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Statement by Chief of Staff Sununu on the Establishment of an International Fund for the Termination of Chlorofluorocarbon Production ID 2004 Date 06/15/1990 The administration will propose a fund, operated and administered by the World Bank, to assist less developed countries (LDC's) in phasing out the production of CFC's by the year 2000. The President's proposal is intended to allow the parties to the Montreal protocol to conclude an acceptable agreement on a package of amendments. The proposal includes …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report on Radiation Control for Health and Safety ID 2006 Date 06/19/1990 To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with section 360D of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2631), I am submitting the report of the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the administration of the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act during calendar year 1989. The report recommends that section 360D of the Public Health Service Act that requires …
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Nomination of Thomas F. Kranz To Be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Nomination of Thomas F. Kranz To Be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ID 2120 Date 08/01/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate Thomas F. Kranz to be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for External Affairs. He would succeed James P. McNeill. Since 1989 Mr. Kranz has served as Associate Director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel for National Security Affairs. Prior to this, he served as Principal Deputy …
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Message to the Congress on the Declaration of a National Emergency With Respect to Iraq ID 2131 Date 08/03/1990 To the Congress of the United States: Pursuant to section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. section 1703(b), and section 201 of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. section 1621, I hereby report that I have exercised my statutory authority to declare a national emergency and to issue two Executive orders that: -- prohibit exports and imports of goods and …
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Nomination of Arlene Render To Be United States Ambassador to The Gambia ID 2132 Date 08/03/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate Arlene Render to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of The Gambia. She would succeed Ruth V. Washington. Currently Ms. Render serves as a member of the senior seminar in the Foreign Service Institute in Rosslyn, VA. Prior to this she served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Accra, Ghana. In addition, …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Cease-Fire Between the African National Congress and the Government of South Africa ID 2145 Date 08/06/1990 We welcome the report of a cease-fire in South Africa. We are very encouraged and congratulate both parties for having made this important step forward. The United States has urged dialog for bringing an end to apartheid. We hope this step facilitates this …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report of the Railroad Retirement Board ID 3370 Date 09/11/1991 To the Congress of the United States: I hereby submit to the Congress the Annual Report of the Railroad Retirement Board for Fiscal Year 1990, pursuant to the provisions of section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act, and section 12(l) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) serves nearly 900,000 railroad retirees and their families and almost 280,000 …
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The President's News Conference ID 3372 Date 09/12/1991 The President. Since the end of the Gulf war, we've worked extremely hard to take advantage of what we believe are new and exciting possibilities for peace in the Middle East. Secretary of State Baker has traveled to the region about a half a dozen times and will go again in a few days. As a result of these efforts we're on the brink of an historic breakthrough. We've come a long, long way, and we're close to being able to convene a peace conference …
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Remarks at the Veterans' Administration Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ID 3373 Date 09/12/1991 Thank you all very, very much. Thank you very much. Dr. O'Brien, to you and Dr. Woody, thanks for greeting me. And to all the others, medical doctors and Ph.D.'s that we just rubbed elbows with, thank you for the quick education course we've had. I want to salute our Secretary who heads the Veterans' Administration, the first Cabinet officer now that the vets are in the Cabinet, Ed Derwinski, with whom I …
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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Senatorial Candidate Dick Thornburgh in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ID 3377 Date 09/12/1991 Please be seated, and thank you all for that wonderful warm welcome back. Let me first salute the Members of our congressional delegation. I know Larry Coughlin came in with us, and I'm told that Curt Weldon and Don Ritter are here. I can't see too well beyond the glare here. I'm proud to be up here with Joe Egan, who is the candidate for mayor of Philadelphia. And I'd love to see …
