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Statement on Signing the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act ID 3703 Date 12/04/1991 Today I am signing into law H.R. 3394, the ``Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act.'' This bill extends the duration of, and expands the number of tribes participating in, a demonstration project under which tribes plan, consolidate, conduct, and administer certain programs, services, and functions previously provided by the Department of the Interior. This demonstration project has been an …
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Memorandum on Trade With the Republic of Poland ID 3716 Date 12/06/1991 Presidential Determination No. 92 - 8 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Eligibility of the Republic of Poland to be Furnished Defense Articles and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act. Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)), and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. …
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Statement on Signing Legislation To Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Native American Cultural Center ID 3724 Date 12/09/1991 Today I am signing into law H.R. 3370, an Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study and make recommendations to the Congress regarding the feasibility of establishing a Native American cultural center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I am signing this bill notwithstanding a provision that purports to require the Secretary of the Interior to report the results …
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Nomination of Edward Ernest Kubasiewicz To Be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks ID 4180 Date 04/10/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Edward Ernest Kubasiewicz, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce. He would succeed James Edward Denny. Since 1985, Mr. Kubasiewicz has served as Group Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With Prime Minister Jan Olszewski of Poland ID 4184 Date 04/13/1992 The President met for approximately 45 minutes this afternoon with Prime Minister Jan Olszewski of Poland, who is in the United States on a private visit. The President reaffirmed his strong support for the pioneering transformation to democracy and a free market economy in Poland, whose success is all the more important in light of the revolutionary changes farther East. …
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Remarks at a Bush-Quayle Fundraising Dinner in Dearborn, Michigan ID 4186 Date 04/14/1992 Thank you very, very much. And John Engler, thank you, sir, Governor, for that kind introduction. John Engler and I have been side by side in politics for a long time, and I'll tell you, I am mighty proud of the job he is doing as Governor of this great State. You're lucky, and you ought to know it. I might salute your lovely wife, Michelle. He had to go to Texas to find her, but here she is, and we're all for her, …
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Message on the Observance of Passover ID 4188 Date 04/15/1992 Beginning on the evening of April 17, Jews around the Nation and throughout the world will observe Passover, the traditional celebration of the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt. In the Jewish calendar, this holiday is also known as the Feast of the Unleavened Bread and the Festival of Spring. During Passover, a people who have all too often known oppression and persecution will reaffirm their faith in the Divine Judge, who brought them out of Egypt …
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Nomination of G. Kim Wincup To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force ID 4190 Date 04/15/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate G. Kim Wincup, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Research, and Development. He would succeed John J. Welch, Jr. Since 1989, Mr. Wincup has served as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense. From 1984 to 1989, he served as staff director of the House Armed …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Restrictions on Air Traffic To or From Libya ID 4192 Date 04/15/1992 The President has signed an Executive order taking effect at 11:59 p.m. today to implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 748 by imposing additional sanctions on Libya. The Executive order bars any aircraft from landing in, taking off from, or overflying the United States as part of or a continuation of a flight to or from Libya. This prohibition covers legs or continuations of flights as well …
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Radio Address to the Nation on Job Training 2000 ID 4196 Date 04/18/1992 This past week I spent some time in the town of Fraser, Michigan. I met with workers at a major machine tool factory and talked with them and local business leaders about a program I call Job Training 2000. Thursday, I was in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley, one of the first communities to take up our America 2000 crusade to revolutionize this Nation's schools. In Michigan and in Pennsylvania, I announced specific …
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Nomination of Linda Gillespie Stuntz To Be Deputy Secretary of Energy ID 4201 Date 04/20/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Linda Gillespie Stuntz, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy. She would succeed W. Henson Moore. Currently Ms. Stuntz serves as Acting Deputy Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Domestic and International Energy Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Ms. Stuntz has served with the U.S. Department of Energy as Deputy Under Secretary for …
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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Business Leaders ID 4202 Date 04/21/1992 I am very pleased to welcome to the White House this morning 16 senior American business leaders to discuss how the American private sector can help to meet the most important foreign policy challenge that faces us, the transformation of the new States in the former U.S.S.R. from command to market economies and from authoritarian to democratic governments. We are determined to expand the volume of our trade and investment with them. …
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Appointment of Walter H. Kansteiner III as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs ID 4207 Date 04/22/1992 The President today announced the appointment of Walter H. Kansteiner III, of Illinois, to be Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Kansteiner is currently Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council, 1991-present. Mr. Kansteiner was a member of the State Department's policy planning staff from …
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Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the Paper Market Access Agreement With Japan ID 4210 Date 04/23/1992 The President. May I thank Ambassador Kuriyama for being here with us today, Japan's Ambassador to the United States, and also Mike Moskow up here. Everybody knows him, and we're grateful to him for his participation in all of this. Today does mark a milestone for both the United States and Japan, a ceremony representing another step toward our two countries becoming equal partners in trade. The …
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Remarks at the Unveiling Ceremony for the White House Commemorative Stamp ID 4211 Date 04/23/1992 Thank you, Mike, very much, and greetings to all of you. May I greet Edward Horgan and Kenneth Hunter, Associate Postmasters General; Mike, thank you, sir, for the introduction and those remarks; old friend George Haley here, the Chairman of the Postal Rate Commission. And welcome to Peerce Farm, or as we call it nowadays, the White House. George Washington selected this site for the President's house more …
