delegation, on behalf of the people of the United States it's been my honor to welcome you on the first official visit by a freely elected President of independent Ukraine. May I also acknowledge Senators Pell and Lugar, who are with us today. Congressmen Broomfield and Leach were supposed to be; they are missing in action. But …
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The President's News Conference ID 4179 Date 04/10/1992 The President. We were able to take several steps this week towards my efforts to address the challenges facing this country, towards the kind of fundamental reform that the people of America want and deserve. Last Friday I spoke in Philadelphia about critical reforms that will help get the Government reformed and moving. And last night I transmitted to Congress the ``Accountability in Government Act of 1992,'' legislation that would extend to the …
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The President's News Conference With President Francois Mitterrand of France in Martinique, French West Indies ID 2797 Date 03/14/1991 President Mitterrand. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It was agreed between President George Bush and myself that we would meet again as soon as possible after the Gulf war. And President Bush suggested that he should come and see me, or come and see us, we, the French, in French territory, which is what has just happened in Martinique. And I wish to thank the …
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Remarks to the Economic Club of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan ID 4062 Date 03/13/1992 The President. Thank you for that warm Michigan welcome. Governor Engler, my friend, thank you, sir, for that kind introduction, and my congratulations to you for trying to bring fiscal sanity to this wonderful State. And it's a great pleasure to be met by your Texas wife, Michelle, who's with us today. And also it's a great pleasure to see another old friend, a great leader of the State of Michigan, Lieutenant Governor …
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The President's News Conference ID 3708 Date 12/05/1991 Appointments The President. Good afternoon. I first want to introduce my new team of advisers that will help lead the White House and the Presidential campaign in the months ahead. First, my new Chief of Staff for the White House will be Sam Skinner. As a member of our Cabinet, he's demonstrated the leadership skills necessary to guide our staff, work with the Congress, coordinate my activities with the new campaign organization. And I know he'll do …
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Remarks to the American Society of Newspaper Editors ID 4167 Date 04/09/1992 The President. Thank you, Dave. And may I start by thanking the members of the board and say to all the members of ASNE I'm grateful for this return engagement, glad to participate in an annual event that Washington looks forward to, this annual conference. Even in the age of VCR's and CNN, people who want to understand the times we live in still, as Dave indicated in that sweet and short introduction, turn to the printed word. …
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The President's News Conference ID 4049 Date 03/11/1992 The President. Good morning. And first, on the politics, I think yesterday was a great day, and I am extremely grateful to the many people who worked so hard in these various States. We've been victorious in 15 States, and I'll continue to seek the endorsement of the party in every primary. I've tried to let the people of this country know that we will turn this country around, and our great Nation should be a world-class leader in every category of …