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Remarks Following Discussions With Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah of Kuwait ID 2269 Date 09/28/1990 The President. Well, it is my great pleasure to welcome His Highness Sheik Jabir Sabah to the United States. His Highness is visiting Washington for the first time. What normally would be a pleasurable occasion instead is a time for sobriety and sorrow. Our meeting has taken place with the backdrop of the tragedy that has been vested on Kuwait and its people by a ruthless and ambitious dictator. Iraqi …
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Remarks on Signing the Executive Order on Historically Black Colleges and Universities ID 370 Date 04/28/1989 First, my respects to our two Secretaries here today, Secretary Cavazos, our Secretary of Education; Secretary Sullivan of HHS; and to our special guests, all of you fit that description; and particularly to the presidents and supporters of a noble educational tradition who honor us with their presence this afternoon. All of you, welcome to the Rose Garden. Graduations are coming up, and I know …
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Remarks on the Arrival of Prime Minister John Major of the United Kingdom at Camp David, Maryland ID 4400 Date 06/06/1992 Prime Minister and Mrs. Major, let me just give you a hearty welcome back to Camp David. Forty-eight years ago today, Ike and Monty, Churchill and FDR, Allied soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, heroes all, forged the greatest armada in the history of man, the D-day invasion. Our goal was a legacy of peace. And to achieve it, we first had to win a war. June 6th, 1944, told the world …
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Remarks on Signing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ID 2108 Date 07/26/1990 Evan, thank you so much. And welcome to every one of you, out there in this splendid scene of hope, spread across the South Lawn of the White House. I want to salute the Members of the United States Congress, the House and the Senate who are with us today -- active participants in making this day come true. This is, indeed, an incredible day -- especially for the thousands of people across the Nation who have given so …
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Remarks Following Discussions With President Turgut Ozal of Turkey ID 2254 Date 09/25/1990 President Bush. It has been a very great pleasure for me, and all of us -- American side -- to welcome President Ozal to the White House. And on behalf of every American, Mr. President, I salute your leadership and your courage. Our talks today have been most cordial and constructive, as befits good friends, and marked by respect and total candor, as befits allies and equal partners. Our two nations have been …
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Remarks and an Informal Exchange With Reporters Following a Meeting With Administration Officials ID 246 Date 03/28/1989 The President. Well, let me just say that we've had a very good meeting here, and I've asked the Secretary of Transportation, Sam Skinner; Mr. Reilly, who's the head of the EPA; and the Commandant of the Coast Guard [Adm. Paul A. Yost] -- all three of whom are here with us now -- to go up to Alaska to take a hard look at where this disaster stands. There are many Federal agencies …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Creation of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary ID 4456 Date 06/18/1992 As outlined in his FY 1993 budget, the President authorized the creation of the Nation's largest marine sanctuary off Monterey, CA, and approved a strict management regime including a permanent ban on oil and gas development for the area, which includes a wide variety of pristine habitats. The 5,312 square mile area proposed by the President was the largest option studied. With …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect to Iran ID 5082 Date 11/10/1992 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I hereby report to the Congress on developments since the last Presidential report on May 14, 1992, concerning the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order No. 12170 of November 14, 1979, and matters relating to Executive Order No. 12613 of October 29, 1987. This report is submitted pursuant to section 204(c) of the …
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Remarks at a Meeting of the American Society of Association Executives ID 2745 Date 02/27/1991 Thank you very, very much. And what a wonderful reception. And I interpret that, I think properly, the same way I interpreted the applause at the State of the Union message: as strong support for those men and women that are serving our country overseas. And now the war is almost over, and I think we owe them a vote of thanks, and I think I heard it right now. So, thank you, Bill, and I'm just delighted to be …
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Radio Address to the Nation on the National Day of Prayer ID 2673 Date 02/02/1991 At this moment, America, the finest, most loving nation on Earth, is at war, at war against the oldest enemy of the human spirit: evil that threatens world peace. At this moment, men and women of courage and endurance stand on the harsh desert and sail the seas of the Gulf. By their presence they're bearing witness to the fact that the triumph of the moral order is the vision that compels us. At this moment, those of us here …