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Address to the Nation on the Nomination of Robert Gates To Be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ID 3382 Date 09/13/1991 My Fellow Americans: This week millions of you watched and listened as Judge Clarence Thomas appeared in his Senate hearings as my nominee for the Supreme Court. And now the Nation knows what I know: Clarence Thomas is a magnificent American. The hearings have revealed his warmth, his grace, his intellectual vitality. And above all, Judge Thomas is driven by a passion for …
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The President's News Conference With Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany ID 3388 Date 09/16/1991 The President. Once again, it's been my pleasure to welcome the Chancellor of Germany. We had a wide array of subjects that were discussed. The United States position and the German position are very, very close on all these major issues. And I will let the Chancellor, if he wants to, describe the issues we talked about, but it was every one that you would imagine would be on the agenda. So, I wanted to thank the …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the Situation in Iraq ID 3392 Date 09/16/1991 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Consistent with the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102 - 1), and as part of my continuing effort to keep the Congress fully informed, I am again reporting on the status of efforts to obtain compliance by Iraq with the resolutions adopted by the U.N. Security Council. Since my last report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) …
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Nomination of Elaine L. Chao To Be Director of the Peace Corps ID 3395 Date 09/17/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate Elaine L. Chao, of California, to be Director of the Peace Corps. She would succeed Paul D. Coverdell. Currently Ms. Chao serves as Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. Prior to this, Ms. Chao served as Chairman on the Federal Maritime Commission, 1988 - 1989; Deputy Administrator of the Maritime Administration at the U.S. …
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Remarks to the Staff of the Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah ID 3401 Date 09/18/1991 Thank you very, very much. Thank you for that warm welcome. And let me just say how pleased I am to see Secretary Sullivan here today, to be with him. He's doing a superb job at HHS. He's just back from a trip, significant trip to Africa with the Vice President, was in Colorado yesterday. And when jet lag catches up with this guy, he's going to go like that, I think. [Laughter] But nevertheless, …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Peru's Drug Interdiction Efforts ID 3410 Date 09/20/1991 After talking with President Fujimori of Peru, President Bush told him that the Government of Peru's agreement with the coca farmers opposing drug trafficking and in favor of alternative development represents an imaginative approach which we would like to support. He also said that President Fujimori's interest in attacking the drug traffickers in an ``implacable interdiction effort'' offers hope for the …
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Remarks to the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece ID 3203 Date 07/18/1991 Thank you, sir, for the welcome, and may I pay my respects to President Karamanlis; Prime Minister Mitsotakis; president of the Parliament, Mr. Tsaldaris; Mr. Papandreou, who I had the privilege of meeting not so long ago; and members of the Vouli. Let me first thank you for the extraordinary honor of speaking to you. It means a great deal to follow in the footsteps of such great men as Dwight Eisenhower and General Charles de …
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Remarks at the Greek-American Chamber of Commerce Breakfast in Athens, Greece ID 3207 Date 07/19/1991 Thank you all very much. And thank you for that warm welcome and the welcome from various members of this association that I see all around the hall here. And let me salute Ambassador Sotirhos -- proud of his Greek heritage -- doing a fantastic job for the United States of America here in Athens and in this great country. And I'm proud of him, I'm proud of his wife, and I am delighted with the job he is …
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Remarks at the Arrival Ceremony in Ankara, Turkey ID 3211 Date 07/20/1991 President Ozal and Prime Minister Yilmaz, Your Excellencies, my friends. Barbara and I are very grateful for this generous reception and for the chance to be here in Turkey. Having heard all our lives about Turkish hospitality, I can say just from this initial impression that reports of its warmth have not been exaggerated. Thirty-two years ago when President Eisenhower visited Turkey, he was greeted by a roaring crowd and thousands …
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The President's News Conference With Turkish President Turgut Ozal in Ankara, Turkey ID 3212 Date 07/20/1991 President Ozal. Ladies and gentlemen, having just completed the main part of our talks which covered a wide range of issues, President Bush and I are now ready to face what might turn out to be the most delicate part of our program: taking on the press. [Laughter] I will now make a short introductory statement, which I believe will be followed by one of President Bush later. We will be glad to take …
