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Declaration on Relations Between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland ID 2810 Date 03/20/1991 For over 200 years the United States and Poland have been bound by shared values and a commitment to the principles of democracy, human liberty and the rule of law. The American Constitution of 1789 and the Polish Constitution of 1791 are enduring symbols of this special bond, which survived even during the long periods when Poland's independence and liberty were denied. Our relations have been …
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Remarks on Signing the Greek Independence Day Proclamation ID 2824 Date 03/25/1991 The President. Thank you very much for the welcome. Please be seated. It's a great pleasure to see so many friends here today. Of course, a very special pleasure just now to welcome Archbishop Iakovos back to the Oval Office. He's been there on several occasions since I've been President; certainly before, many times. But it gave me an opportunity to express my respect and appreciation for him. He's been a wonderful friend …
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Remarks at a Meeting With Hispanic Business Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters in Newport Beach, California ID 2845 Date 04/05/1991 The President. Is this it? A modest turnout. [Laughter] First, I want to thank everybody for coming here because the importance that I place on this Fast Track negotiating authority is critical, a highest priority. I look around this room and I see many who know of my interest in and have been terribly supportive in strengthening a relationship with Mexico. Mexico is in …
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Remarks Commemorating the National Days of Thanksgiving in Houston, Texas ID 2849 Date 04/07/1991 Dr. Payne, thank you, sir. Barbara and I are delighted to be here on this very special day of National Day of Thanksgiving. Almost as soon as the peace was shattered in the Gulf last August, prayers for peace began at St. Martin's. First were special prayers on Sundays, and then in the midweek services. And by January, I'm told there were daily prayers. And the Sunday school children sent handmade Christmas …
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Nomination of John E. Bennett To Be United States Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea ID 2860 Date 04/10/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate John E. Bennett, of Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. He would succeed Chester E. Norris, Jr. Since 1987 Mr. Bennett has served as consul general at the U.S. consulate in Monterrey, Mexico. Prior to this Mr. Bennett studied at the National Defense …
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Remarks at Maxwell Air Force Base War College in Montgomery, Alabama ID 2869 Date 04/13/1991 Thank you all very, very much for that warm welcome. General Boyd and General McPeak, the distinguished Members of the Congress with us -- Senators Heflin, Shelby, and Bill Dickinson. Mayor Folmar -- a nonpartisan event, but I'm glad to see some friends of long standing over here -- [laughter] -- who were enormously helpful to me in getting to be President of the United States. It is my great pleasure to look out …
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Remarks to the United States Academic Decathlon Winners ID 2918 Date 04/25/1991 The President. Please be seated. Thank you. What a day. I was going to apologize for keeping you waiting, but now I think I'll take credit for giving you the time in the sun here. [Laughter] It is beautiful, and we are just delighted to have you all here. I want to especially recognize this gentleman in the front row, Ted Sanders, who's doing such a wonderful job at our Department of Education; Bob Suarez of the U.S. Academic …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Supplemental Assistance Requests for Iraqi Refugees ID 2923 Date 04/25/1991 The President today transmitted to Congress a request for FY 1991 supplemental appropriations for the Department of State and the Agency for International Development (AID) and language provisions for the Department of Defense. The requested funds and provisions are for humanitarian assistance efforts for refugees and displaced persons in and around Iraq as well as for peacekeeping …
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Remarks at the Points of Light Community Service Celebration ID 2926 Date 04/26/1991 Please be seated. Thank you all. I don't know how you begin to thank all these people that have contributed to this very special day. Tony Danza, an old friend -- I think he was as moved as I was by that reading we had just a minute ago. Randy Travis, so generous with his time and his creativity; Patti LuPone. I don't know what to say about the Eagles there, but it's just beautiful. And Andrae and Saundra, and Larnelle, …
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Nomination of John Thomas McCarthy To Be United States Ambassador to Tunisia ID 2928 Date 04/26/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate John Thomas McCarthy, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tunisia. He would succeed Robert H. Pelletreau. Ambassador McCarthy currently serves as a diplomat-in-residence at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia. From 1988 to 1990 Ambassador McCarthy served as the U.S. Ambassador …