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Statement on Signing the Bill Amending the Clean Air Act ID 2436 Date 11/15/1990 Today I am signing S. 1630, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act. I take great pleasure in signing S. 1630 as a demonstration to the American people of my determination that each and every American shall breathe clean air. In July of 1989, I sent to the Congress a proposal to amend the Clean Air Act of 1970. My proposal was designed to improve our ability to control urban smog and reduce automobile and air toxic emissions, and to …
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Paris Economic Summit: Declaration on Human Rights ID 690 Date 07/15/1989 In 1789, the rights of man and of the citizen were solemnly proclaimed. Just over forty years ago, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which have been further developed and codified and are now embodied in the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. We reaffirm our commitment to freedom, democratic principles and human rights. We …
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Statement on the Anniversary of the Suppression of the Demonstrations at Tiananmen Square ID 1959 Date 06/04/1990 One year ago, as China commenced the brutal suppression of peaceful demonstrators around Tiananmen Square, I deeply deplored the decision to use force. Two days later, on June 5, I again deplored the violence, emphasizing that the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square were advocating basic human rights, including freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and freedom of association. These are …
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Remarks Announcing the Resignation of William J. Bennett as Director of National Drug Control Policy and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters ID 2414 Date 11/08/1990 The President. I am announcing today that Bill Bennett, America's first Director of the Office of National Drug Policy, has offered his resignation and, with much regret, I have accepted it. His decision to return to private life is obviously welcome news to his family, but there is no doubt that his energetic contributions to public …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Multilateral Export Controls ID 3027 Date 05/24/1991 Last evening, the United States and sixteen Western allies agreed in Paris to implement a new system of export controls for dual-use goods and technologies with significant military applications. The agreement brings to a close a major review of allied East-West export control policy initiated in January 1990, in response to the President's call upon the member states of the Coordinating Committee for …
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White House Fact Sheet on Proposed Legislation on Food Safety and Pesticides ID 1096 Date 10/26/1989 In order to improve the Federal Government's ability to protect American consumers and the environment from potential dangers posed by the use of pesticide chemicals, President Bush today proposed a comprehensive program to enhance food safety for all Americans. The President's plan calls for major revisions to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and to the Federal Food, Drug and …
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Remarks to the Asian-Pacific Community in Fountain Valley, California ID 3102 Date 06/16/1991 Thank you all very, very much. Senator Seymour, first of all, thank you, sir. Senator Seymour, a brand-new Senator doing a first-class job for California and for the United States. I had the pleasure to support him, endorse him, and I'm glad to be introduced by him. And let me single out other Members of Congress: Dana Rohrabacher is here with me. All of you know him, and you should if you don't. Bob Dornan, my …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Export Control Initiatives ID 2558 Date 12/13/1990 The President has approved a series of export control initiatives that reflect changing strategic concerns of the United States. These include a package of procedural reforms to streamline and clarify export license processing, while enhancing our export controls to stem the spread of missile technology and nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. The President also decided a number of pending …
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Toasts at the State Dinner for President Francesco Cossiga of Italy ID 1038 Date 10/11/1989 President Bush. Mr. President, welcome. Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to renew our friendship and to return the hospitality that we've felt on every one of our visits to your country. And it's a great honor to host a man who has held almost every high office that Italy has to offer. If I took the time to list every single job you've held, the dinner would be cold and out of date. [Laughter] …
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Teleconference Remarks With the American Gas Association ID 3546 Date 10/28/1991 The President. Mike, thank you very much, and thank you for those goods words. And may I salute your chairman, Bill McCormick, the incoming chairman, Dick Farman. And I am delighted to be able to join you by satellite in San Diego at the 73d annual conference of the American Gas Association. I'd like to talk to you today about our energy future, about America's energy future: The indispensable foundation for the goods we …