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Remarks at a Dinner Hosted By President Turgut Ozal in Istanbul, Turkey ID 3217 Date 07/21/1991 Mr. President and Speaker of the Parliament, Mr. Prime Minister, members of the Turkish Government: Barbara and I want to thank you for this warm welcome. And I am deeply honored to be the first American President to come to this historic city. Among the nations of the world, few claim a past as storied as yours. Turkey stands at a crossroads of cultures and civilizations. Here in Istanbul, one city spans two …
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Exchange With Reporters in Kennebunkport, Maine, on the Attempted Coup in the Soviet Union ID 3322 Date 08/21/1991 The President. Well, I just wanted to report that at 12:19 p.m., I had a phone conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev, and it lasted about, what, 20 minutes I think. It was a good call. Gorbachev is still in the Crimea. He will return either tonight or tomorrow to Moscow. He tells me that things are under control. His first call, I believe, was with Boris Yeltsin. He stated his sincere …
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Message Honoring Those Civilians Killed in Moscow During the Attempted Coup ID 3330 Date 08/24/1991 A great American, Patrick Henry, more than 200 years ago said: ``Give me liberty or give me death.'' In the years since then, many Americans have faced that choice and have made the supreme sacrifice in defense of freedom and democracy. The justice of the cause does not make the loss of brave men and women any easier to bear. The American people during this past week shared the shock of the Russian people at …
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The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Major of the United Kingdom in Kennebunkport, Maine ID 3333 Date 08/29/1991 The President. I'm very pleased that Prime Minister Major and his family have been able to join us. For over the past few months, ever since he's been Prime Minister, he and I have exchanged views. We've stayed in very close contact regarding a number of fast-moving events on the international scene. I appreciate his counsel and his wise judgment. And in like manner, we've had …
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Remarks to Students and Faculty of the Lewiston Comprehensive High School in Lewiston, Maine ID 3336 Date 09/03/1991 Thank you so much for that welcome back. Thank you all very, very much. Oh, such a nice welcome. Thank you. And thank you, Governor McKernan, for that warm introduction. May I salute Maine's Senator, Senator Cohen, to whom I look for leadership and counsel on so many issues. And also to Congresswoman Olympia Snowe, your Congresswoman, our friend, Barbara's and mine, the wife of the Governor, …
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Message on the Observance of Rosh Hashanah, 1991 ID 3347 Date 09/05/1991 The sounding of the shofar heralds the new year 5752 and calls Jews everywhere to examine their lives: ``Awake, you sleepers, and ponder your deeds; remember your Creator, forsake your evil ways, and return to God!'' These words of Maimonides describe the self-reflection that begins on Rosh Hashanah and continues through ten days of penitence to Yom Kippur. To prepare for this concluding Day of Atonement, the faithful seek …
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Address to the Nation on the Supreme Court Nomination of Clarence Thomas ID 3353 Date 09/06/1991 My fellow Americans: I would like to talk today about opportunity in America. Our land, unique among all nations, grew out of high ideals, the most precious of which is that every man and woman deserves a chance to go as far as their abilities and hard work will take them, that all deserve to live free from the bonds of prejudice and arbitrary limitation. For more than two centuries our national soul, the U.S. …
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Statement on the Supreme Court Nomination of Clarence Thomas ID 3354 Date 09/09/1991 On the eve of the confirmation hearings for Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the Supreme Court, I want to emphasize once again the distinguished record and character of this man. In the weeks since his selection, Judge Thomas has faced criticism from many quarters with dignity, restraint, and strength of character. I know that he will demonstrate the same qualities during the hearings. Today, I telephoned Senator …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki of Poland ID 3365 Date 09/11/1991 President Bush was very pleased to welcome Prime Minister Bielecki of Poland to the White House. The Prime Minister and President Walesa deserve great credit for reforming the Polish economy and building Polish democracy. Poland is leading the way with a radical economic transformation, and it is working. The private sector is growing dramatically. Exports are on …
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Message to the Senate Transmitting the International Convention on Salvage, 1989 ID 3366 Date 09/11/1991 To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, the International Convention on Salvage, 1989, done at London April 28, 1989, and signed by the United States on March 29, 1990, subject to ratification. I also transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with respect to the Convention. This Convention …