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The President's News Conference in Tokyo ID 84 Date 02/25/1989 The President. I have had an extremely useful set of meetings with leaders familiar with the problems and prospects of the major geographic areas of the world. And as all of you are aware, international affairs have entered an extraordinarily interesting period, a period of fluidity in which several regional problems -- Afghanistan, Cambodia, Angola, the Middle East, to name just a few -- have renewed prospect for resolution. Many of the …
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Statement on the United Nations Human Rights Commission Report on Cuba ID 93 Date 02/27/1989 I wish to express my support for the U.N. Human Rights Commission's report on human rights in Cuba. We find the report full, balanced, and objective. Consideration of Cuba marks a watershed in the U.N. treatment of human rights abuses. For too long, the U.N. has focused on small countries which lack extensive support within the organization. Many of those countries today are either functioning democracies or have …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters Following a Cabinet Meeting ID 94 Date 02/28/1989 Bookstore Bombings The President. I have a brief statement. But lest there be any confusion about this occasion, this is what we called a modified press availability, unlike a photo op in which I do not take questions and will not take questions. So, this is a change, and I've explained this and asked the indulgence of our Cabinet, with whom we've just had an opportunity to brief and to talk about the …
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Nomination of Mary Sheila Gall To Be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services ID 97 Date 02/28/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Mary Sheila Gall to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (Human Development Services). She would succeed Sydney J. Olson. Since 1987 Miss Gall has been Chair of the President's Task Force on Adoption, and Counselor to the Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management, 1986 - present. Prior to this she was …
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Appointment of Debra Rae Anderson as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs ID 98 Date 02/28/1989 The President today announced his intention to appoint Debra Rae Anderson as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. Since January 1977 Miss Anderson has been a State representative in the South Dakota House of Representatives. In that capacity, she has served as speaker of the house, assistant majority whip, …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Reports on Highway and Motor Vehicle Safety ID 99 Date 02/28/1989 To the Congress of the United States: The Highway Safety Act and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, both enacted in 1966, initiated a national effort to reduce traffic deaths and injuries and require annual reports on the administration of the Acts. This is the 21st year that these reports have been prepared. The report on motor vehicle safety includes the annual reporting …
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Nomination of John R. Bolton To Be an Assistant Secretary of State ID 106 Date 02/28/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate John R. Bolton to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs). He would succeed Richard Salisbury Williamson. Since 1988 Mr. Bolton has been Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division at the Department of Justice. Prior to this, he was Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legislative Affairs at the Department of Justice, …
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Nomination of Bernard William Aronson To Be an Assistant Secretary of State ID 107 Date 02/28/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Bernard William Aronson to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Inter-American Affairs). He would succeed Elliott Abrams. Mr. Aronson is founder and director of the Policy Project, a consulting firm headquartered in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was director of policy for the Democratic National Committee, 1981 - 1983, and director of the Democratic …
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Nomination of William Pelham Barr To Be an Assistant Attorney General ID 113 Date 03/02/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate William Pelham Barr to be an Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Counsel). He would succeed Douglas W. Kmiec. Since 1985 Mr. Barr has been a partner with the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts Trowbridge in Washington, DC, and an associate, 1983 - 1985. Prior to this he was Deputy Assistant Director for Legal Policy in the Office of Policy Development …
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Nomination of Anthony Joseph Principi To Be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs ID 120 Date 03/06/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Anthony Joseph Principi to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs at the Veterans Administration. This is a new position. Mr. Principi has been Republican chief counsel and staff director of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1984 - 1988. He was majority chief counsel and staff director for Senator Alan K. Simpson, 1984 - 1986, and Deputy …
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The President's News Conference ID 123 Date 03/07/1989 The President. Well, as you know, we got canceled out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington today. And so, I thought it might be an opportune moment to stay indoors, take a few questions. The Lancaster trip has been rescheduled for the 22d of March; and I look forward to going there, talking to the people, and really discussing that community participation in drugs. I want to take this opportunity to restate my belief that free collective …
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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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Toasts at a State Dinner Honoring President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak of Egypt ID 270 Date 04/04/1989 President Bush. Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor to welcome the President and First Lady of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States. And it's a pleasure for me to greet an old friend and colleague as one of my first visitors to the White House and to this, our first dinner in the State Dining Room. These last 2 days have been productive, a time for seeking common ground in approaching the peace …
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White House Fact Sheet on Proposed Educational Excellence Legislation ID 273 Date 04/05/1989 The President outlined today a program for fostering excellence in education. The need for reform is evident: America is in an increasingly competitive world, where investment in people, in human capital, is becoming a critical factor in a country's potential for economic growth and prosperity. Many of our young people are performing well below their capacity and below the levels of young people in other countries …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Polish Roundtable Accords ID 275 Date 04/05/1989 Seven years ago, Americans lit candles in support of Poland's freedom in the hope that darkness of repression would someday be lifted. Today Solidarity signed accords which will lead to its relegalization and which will allow it to resume its rightful place in Polish life. This is a great day for the Polish people and for freedom. The discussions have been long and arduous. We welcome the roundtable accords and …
