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Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With State and Local Officials in Los Angeles ID 4362 Date 05/29/1992 Q. Sir, why do you think you're running third in recent California polls? The President. Hey, John [John Cochran, NBC News], we're not taking any questions today. Q. No? The President. This is a nonpolitical visit. I've heard some very encouraging news about Federal cooperation and working with the State, localities, private sector. And I'm out here to try to follow up on a visit to see if we …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With the Sheriff's Youth Athletic League in Los Angeles ID 4364 Date 05/29/1992 The President. Hey, you Dodgers, good to see you all. Sheriff Block, may I salute. Did you all meet the Governor of this State? Some of you have probably seen him. Where is Governor Wilson? There he is, right there. Let me tell you all something. I've known Sheriff Block for a long time, long time, and probably before some of you all were born. But I have great respect for him. And …
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Remarks at a Texas Victory '92 Fundraising Dinner in Dallas, Texas ID 4371 Date 05/30/1992 Thank you for that wonderfully warm introduction, Senator, and I am just delighted to be at your side. I won't rave about Phil Gramm; we know what kind of Senator we have. But as I listen to him on the floor of the Senate from time to time, as I see him in action up there, I am absolutely convinced that with his leadership now of this Senate campaign committee which is taking him all across the country, and then …
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Statement on the Conclusion of the Presidential Primary Season ID 4377 Date 06/02/1992 When the votes are counted tonight, millions of American voters will have participated in primaries, caucuses, and conventions from New Hampshire to California. This is a uniquely important election year for our country, and I commend every American, Republican, Democrat, or independent, who has made their voice heard by attending a caucus, casting a ballot, or signing a petition. As November approaches, I believe there …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on International Sanctions Against Iraq ID 4380 Date 06/02/1992 Dear Mr. Chairman: Enclosed is an unclassified report on sanctions taken by other nations against Iraq as required by section 586J(c) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101 - 513). Sincerely, George Bush Note: Identical letters were sent to Robert C. Byrd, chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; Jamie L. …
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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Leaders of the House of Representatives ID 4383 Date 06/03/1992 Q. Mr. President, why is it that so many people like Mr. Perot? The President. Let me tell you what we're talking about today. We're talking about the balanced budget amendment. Going over a little history, the balanced budget amendment proposal is the first one as President that I sent up to the Congress, and it is time to pass it. I think here's something that we can do. This is a bipartisan meeting, and I am …
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Presidential Determination No. 92 - 32 -- Memorandum on Trade With Angola ID 4389 Date 06/03/1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Determination Under Section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended: People's Republic of Angola Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 2(b)(2)(C) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended (the Act), 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(2)(C), I hereby determine that the People's Republic of Angola has ceased to be a Marxist-Leninist country …
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Nomination of Kenneth L. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Ghana ID 4391 Date 06/04/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Kenneth L. Brown, of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Ghana. He would succeed Raymond Charles Ewing. Currently Mr. Brown serves as Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. From 1987 to 1989, he served as Deputy Assistant …
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Nomination of Mary Jo Jacobi To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce ID 4403 Date 06/08/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Mary Jo Jacobi, of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs. She would succeed Craig R. Helsing. Since 1990, Ms. Jacobi has served as senior vice president at Group Public Affairs USA for the HSBC Group and all its U.S. operations, including Marine Midland Bank in New York, NY. Since 1985, she has …
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Exchange With Reporters Following the News Conference in San Antonio ID 4000 Date 02/27/1992 Tax Legislation Q. Do you think the tooth fairy is watching over that tax package? The President. What? Something about a -- -- Q. Tooth fairy. Watched over the Democrats' tax package. Secretary Baker. Taxes? State. Treasury is taxes. [Laughter] Q. A great line, but never gotten it on the air. This is intense. [Laughter] But it's really unsatisfactory? The President. Put me down as dissatisfied, yes. Terrible. It's …
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Nomination of Wayne A. Budd To Be Associate Attorney General ID 4007 Date 02/27/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Wayne A. Budd, of Massachusetts, to be Associate Attorney General. He would succeed Francis Anthony Keating II. Currently Mr. Budd serves as a U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts in Boston, MA. From 1969 to 1989, he served with the law firm of Budd, Wiley Richlin in Boston, MA, most recently as the senior partner. Mr. Budd graduated from Boston College …
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Remarks to the Associated General Contractors of America in Dallas, Texas ID 4011 Date 02/29/1992 Thank you all. Pleased be seated. And Marvin, thank you, sir, for your warm welcome, for your wonderful support, for being an outstanding leader of the AGC. And may I salute -- although you are not officially in the lame duck status yet -- [laughter] -- several more months to go -- may I also salute Robins Jackson over here, who will be your successor and I'm sure will do a good job as well. I am delighted to …
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Remarks at a Bush-Quayle Fundraising Dinner in Miami, Florida ID 4027 Date 03/04/1992 Thank you all. Please be seated. And Zach, Dr. Zachariah, thank you, sir, for that wonderful introduction, for all you do, and I am very, very grateful to you. I want to thank Father Murphy for his thoughtful invocation; the national finance chairman, you met Bobby Holt; but the national finance cochairman, my old friend Alec Courtelis; and another good longtime friend, Jack Laughery; to our campaign manager in Florida, …
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Remarks to Federal Express Employees in Memphis, Tennessee ID 4030 Date 03/05/1992 Thank you so very much. Thank you so much for that enthusiastic welcome. And thank you to my friend Howard Baker, one of the great leaders in the United States Senate in all of its history. Thank you for the introduction, Howard. And may I salute Congressman Don Sundquist, who has been at my side in the political wars, a good friend, a great Congressman. And I'm delighted to be here at Federal Express, 1990 Malcolm Baldrige …
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White House Statement on the Establishment of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research ID 4317 Date 05/15/1992 The President today announced that the United States has joined 10 other countries of the Americas in signing an agreement that will formally establish an Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. The Institute will bring together the resources and capabilities needed to address important issues of global change in the Western Hemisphere. The agreement was signed this …