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Nomination of Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to Spain ID 4213 Date 04/23/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador to Spain. He would succeed Joseph Zappala. Currently Mr. Capen serves as a consultant for Knight-Ridder, Inc. Prior to this, he served as vice chairman and director for Knight-Ridder, Inc., in Miami, FL, 1989 - 91; as director of Knight-Ridder, Inc., 1987 - 91; and as chairman and publisher …
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Remarks at the Florida International University Commencement Ceremony in Miami Beach, Florida ID 4220 Date 04/27/1992 Thank you all very much. Thank you, Dr. Maidique, for that wonderful citation, those very kind words. May I salute Elsie Augenblick for the alma mater, Sister Flood for that very moving invocation, Provost Mau for opening the ceremony and presiding over this madhouse. I'm pleased to be here with so many leaders of the State, State legislators, members of the Florida Legislature, so many …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Syria's Lifting of Restrictions on Syrian Jews ID 4221 Date 04/27/1992 We are pleased to have obtained official confirmation from the Syrian Government on Saturday of the lifting of restrictions on travel and disposition of property for the Syrian Jewish community. The Syrian Government has now informed us that, in the aftermath of President Assad's recent meeting with the leaders of Syria's Jewish community, all members of the Syrian Jewish community will be …
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Nomination of Duane Acker To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture ID 4092 Date 03/20/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Duane Acker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Science and Education. He would succeed Charles E. Hess. Currently Dr. Acker serves as Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service and Administrator for International Cooperation and Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prior to this, he served as Assistant to the …
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The President's News Conference With Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany ID 4094 Date 03/22/1992 The President. Chancellor Kohl and I had a very productive discussion on a wide range of the issues that face us in the new era; among them, the American role in Europe, support for the democratic revolutions in Russia and Eastern Europe, and world trade talks. We agreed that NATO remains the bedrock of European peace and there is no substitute for our Atlantic link, anchored by a strong American military …
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Remarks to the National American Wholesale Grocers Association ID 4101 Date 03/24/1992 Boyd, thank you very much for the good news and for the introduction. And let me just say I am very pleased to be here. And I want to salute your leaders: first, Boyd, who did the honors here; Bill Eacho, who's with me; Richard Niemann; and T.C. Godwin. And also, before I get going here, I want to single out a former Cabinet member, Agricultural Secretary Jack Block, who's doing an outstanding job for the common interest …
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Message to the Congress on Environmental Goals ID 4102 Date 03/24/1992 To the Congress of the United States: In 1991 two events set the stage for a new era in history: the West won the Cold War and the United States led a U.N. coalition to roll back aggression in the Middle East. Both watershed events demonstrated the power of sustained international cooperation in pursuit of just and moral causes. They underscored the need for U.S. leadership in a complex, interdependent world. Historic changes are also …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Trade With the Former Soviet Union ID 4113 Date 03/27/1992 The remarkable changes occurring in Russia and the other new States of the former Soviet Union offer the United States Government and the private sector unique opportunities to expand trade with these countries, especially in high-technology areas that have not before been readily available to us. The administration's policy is to actively seek opportunities to acquire goods, services, and technologies from …
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Message to the Senate Transmitting the 1988 Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations ID 4132 Date 04/02/1992 To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the 1988 Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1979), signed on behalf of the United States at Geneva on October 6, 1988, and the United States statement as contained in the Final Protocol. I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report …
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Nomination of Gregori Lebedev To Be Inspector General of the Department of Defense ID 4045 Date 03/10/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Gregori Lebedev, of Virginia, to be Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Defense. He would succeed Susan J. Crawford. Currently Mr. Lebedev serves as president of the consulting firm of New American Ventures Group, Ltd., in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he served as a senior partner and member of the U.S. executive committee of the Hay …
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Remarks to the American Society of Association Executives ID 4050 Date 03/11/1992 Chairman Fondren, fellow Texan, thank you for that introduction. May I salute President Taylor and all the award winners here today. I heard a story about how when Lyndon Baines Johnson moved from the House to the Senate, Jake Pickle and Gene Fondren, then Texas State legislators, flipped a coin to decide who'd run for office and go to Washington. Well, Congressman Pickle's been calling for a rematch ever since. [Laughter] …
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Remarks Prior to Discussions With King Hussein of Jordan ID 4052 Date 03/12/1992 Q. Mr. President, may we ask King Hussein whose side he's on in the latest confrontation with Iraq? The President. We agreed that we weren't going to take any questions, just because we want to get into the business side. I just want to say here, though, I will say this, that I am just delighted to see His Majesty again. For years we've had strong relations with Jordan. We know there were difficulties. He is my friend, and I …
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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 on Arrival in Battle Creek, Michigan ID 4060 Date 03/13/1992 Thank you for the warm welcome on a cold, cold day. And I am delighted to be here, very pleased to be back in this State at the side of our great friend and Governor, John Engler, longtime supporter. And thank you very, very much for this welcome on this cold day. My request is to go to those polls on Tuesday and give me 4 more years to lead this country out of this problem and keep our number one leadership in the world. We are the best. …
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Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One ID 4063 Date 03/16/1992 Iraq Q. Mr. President, exactly what is your approach towards Iraq at this point? There are constant stories about desires to take action, to put carriers -- [inaudible]. Where do you stand now? The President. We stand that we are just insisting in every way we can that Iraq comply with the United Nations resolutions. And I'm not discussing options. All options are open. And we're consulting our allies, as we have in various phases of the …