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Remarks at a Fundraising Reception for Senatorial Candidate Claudine Schneider in Warwick, Rhode Island ID 1236 Date 11/20/1989 Thank you, Claudine. What a welcome! Thank you. I'm very, very pleased to be back here. Thank you, Claudine and Ed -- Governor Ed DiPrete, the outstanding Governor of this great State -- who I want to see reelected very, very badly. So, do your part on that one. And Ron -- you guys sit down now. And you can't sit down, so eat your heart out, out there. [Laughter] Ron Machtley -- …
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Address to the Nation Commemorating Veterans Day ID 3605 Date 11/09/1991 At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the guns fell silent and the First World War came to an end. Ever since, Americans have set aside November 11th to honor our veterans, our heroes, whose footsteps set the pace of freedom's march. From the fiery birth of our Nation to freedom's latest triumph in the Persian Gulf, America's veterans have always answered the call and given their all whenever freedom was …
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Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty ID 262 Date 04/04/1989 Your Excellencies and fellow citizens, 40 years ago today, some of the most accomplished and farsighted statesmen of their or any other generation -- men such as Robert Schuman and Lester Pearson, Paul-Henri Spaak, Dean Acheson, Ernest Bevin -- gathered here in Washington under the watchful eye of Harry Truman to take an historic step. They signed a solemn declaration of collective security, a …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Fiscal Year 1991 Budget ID 1482 Date 01/29/1990 To the Congress of the United States: I have the honor to present the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 1991. The American economy is now in its eighth consecutive year of expansion and growth. It is essential that the growth of the economy continue and increase in the future. The budget is designed to achieve that goal. The budget has five broad themes: Investing in Our Future -- With an eye …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on Panamanian Government Assets Held by the United States ID 2366 Date 10/27/1990 To the Congress of the United States: 1. I hereby report to the Congress on developments since the last Presidential report of April 30, 1990, concerning the national emergency with respect to Panama. This report is submitted pursuant to section 207(d) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1706(d). 2. On April 5, 1990, I issued Executive Order No. 12710, …
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Message to the Congress Reporting on the Transfer of Panamanian Governmen Assets Held By the United States ID 1827 Date 04/30/1990 To the Congress of the United States: 1. I hereby report to the Congress on developments since the last Presidential report of October 19, 1989, concerning the national emergency with respect to Panama that was declared in Executive Order No. 12635 of April 8, 1988. This report is submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and …
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Message to the Congress Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect to Iran ID 4312 Date 05/14/1992 To the Congress of the United States: I hereby report to the Congress on developments since the last Presidential report on November 13, 1991, concerning the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order No. 12170 of November 14, 1979, and matters relating to Executive Order No. 12613 of October 29, 1987. This report is submitted pursuant to section 204(c) of the …
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Message to the Congress Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect to Iran ID 1877 Date 05/14/1990 To the Congress of the United States: I hereby report to the Congress on developments since the last report of November 14, 1989, concerning the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order No. 12170, dated November 14, 1979, and matters relating to Executive Order No. 12613 of October 29, 1987. This report is submitted pursuant to section 204(c) of the International …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect to Iran ID 3042 Date 05/30/1991 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I hereby report to the Congress on developments since my last report of November 29, 1990, concerning the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order No. 12170 of November 14, 1979, and matters relating to Executive Order No. 12613 of October 29, 1987. This report is submitted pursuant to section 204(c) of the International …
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Remarks at the Dedication of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ID 3506 Date 10/15/1991 Thank you all very much. Thank you, Senator D'Amato. Please be seated, all of you. And Barbara and I are just delighted to be with you here today. Mr. Speaker, honored to have you here, sir. I understand that Senator Mitchell was here, had to leave. Senator Pell is with us. And, of course, your friend and mine, Al D'Amato, who's out there on the firing line day in and day out on behalf of our law enforcement …