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Appointment of Mary McClure as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs ID 282 Date 04/06/1989 The President today announced the appointment of Mary McClure to be Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs with responsibility for liaison with State legislators. Senator McClure was elected to the State senate of South Dakota in 1974. She was the first woman to serve as senate president pro tempore, as well as national chairman for the Council of State …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on President Bush's Meeting With President-Elect Alfredo Cristiani of El Salvador ID 287 Date 04/07/1989 President Bush met with Salvadoran President-elect Alfredo Cristiani and Vice President-elect Francisco Merino in the Oval Office for 30 minutes today. The President again congratulated Mr. Cristiani for his first-round electoral victory on March 19. The President said he looked forward to establishing the same sort of working relationship that he and President …
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Remarks on Signing the National Volunteer Week Proclamation ID 289 Date 04/10/1989 Well, what a great privilege it is to have you here in the Rose Garden. You're taking on the most difficult challenges that we face as a nation. You're fighting poverty, drug abuse, illiteracy, teen pregnancy, the alienation of young and old. And you're winning because you refuse to believe that it can't be done. And so, I'm here to thank you. You've lived up to an ideal, once given voice by Horace Mann, that I've always …
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Remarks to the American Society of Newspaper Editors ID 303 Date 04/12/1989 The President. Thank you all very much. John, thank you -- please. Well, I'm delighted to be here and look forward to taking a few questions. I've been getting such a ribbing about my highly stylized prose; I thought it only appropriate for me to share a few recent headlines with you. [Laughter] I'm sure nobody here would write things like this, but -- ``Dentist Receives Plaque'' -- that was one -- [laughter] -- ``Actor Sent to …
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Nomination of Frank Henry Habicht II To Be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency ID 309 Date 04/13/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Frank Henry Habicht II to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. He would succeed A. James Barnes. Mr. Habicht is currently a principal with William D. Ruckelshaus Associates and a senior attorney in the environmental and natural resources department of Perkins Coie in Washington, DC. Prior to this he …
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Nomination of Frank A. Bracken To Be Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior ID 312 Date 04/13/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Frank A. Bracken to be Under Secretary of the Interior. He would succeed Earl E. Gjelde. Since 1987 Mr. Bracken has been chairman of the board of directors for Ball-InCon Glass Packaging Corp. in Muncie, IN. He has served in several capacities with the Ball Corp., including group vice president for the glass containers division, 1981 - 1988; …
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Remarks to Participants in Project Educational Forum in Union, New Jersey ID 313 Date 04/13/1989 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much, Secretary Cavazos. Dr. Cavazos is doing an outstanding job as our Secretary of Education, and I'm so pleased he came up here with me today. I want to pay my respects to your Governor, who has been a great inspiration to me, not just in education but in many other ways. And when I think of the Governors across this State, no one has a greater claim on doing a …
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Remarks Announcing the Bipartisan Budget Agreement ID 316 Date 04/14/1989 The President. Well, I'm joined here by the Speaker, the majority leaders of the Senate and House; the Republican whips of the Senate and House; the chairmen and ranking Republican members of the Appropriations, Finance, and Budget Committees; and members of the bipartisan budget negotiating group. And we've come together in support of a bipartisan budget agreement for fiscal year 1990. When I presented my budget to the Congress on …
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Nomination of Thomas D. Larson To Be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration ID 321 Date 04/14/1989 The President today announced his intention to nominate Thomas D. Larson to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation. He would succeed Robert Earl Farris. Since 1987 Dr. Larson has been a faculty member and administrator at the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to this he was secretary of transportation for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1979 - …
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Statement on Maternal and Child Health Care Proposals ID 332 Date 04/18/1989 I look forward to meeting today with Secretary Sullivan to discuss our effort to improve the health of mothers and children. As part of that effort, we are today forwarding to the Congress our maternal and infant health proposals. I hope the Congress will enact this legislation and will also act on my other Medicaid commitments: full funding of the ongoing Medicaid program in FY 90 and an additional appropriation of million to …
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White House Fact Sheet on Maternal and Child Health Care Proposals ID 333 Date 04/18/1989 The administration today forwarded to the Congress proposed legislation to make Federal programs better serve pregnant women, infants, and children. The legislation carries out commitments the President made in his February 9 address, ``Building a Better America.'' The President's proposals also include funds for improving the delivery of health care services; this request does not require new legislation. The …
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Interview With Members of the White House Press Corps ID 339 Date 04/20/1989 Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy The President. Fire away. Q. Mr. President, what are you going to do about the fact that sensitive and relevant documents were not reviewed by the Iran-contra committees? The President. In the first place, I have great confidence that A.B. Culvahouse [Counsel to President Reagan] and those charged with cooperating with Congress were cooperative; I've seen nothing to indicate they weren't. …
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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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Designation of David W. McCall as Chairman of the National Commission on Superconductivity ID 346 Date 04/21/1989 The President today designated David W. McCall to be Chairman of the National Commission on Superconductivity. Dr. McCall has served in various capacities at AT T Bell Laboratories since 1953, including director of the chemical research laboratory, 1973 to present; assistant chemical director, 1969 - 1973; head of the department of physical chemistry, 1962 - 1969; and a member of the technical …
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Appointment of Richard N. Haass as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs ID 170 Date 03/13/1989 The President today announced the appointment of Dr. Richard N. Haass as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs. Since 1985 Dr. Haass has been a lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Prior to this he was Deputy in the Bureau of European and Canadian …