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Remarks to the Community in Dover, Delaware ID 4911 Date 10/05/1992 The President. Thank you very, very much. Thank you, Governor Castle. Hey, listen, you've got an outstanding Governor, one of the greatest in the United States, and he's going to make an outstanding Member of the United States Congress, too. Before I get started here may I single out all these marvelous bands, the -- [applause] -- just a minute, you guys -- Caesar Rodney High School Band and their show choir, the Dover High School Band and …
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Proclamation 6371 -- National Women Veterans Recognition Week, 1991 ID 3612 Date 11/12/1991 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Earlier this year, some 35,000 American service women played highly visible roles in ensuring the success of our military operations in the Persian Gulf. While we celebrate their outstanding contributions -- and those of their counterparts here at home and at bases around the world -- we do well to remember that women have been an invaluable part of the …
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Statement on Signing the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 ID 4057 Date 03/12/1992 Today I am signing into law H.R. 2092, the ``Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991,'' because of my strong and continuing commitment to advancing respect for and protection of human rights throughout the world. The United States must continue its vigorous efforts to bring the practice of torture and other gross abuses of human rights to an end wherever they occur. I regret that the legislation proposed by the …
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Remarks Upon Signing the Bill Implementing the Bipartisan Accord on Central America ID 330 Date 04/18/1989 Please be seated. And distinguished leaders of the Congress here today, my thanks for joining us. Four weeks ago, for the first time in many years, the President and Congress, the Democratic and Republican leadership in the House and Senate, spoke with one voice about Central America. And by signing a bipartisan accord on Central America, we joined hands for the good of that troubled region, and by …
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The President's News Conference ID 229 Date 03/24/1989 The President. Well, let me first welcome the congressional leadership -- Speaker, majority leader, and Senator Dole, Senator Michel, Congressman Foley -- to the White House. In my Inaugural Address, I advocated a bipartisan foreign policy; and today we, the Executive and the Congress, Republicans and Democrats, will be speaking with one voice on an extremely important foreign policy issue: Central America. We've signed today in the Cabinet Room a …
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Remarks on Arrival in Blountville, Tennessee ID 4868 Date 09/29/1992 The President. You know, Naomi says this is the first time that she's introduced a President. But look at it this way, this is the first time I've ever been introduced by such a wonderful person, Naomi Judd. And I'm just pleased to have her with us on Air Force One. You know, lest you didn't know it, we have a great Secretary of Education, as Secretary, Lamar Alexander, a former Governor of this State. I'm very proud to be with him. And …
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Remarks on Signing Soviet-United States Bilateral Agreements ID 1936 Date 06/01/1990 President Bush. President Gorbachev, again, welcome to the White House. Mr. President, you and I set a course 6 months ago off the island nation of Malta. And at that time we agreed on an agenda, much of which was completed for this week's summit. Of course, our Malta agenda remains unfinished, but we've made great progress in the last 6 months and in the last 2 days. We're about to sign agreements concerning many areas of …
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Toasts at a Dinner Hosted by President Bush in Moscow ID 3257 Date 07/31/1991 President Bush. Welcome, President and Mrs. Gorbachev, President Yeltsin, President Nazarbayev, President Ter-Petrozyan, Mayor Popov -- so many distinguished guests. I just want to welcome you here to Spaso House, and I am delighted to have you to this American home in Moscow in the hope of repaying, at least in some very small way, the warmth of the hospitality that's been shown to us by the Soviet people and by many of you in …
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Remarks at a Bush-Quayle Fundraising Luncheon in New York City ID 3618 Date 11/12/1991 Lou, thank you very much. My heavens, what a wonderful job you've done and these chairmen have done on this dinner. To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, I'm touched at this warm reception but not half as touched as all of you have been. [Laughter] I'll tell you, this is a wonderful, wonderful sendoff for us, and I am very grateful to you. I want to salute Rabbi Balkany and the Harlem Boys Choir, favorites of Barbara's and …
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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony in San Jose, Costa Rica ID 1100 Date 10/27/1989 Mr. President, thank you, sir. And it is a great pleasure for me to be here and to greet all who are here to celebrate democracy in Costa Rica. Gathered before us is one of the wonderful traditions of this great country: the tradition of greeting foreign visitors not with the guns of military salutes but with the cheers of those schoolchildren. And I think you have another marvelous institution, that is a band that can play …
