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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the START II Treaty ID 5178 Date 01/15/1993 I am pleased to announce that today the President submitted the START II treaty to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification. This treaty marks an achievement of fundamental importance not only to the United States and Russia but to the whole world. START II is the capstone of a process over the past 2 years that has set back the hands on the nuclear doomsday clock. The President urges the Senate to act …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Federal Regulatory Policy ID 5180 Date 01/15/1993 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) This Regulatory Program of the United States Government compiles, under one cover, my Administration's regulatory programs, goals, and objectives for the year 1992 - 93. By providing a preview of significant regulatory activities, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to agency accountability for improved regulation, intragovernmental coordination, and public …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the Report on the National Security Strategy ID 5184 Date 01/19/1993 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) In accordance with section 603 of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99 - 433; 50 U.S.C. 404a), I hereby transmit the annual report on the National Security Strategy of the United States. Sincerely, George Bush Note: Identical letters were sent to Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Arms Control Treaty Compliance ID 5187 Date 01/19/1993 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Pursuant to Public Law 99 - 145; 22 U.S.C. 2592a as amended, and section 52 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, I am transmitting to the Congress a classified and unclassified report on arms control treaty compliance by the successor states to the Soviet Union and other nations that are parties to arms control agreements with the United States, as well …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the Report on Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy ID 5188 Date 01/19/1993 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:) In accordance with Title V of the Foreign Relations Act of Fiscal Year 1979, as amended (Public Law 95 - 426; 22 U.S.C. 2656c(b)), I am pleased to transmit this annual report on Science, Technology and American Diplomacy for fiscal year 1992. This is the first Title V report in which the entire period of coverage falls within the post-Cold War …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Postponement of the President's Visit to Pacific Nations ID 3595 Date 11/05/1991 The President has decided to postpone his planned visit to Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Australia. The President regrets this decision, but believes that uncertainty over the Congressional calendar requires this change. The administration will seek to identify a new schedule for the visits through diplomatic …
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The President's News Conference ID 3596 Date 11/06/1991 Confirmation of Robert Gates The President. Good morning, everybody. I've got a little statement here, and then I'll be glad to take a few questions on this chilly morning. First, I am just delighted about the Gates nomination. And I want to commend the Senate for approving him to be the Director of Central Intelligence. He is a good man, and he has outstanding credentials. And he served the country well. He's been at my right hand on all the big …
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Proclamation 6370 -- National Poison Prevention Week, 1992 ID 3604 Date 11/08/1991 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation For more than three decades, we Americans have observed National Poison Prevention Week as part of a concerted, nationwide campaign to reduce the number of accidental poisoning deaths among children. This annual observance, coupled with our year-round efforts in both the public and private sectors, has helped to save lives: during the past 30 years, the number …
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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 Luncheon Hosted by Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers in The Hague ID 3606 Date 11/09/1991 Mr. Prime Minister and President Delors, Foreign Minister van den Broek, distinguished guests, thank you all. And may I especially thank Her Majesty the Queen for the extraordinary, warm, genuine hospitality that we have felt today and that Barbara and I have felt in the past as her guests, and to say what a pleasure it is to be back here once again. It is my pleasure to meet with you at the conclusion of this, …
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Statement on Signing the Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 1991 ID 3616 Date 11/12/1991 It gives me great pleasure to sign into law H.R. 1046, the ``Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 1991.'' Our Nation provides compensation and other monetary benefits to service-disabled veterans and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits to the survivors of those who died as a result of military service to our country. H.R. 1046 provides a 3.7 percent increase in compensation and DIC benefits …
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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 to The Asia Society in New York City ID 3619 Date 11/12/1991 Thank you all very much. And John Whitehead, thank you, sir. John has served this country with great distinction over the years, and it's great to join him and Nancy here this evening, the other distinguished leaders here with me, and all of you -- so many ambassadors from countries in Asia, charges, United Nations contingents, Washington, DC contingents. And I'm just delighted to be here with all of you. It's also a pleasure to see Asia …
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Interview With Richard Ford of KSDK - TV in St. Louis, Missouri ID 3627 Date 11/13/1991 The Economy Q. Well, I guess you know everybody's anxious to talk about the economy. The President. Yes. Q. Well, it is the economy I want to talk about, too. And I might preface this, Mr. President, saying some of the questions I'm asking reflect some feedback that we get from our audience. And here in Missouri, for instance, the economy has been described as stagnant in the St. Louis area for a couple of years: …
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Exchange With Reporters in the Cabinet Room ID 3636 Date 11/14/1991 '92 Election Q. Mr. President, is Buchanan doing the right thing thinking about running? The President. I haven't paid much attention to that yet. Libyan Indictments Q. Mr. President, do you have any comment on the Lockerbie indictments? The President. We will have, but I want all that to come out properly. And then I'll undoubtedly have something to say. That was a terrible event. And indictments -- we have a system of justice in this …
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Statement on Signing the Continuing Appropriations Bill ID 3637 Date 11/15/1991 Today I have signed into law H.J. Res. 374, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992. Providing for the operation of the Government through Continuing Resolutions is an undesirable practice. However, a third Continuing Resolution for FY 1992 is necessary at this time in order to keep certain activities of the Government functioning while the Congress completes the appropriations process. I commend the …