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Remarks at a Bush-Quayle Fundraising Luncheon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ID 4318 Date 05/15/1992 Thank you very much, and thanks to all of you. Elsie, you are fantastic. Thank you for that introduction. Let me quickly thank the Scouts, those that did the Pledge of Allegiance. May I thank also Susan, who did the anthem. It's tough to get up there, not a note, and sing ``The Star-Spangled Banner.'' I thought she was great. Great treat to see Mr. Fred Rogers, who did the invocation. We Bush family are his …
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Joint Declaration With President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan ID 4326 Date 05/19/1992 Declaration on U.S.-Kazakhstan Relations At the conclusion of this important meeting, we -- the President of the United States and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan -- have resolved to develop friendly, cooperative relations between our countries and peoples, and to work together to strengthen international peace and stability. Kazakhstan and the United States favor an early ratification and implementation …
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Message to the Congress Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect to Chemical and Biological Weapons Proliferation ID 4334 Date 05/20/1992 To the Congress of the United States: On November 16, 1990, in light of the dangers of the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons, I issued Executive Order No. 12735 and declared a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq.). The proliferation of chemical and biological weapons continues to pose an …
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Presidential Determination No. 92 - 26 -- Memorandum on Trade With Albania ID 4335 Date 05/20/1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Determination Under Section 402(c)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974, as Amended -- Albania Pursuant to section 402(c)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2432(c)(2)(A)), I determine that a waiver by Executive order of the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act with respect to Albania will substantially …
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Presidential Determination No. 92 - 27 -- Memorandum Certifying Ethiopia for United States Assistance ID 4344 Date 05/26/1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Determination and Certification Under Section 8 of the Horn of Africa Recovery and Food Security Act: Ethiopia Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 8 of the Horn of Africa Recovery and Food Security Act (Public Law 102 - 274; 106 Stat. 115), I hereby determine and certify that the Government of Ethiopia: (1) has begun to …
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Appointment of Eric D.K. Melby as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs ID 4350 Date 05/27/1992 The President today announced the appointment of Eric D.K. Melby as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for International Economic Affairs on the National Security Council staff. Mr. Melby has served as Director for International Economic Affairs on the NSC staff since September 1987. Prior to joining the NSC staff, he served as Special …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees in Yugoslavia and the Caucasus ID 4354 Date 05/28/1992 The United States will contribute million for humanitarian assistance to refugees and displaced people in the former Yugoslavia and million for humanitarian assistance to victims of conflicts in the Caucasus region of the former Soviet Union. This includes the new Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The situation in the Yugoslav former republics has created the …
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Nomination of Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton To Be an Assistant Secretary of State ID 4355 Date 05/28/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton, of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security. He would succeed Sheldon J. Krys. Since 1989, Ambassador Quainton has served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Peru. Prior to this, he served as Deputy …
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Nomination of Henry Lee Clarke To Be United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan ID 4356 Date 05/28/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Henry Lee Clarke, of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Uzbekistan. Since 1989, Mr. Clarke has served as Economic Counselor of the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the …
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Statement on Presidential Primary Victories ID 4047 Date 03/10/1992 To the voters who gave us their overwhelming support today, Barbara and I say thank you. We are especially grateful to those who have given so much of their time and energy to our cause. Because of your efforts, we are winners again tonight. As a party and a Nation, let us turn our attention to our future. We must focus on the complex task of job creation in this country. Congress must act on my economic stimulus plan. We need action on …
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Remarks at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Andrew H. Card, Jr., as Secretary of Transportation ID 4048 Date 03/11/1992 Thank you, Admiral, and all of you. And I feel just as excited as you do about this occasion. May I thank Reverend Keller for those stirring words, as well as the Coast Guard band and the Hine Junior High chorus. And I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and the Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. We have a nice contingent from Massachusetts led by our …
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Remarks at a Bush-Quayle Fundraising Dinner in Chicago ID 4067 Date 03/16/1992 Thank you very much, Jim Edgar. And Brenda, thank you for being here. And may I say how very lucky I am to have Jim Edgar heading my campaign here in this so important State. He's doing a superb job as your Governor, and I'm lucky to have him as our chairman. And there are a lot of Members of Congress here, I think. Bob Dornan, I'm very pleased that Congressman Dornan could be here, winning the long-distance award. Bob …
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Nomination of Betty Jo Nelsen To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture ID 4069 Date 03/16/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Betty Jo Nelsen, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Food and Consumer Services and a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation. She would succeed Catherine Ann Bertini. Currently Ms. Nelsen serves as Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Poland-United States Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement ID 4074 Date 03/17/1992 To the Congress of the United States: I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to sections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)), the text of a proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy with accompanying annex and agreed minute. …
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Appointment of Joshua B. Bolten as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs ID 4079 Date 03/18/1992 The President today announced his intention to appoint Joshua B. Bolten, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. He would succeed Stephen T. Hart, who will be joining the Department of Transportation as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Industry Liaison. Since 1989, Mr. Bolten has served …