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Letter Accepting the Resignation of Samuel K. Skinner as Secretary of Transportation ID 3754 Date 12/13/1991 Dear Sam: I regret that the Department of Transportation will no longer have the benefit of your dynamic leadership, but I am delighted that you have agreed to continue to serve in my Administration as Chief of Staff. Your hard work as Secretary of Transportation has produced a long list of remarkable accomplishments. You developed a comprehensive statement of National Transportation Policy, which …
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Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Richard Harrison Truly To Be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ID 298 Date 04/12/1989 The President. Mr. Vice President and distinguished Members of the Congress and Admiral Truly and Dr. Fletcher and Dale Myers and NASA officials: today I'm pleased to announce my intention to nominate Admiral Dick Truly to serve as the Administrator of NASA. This marks the first time in its distinguished history that NASA will be led by a hero of its …
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Joint Russian-American Declaration on Defense Conversion ID 4446 Date 06/17/1992 The United States of America and the Russian Federation recognize that defense conversion is a key challenge of the post Cold War era and essential for building a democratic peace. Both parties realize the hardships involved in defense conversion efforts. But the parties realize, too, that the successful conversion of resources no longer needed for defense is in the long-term economic and national security interests of their …
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Remarks on Signing the Executive Order Establishing the National Space Council ID 341 Date 04/20/1989 The President. Well, to the Members of Congress here and Members of the Joint Chiefs, distinguished guests, thank you. It's a great pleasure to be here on an occasion of this nature. And I want to thank all of you for being here. You're helping to fulfill a promise that I made 18 months ago in Huntsville, Alabama, at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. I pledged then, and I'm proud now, to …
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Proclamation 6368 -- National American Indian Heritage Month, 1991 ID 3567 Date 10/30/1991 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation During our annual observance of National American Indian Heritage Month, we celebrate and study the rich history and folklore of America's native peoples. Long before this country was settled by immigrants from around the world, it was the home of generations of Native Americans. Each of the many different tribes that inhabited this vast country had a …
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Proclamation 6387 -- Federal Civilian Employees Remembrance Day, 1991 ID 3695 Date 12/03/1991 By The President of the United States of America A Proclamation The fact that it shattered the stillness of a Sunday morning, a time when millions of Americans were preparing to attend church services or to enjoy the quiet of their homes, only compounded the shock, grief, and outrage of our Nation. At 7:55 a.m. on December 7, 1941, naval air forces of the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet attacked United States …
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Excerpts of White House Fact Sheets on Soviet-United States Scientific and Commercial Agreements ID 1933 Date 05/31/1990 Ocean Studies Agreement Provides for a broad range of oceanographic research cooperation, use of port facilities in each other's countries, and far-reaching scientific exchanges. Intellectual property rights (IPR) provisions are included. Results of joint studies will be published openly. Shared use of research vessels will result in substantial savings for both sides. Expanded Civil …
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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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Toasts at the State Dinner for President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union ID 1934 Date 05/31/1990 President Bush. Friends and distinguished guests, and especially President and Mrs. Gorbachev, Barbara and I are delighted to welcome you to the White House to share bread and salt with us on this special evening. We're now nearing the end of a momentous day, the first of 4 in this Washington summit. And tomorrow, Mr. President, comes the moment that so many have been waiting for, a day when expectations …
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Remarks to Members of the Senior Executive Service ID 19 Date 01/26/1989 Mr. Vice President, thank you for that very warm welcome. Mr. Vice President and members of the Cabinet and designees and ladies and gentlemen: Let me first recognize especially the recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award who are with us here today. And it's great to be here with all of you, the men and women whom I regard as certainly among America's finest. You're the first group that I am addressing as President …