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Statement on the Resignation of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall ID 3142 Date 06/27/1991 Justice Marshall has rendered extraordinary and distinguished service to his country as a pioneering civil rights lawyer, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as Solicitor General, and in his tenure on the Supreme Court. His career is an inspiring example for all Americans. He grew up under segregation to achieve the highest office to which a lawyer can aspire. His …
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Statement on Signing the Education Council Act of 1991 ID 3145 Date 06/27/1991 Today I have signed S. 64, the ``Education Council Act of 1991.'' This legislation is the first legislative success for our AMERICA 2000 strategy and is an example of the constructive, bipartisan effort needed to transform our educational system. This legislation establishes a National Commission on Time and Learning and a National Council on Education Standards and Testing. Their establishment will help us to focus on issues …
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Nomination of Cari M. Dominguez To Be an Assistant Secretary of Labor ID 3150 Date 06/28/1991 The President has nominated Cari M. Dominguez, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards Administration at the Department of Labor. She would succeed William C. Brooks. Since 1989 Ms. Dominguez has served as Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC. Prior to this she served as vice president and director of executive …
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White House Statement on the Increase of the Import Quota on Peanuts ID 3154 Date 07/05/1991 On the basis of an investigation and report of the United States International Trade Commission, the President has decided to increase the import quota on peanuts to 100 million pounds for the current marketing year, which ends on July 31. This represents an increase from a quota of 1.7 million pounds. Under section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, the President may modify, suspend, or terminate …
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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With the Advisory Commission on Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
Remarks Prior to a Meeting With the Advisory Commission on Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing ID 3157 Date 07/08/1991 Let me just thank all the members of this advisory committee and, particularly, our Secretary and Governor Kean and Lud Ashley. We've got a topflight commission. Earlier on with the leadership of Secretary Kemp, we set a goal for the administration, one million new homeowners by the year 1992. Jack tells me that we've got a good start on that. I think it's some 650,000 new, and low- …
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News Conference of President Bush and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada in Toronto ID 3163 Date 07/09/1991 The Prime Minister. I'm delighted to welcome the President and his party to Canada. We've had an opportunity for a very good review of the situation before the baseball game, in particular, the situation as it relates to the G - 7 summit, upcoming in London next week. I think that the American and the Canadian positions are, in many areas, very compatible. We -- as far as Canada is concerned -- …
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Message to the Congress Reporting on the Economic Sanctions Against Libya ID 3166 Date 07/09/1991 To the Congress of the United States: 1. I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since my last report of January 11, 1991, concerning the national emergency with respect to Libya that was declared in Executive Order No. 12543 of January 7, 1986. This report is submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); section 204(c) of the International Emergency …
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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Convention for a North Pacific Marine Science Organization ID 3167 Date 07/09/1991 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 Convention for a North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), which was done at Ottawa on December 12, 1990, and signed by the United States on May 28, 1991. I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report by the Department of …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report on Conservation and Use of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Federal Facilities ID 3168 Date 07/09/1991 To the Congress of the United States: As required by section 403(c) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8373(c)), I hereby transmit the twelfth annual report describing Federal actions with respect to the conservation and use of petroleum and natural gas in Federal facilities, which covers calendar year 1990. George Bush …
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Remarks on the Termination of Economic Sanctions Against South Africa and a News Conference ID 3170 Date 07/10/1991 The President. Let me begin with a statement, and then I will take a few questions. First, let me state that apartheid must be eliminated. We've worked with the nations of the world to bring an end to this system of racial prejudice by every means possible. Political and economic pressure had been brought against the Government of South Africa by the United States and by other nations for the …
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Executive Order 12769 -- Implementation of Section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act ID 3171 Date 07/10/1991 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 (Public Law 99 - 440), as amended (``the Act''), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and having concluded that the Government of South Africa has taken all of the steps specified in section 311(a) of the …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Redeployment of United States Armed Forces That Served in the Persian Gulf ID 3174 Date 07/10/1991 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Pursuant to the provisions of section 108 of the Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 102 - 28; 105 Stat. 166), I transmit herewith classified and unclassified reports on the redeployment of the forces of the Armed Forces of the United States that were deployed in the Persian Gulf …
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Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Alan Greenspan To Be a Member and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and a News Conference ID 3176 Date 07/10/1991 The President. Just to top the day with a very important announcement, I want to say that it is my intention to send, as soon as possible, to the Senate my intention to reappoint Chairman Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and also nominating him to another term as a Governor of the Federal Reserve. I, of course, …
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Exchange With Reporters in Kennebunkport, Maine ID 3324 Date 08/22/1991 The President. We're in the middle of our domestic briefing which will continue. We interrupted that to get briefed by Secretary Baker who has just returned from the ministerial abroad, the NATO ministerial, that went very, very well. He filled me in on his conversations with the Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union itself and of the Russian Republic; he met with him, I believe. And of course, we are very pleased that constitutional …