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Nomination of Gordon S. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Mauritania ID 2933 Date 04/30/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate Gordon S. Brown, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. He would succeed William Hart Twaddell. Since 1989, Mr. Brown has served as a political adviser for the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, FL. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Brown served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, …
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Nomination of Sally G. Cowal To Be United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago ID 2940 Date 05/02/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate Sally G. Cowal, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She would succeed Charles A. Gargano. Currently Ms. Cowal serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs in Washington, DC. Prior to this Ms. Cowal served as …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Disaster Assistance to Bangladesh ID 2943 Date 05/03/1991 The President has sent a message to Prime Minister Zia of Bangladesh expressing his condolences and those of the American people on the horrible devastation caused by the recent cyclone. Our hearts go out in particular to the families of the numerous victims of this terrible tragedy. We also have assured the government of Bangladesh that the United States stands ready to assist in the tasks of relief and …
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Remarks to Cochran Gardens Community Members in St. Louis, Missouri ID 2946 Date 05/03/1991 Thank you, Governor, and thank all of you. Bertha was telling me you've been out there in the rain for 2 hours. That's beyond the call of duty, as we say over there -- as General Schwarzkopf would say. But let me just say how pleased I am to be here. Bertha asked about Barbara Bush, and I wish she was with me today; she wishes she were here, too. But she's doing an awful lot to help kids learn to read. And I hope …
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Exchange With Reporters in Bethesda, Maryland, on the President's Health ID 2954 Date 05/06/1991 Q. Mr. President, what do you think? The President. I feel all right. I've just got to get over and get back to work, and keep a little monitor going here. Q. Have you had to change your lifestyle at all or -- -- The President. Go ahead and ask the doctors that, but not as far as I'm concerned. Q. Are you going to lighten up at all for the next few days? The President. Well, they said to gradually get back into …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Banking Reform Legislation ID 2958 Date 05/06/1991 Dear Mr. Chairman: (Dear Representative:) As the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs moves forward with legislation addressing banking reform, let me reiterate my strong support for the Administration's proposal to modernize the Nation's financial system. I applaud your Committee's bipartisan decision to use this comprehensive proposal as the foundation for Committee action before the end of June. My …
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Appointment of John Kenneth Blackwell as United States Representative on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights ID 2706 Date 02/14/1991 The President today announced his intention to appoint John Kenneth Blackwell, of Ohio, to be the Representative of the United States on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. He would succeed Armando Valladares. Currently Mr. Blackwell serves as a business and education consultant in Cincinnati, OH. Prior to this Mr. …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the Report on Soviet Noncompliance With Arms Control Agreements ID 2708 Date 02/15/1991 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Enclosed are classified and unclassified copies of the Annual Report on Soviet Noncompliance with Arms Control Agreements. This report also subsumes a special report requested on the status of SS - 23s in Eastern Europe and on the Krasnoyarsk radar. This year, while concerns about Soviet compliance with arms control agreements remain, I …
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Message to the Senate on the International Labor Organization Convention Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labor ID 2717 Date 02/19/1991 To the Senate of the United States: The Convention (No. 105) Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labor, adopted by the International Labor Conference at Geneva on June 25, 1957, was transmitted to the Senate by President Kennedy on July 22, 1963, with a view to receiving advice and consent to ratification. Although hearings were held in 1967 by the Committee on Foreign …
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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ID 2720 Date 02/20/1991 The President. Let me welcome you back to the United States of America. Your own motto aptly describes your role, ``God's help, the people's love, Denmark's strength.'' It's a privilege to greet you as an ally and a friend. You and Prince Henrik were here last in 1976, when President Ford noted how America has maintained uninterrupted relations with Denmark since 1801. These 190 years represent one of the oldest …