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Appendix D -- Acts Approved by the President ID 5149 Date 12/31/1992 H.R. 4095 / Public Law 102 - 244 To increase the number of weeks for which benefits are payable under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, and for other purposes Approved February 14 H.R. 1989 / Public Law 102 - 245 American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 Approved February 18 S. 1415 / Public Law 102 - 246 To provide for additional membership on the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes Approved …
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Toasts at the State Dinner for President `Ali `Abdallah Salih of the Yemen Arab Republic ID 1467 Date 01/24/1990 President Bush. Mr. President, Barbara and I are delighted to welcome you to the White House. And as I told you earlier today, we have many fond memories of that fascinating visit to Yemen almost 4 years ago. All of us here tonight recognize President Salih as a man of extraordinary accomplishment -- a man who served his nation as a soldier and as a statesman, a man who's led his country at a …
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Statement on Actions to Support Democracy in Cuba ID 4197 Date 04/18/1992 I am strongly committed to actions that will bring rapid, peaceful, democratic change to Cuba. My administration has pursued an effective policy of economic and political isolation of the Castro regime. We urge all democratic governments to join us. No nation should help bankroll this dictatorship. Aid to the Castro regime will prolong Castro's hold on Cuba and prolong the misery and suffering of the Cuban people. Today we are closer …
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Remarks at the State Dinner for Drug Summit Participants in San Antonio ID 3994 Date 02/26/1992 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: Barbara and I are honored to have you join us here tonight. It is a particular pleasure to welcome to the United States our good friends and our neighbors from Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela. I am delighted that we've gathered in my home State, Secretary Baker's home State of Texas, with our Governor here, the Mayor of this city here, in this gracious …
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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union ID 1931 Date 05/31/1990 President Bush. Friends and distinguished guests, welcome to all of you, especially our guests from the Soviet Union. It is my great honor to welcome to the White House the President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Mr. President, just over a year ago I said that the United States wanted to move beyond containment in its relations with the Soviet Union toward a new era, an era of enduring …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report on Environmental Quality ID 1962 Date 06/06/1990 To the Congress of the United States: The people of this country share a deeply rooted love and concern for the environment. We have been blessed with a wealth of natural resources that enrich our physical and spiritual lives, and throughout our history we have recognized our responsibility to protect those resources for the generations to come. Even as the pioneers traveled west to civilize a wild and …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Savings and Loan Financing Legislation ID 442 Date 05/22/1989 Dear XXXXX: I am writing to secure the assistance of the House leadership in resolving the current crisis in the savings and loan industry. At present, several hundred insolvent savings and loans cannot be permanently restructured or closed without passage of new legislation. As Secretary Brady has indicated, each day's delay adds more than million to the cost of this enormous problem. Delay also jeopardizes …
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Remarks to Officers and Troops at Hickam Air Force Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii ID 2369 Date 10/28/1990 The President. Thank you, Admiral Hardisty. Please be seated. And thank each and every one of you for joining us here today -- and for joining in the defense of freedom every day. You know, I'm proud to be back here at Pearl and proud to be back as your Commander in Chief and proud to be back standing up for fighting men and women like you that serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. We have …
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Message to the Congress Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect to Export Controls ID 4120 Date 03/31/1992 To the Congress of the United States: 1. On September 30, 1990, in Executive Order No. 12730, I declared a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (``IEEPA'') (50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq.) to deal with the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States caused by the lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Offsets in Military Exports ID 1756 Date 04/16/1990 The President announced today his policy on offsets in military exports. This responds to the requirement under the FY 1989 National Defense Authorization Act, section 825, 10 U.S.C. 2505. The President stated that the United States Government is committed to the principles of free and fair trade. Consequently, the United States Government views certain offsets for military exports as economically inefficient and …