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Remarks at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Lynn M. Martin as Secretary of Labor ID 2730 Date 02/22/1991 The President. Thank you very much for that warm welcome. And Julia, thank you for the lovely prayer and invocation. I was privileged, as I went into the inevitable holding posture out here, to hear the Blacks in Government Gospel Choir. And thank you for adding to the majesty and wonder of this moment. And it is really an honor to greet all of you today. A thousand apologies for keeping you waiting here, …
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Address to the Nation Announcing Allied Military Ground Action in the Persian Gulf ID 2734 Date 02/23/1991 Good evening. Yesterday, after conferring with my senior national security advisers, and following extensive consultations with our coalition partners, Saddam Hussein was given one last chance -- set forth in very explicit terms -- to do what he should have done more than 6 months ago: withdraw from Kuwait without condition or further delay, and comply fully with the resolutions passed by the United …
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The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Mulroney of Canada in Kennebunkport, Maine ID 3331 Date 08/26/1991 The President. Let me just make a couple of opening comments. First, to say what a pleasure it was for the Bush family to have the Mulroneys here. Particularly at this time it was important that I have an opportunity to consult with Canada's Prime Minister. It seems coincidental that it was a year ago that we were consulting, and I value his judgment now as I did then. A year ago we were …
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Message on the Observance of Labor Day ID 3335 Date 09/02/1991 Each year, we Americans set aside the first Monday of September to commemorate Labor Day. On this occasion we celebrate the achievements of our Nation's workers. It is the sweat, toil, and ingenuity of individual Americans that have insured the success of our great experiment in self-government. The United States is the country that works. We lead the way in building, innovation and technology. We've put men and women into space, and we've …
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Proclamation 6329 -- Minority Enterprise Development Week, 1991 ID 3337 Date 09/03/1991 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation America has demonstrated to the world that when individuals have the freedom to pursue their dreams and to put their talents and ideas to work, we all benefit. As more and more nations recognize the value of free enterprise and private initiative -- and reform their economies according to market-oriented principles -- the United States must act to …
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Appointment of Constance Horner as Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel
Appointment of Constance Horner as Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel ID 3340 Date 09/04/1991 The President today announced the appointment of Constance Horner as Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House. She would succeed Charles Untermeyer. Since 1990 Mrs. Horner has served as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to this, Mrs. Horner served as Director of the United States Office of Personnel …
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Nomination of Edward G. Lanpher To Be United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe ID 3341 Date 09/04/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate Edward Gibson Lanpher, of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Zimbabwe. He would succeed J. Steven Rhodes. Currently Mr. Lanpher is serving as deputy chief of mission of the American Embassy, Canberra, Australia. He served as Director …
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Nomination of John F.W. Rogers To Be Under Secretary of State for Management ID 3343 Date 09/04/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate John F.W. Rogers, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Management. He would succeed Ivan Selin. Currently Mr. Rogers is executive vice president for operations of The Oliver Carr Company, 1988 to present. Prior to this, Mr. Rogers served as Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Management (1985 - 1987) and Assistant to the President for …
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Appointment of C. Thomas Burke as Deputy Commissioner of the Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the Panama Canal ID 3351 Date 09/06/1991 The President today announced his intention to appoint C. Thomas Burke, of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of the Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the Panama Canal. He would succeed J. Michael Farrell. Currently Mr. Burke is executive vice president and chief executive officer of Meehan Overseas Terminal in Albany, NY. Prior to this he was …
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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for President Abdou Diouf of Senegal ID 3357 Date 09/10/1991 President Bush. To President and Mrs. Diouf, ladies and gentlemen, a sincere welcome. And on behalf of the United States of America, long known for its fidelity to freedom and human dignity, I am honored to welcome President Diouf, the President of a nation which so clearly echoes those beliefs. A Senegalese proverb says, ``Misunderstandings don't exist; only the failure to communicate exists.'' And, Mr. …