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Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Smith on the President's Meeting With President Rafael Callejas of Honduras ID 4265 Date 05/06/1992 The President met this afternoon with President Rafael Callejas of Honduras. The President congratulated him on the success of his 2-year-old economic reform program. He praised President Callejas' efforts to reduce tariffs, thereby opening Honduras' markets and increasing its trade. The President thanked President Callejas for his efforts to strengthen democracy and …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ID 4266 Date 05/06/1992 To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 396(i)), I transmit herewith the Annual Report of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for Fiscal Year 1991 and the Inventory of the Federal Funds Distributed to Public Telecommunications Entities by Federal Departments and Agencies: Fiscal Year 1991. George Bush The White House, …
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Remarks Congratulating the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's and Women's Basketball Champions ID 4187 Date 04/15/1992 Well, we're just delighted to have you all here in the Rose Garden. And may I salute our basketball-playing, basketball-loving Vice President. We didn't ask him about the Indiana game, but -- [laughter]. And may I welcome Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Coach K we call him, the Blue Devils players and staff. And of course, Coach Tara VanDerveer over here, the Cardinal and all the …
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Nomination of Dennis P. Barrett To Be United States Ambassador to Madagascar ID 4199 Date 04/20/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Dennis P. Barrett, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar. He would succeed Howard K. Walker. Since 1988, Mr. Barrett has served as Mission Director with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Pretoria, South Africa. Prior to this, he served with the U.S. Department of State with the Agency for International …
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Remarks to the Young Presidents' Organization ID 4203 Date 04/21/1992 Thank you all. Please be seated. I am delighted to be here, and it's delightful to have this distinguished group of executives here. I want to single out Doug Glant, the international president of YPO, and thank him for honcho-ing this outfit and getting everybody together. Some of you look a little old to be YPO's, but nevertheless -- [laughter] -- far be it from me to be throwing darts in this way. But I'd like to briefly talk about …
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Remarks to the United States Academic Decathlon Winners ID 4209 Date 04/23/1992 Welcome all. And first, may I greet our distinguished number two over at the Energy Department, David Kearns, coming down here from a fantastic leadership role in American business to help us in this important America 2000 education program. So I'm delighted he's with us here today. I want to salute the president and the board of directors of the U.S. Academic Decathlon, all of them; thank particularly all of the corporate …
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Remarks at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Barbara H. Franklin as Secretary of Commerce ID 4095 Date 03/23/1992 May I thank Ambassador Schnabel for presiding here, but much more important, for the job he has done in an interim period. It's not easy. And he's done an outstanding job. And this gives me an opportunity also to thank those who work for this wonderful Department, the Department of Commerce. We're grateful to each and every one of you. Justice O'Connor and Senator Danforth, thank you for your …
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Remarks on Signing the Greek Independence Day Proclamation ID 4107 Date 03/25/1992 Welcome to the Rose Garden on this beautiful day. We're so pleased to have you all here. Thank you for the welcome for His Eminence and me. It's a pleasure to welcome you, many of you, most of you, back to the White House. First, may I pay my most sincere respects to Archbishop Iakovos, a true spiritual leader for whom we have enormous respect. And I'm just delighted that he's here with us today. And I want to thank our …
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Statements by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Physical Examination ID 4109 Date 03/26/1992 The President is in great shape. He completed a routine physical examination today at Bethesda Naval Hospital and is in excellent health. The President's examination lasted approximately 4 hours. The physical was conducted under the direction of Dr. Burton Lee, the President's personal physician. ``The President remains in excellent health,'' Dr. Lee said. ``He will continue his normal busy work schedule …
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Remarks to the Coalition for the Restoration of the Black Family and Society ID 4110 Date 03/26/1992 Welcome, everybody. Please be seated now and relax here. First, let me just say how pleased I am -- and I know you'll be, to hear from Lamar Alexander -- but pleased I am that he's here. And you talk about something important for our Nation: What he is doing in working for a program that I'll just touch on today but that I think about every single day, our program America 2000, this chance to revolutionize, …
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Nomination of Karl A. Erb To Be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Nomination of Karl A. Erb To Be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy ID 4111 Date 03/26/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Karl A. Erb, of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. He would succeed William D. Phillips. Currently Dr. Erb serves as Acting Associate Director of Physical Sciences and Engineering in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President. Prior to this he …
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Remarks to the Medal-Winning Teams of the National Science Olympiad ID 4112 Date 03/27/1992 Everybody please be seated, and welcome, welcome. Well, I'm glad our previous meeting didn't run late, or I'd have had to bring a note from Barbara. [Laughter] But it is so great to see all of you and to be here with two of our very, very best: Secretary Watkins, Secretary of Energy, also has this compelling and overriding interest in things educational; and also Lamar Alexander, our Secretary of Education, who is …
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Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Smith on the President's Meeting With President George Vassiliou of Cyprus ID 4118 Date 03/30/1992 The President met today with President George Vassiliou of Cyprus. The two leaders discussed the current status of the United Nations-led effort to negotiate a fair and permanent settlement to the Cyprus dispute. The President pledged continued U.S. support for the U.N. process and discussed with President Vassiliou ways in which the parties might work to generate greater …
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Nomination of Thomas C. Richards To Be Federal Aviation Administrator ID 4122 Date 03/31/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Thomas C. Richards, of Texas, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. He would succeed James B. Busey IV. Since retiring from the Air Force in 1990, General Richards has served as a corporate consultant in Bryan, TX. In June 1990, General Richards was appointed by President Bush to serve as a member of the Commission on Aviation Safety and …
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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Nigeria-United States Legal Assistance Treaty ID 4126 Date 04/01/1992 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 Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on September 13, 1989. I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report of the …
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Remarks at a Meeting With Republican Congressional Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters ID 4043 Date 03/10/1992 The President. May I thank everybody for coming down here. And I want to thank the Republican Members of both the Senate and House. There are two very important legislative matters on the schedule for this week that I want to discuss with you all and get your advice. First, I appreciate your leadership on both of them, but it looks to us like the Senate is once again poised to follow the lead …
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Remarks to Steeltech Employees in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ID 4064 Date 03/16/1992 Well, this is an exciting day. And Janet, thank you for the introduction. And of course, to the Guerrero family who greeted us here, some of them milling around with cameras, the boss up here, many, many thanks for this warm welcome to this exciting venture. And David, let me just say, from what I've seen, you have an awful lot to be proud of, not just in things, not just in what's happening but in the people that make up this …
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Remarks to the Polish National Alliance in Chicago, Illinois ID 4066 Date 03/16/1992 Well, thank you, Ed Moskal, very, very much, and all of you for this welcome. May I salute our great Governor, Jim Edgar, with me here today. I think I heard you greet him. My respects to Ed Dykla, to the bishop, to Father Phillips, and of course to one of your own, a great friend of ours who has helped so much in this administration, as he did in Congress; I'm talking about Secretary Ed Derwinski, known to all of you …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Iraq's Compliance With United Nations Security Council Resolutions ID 4068 Date 03/16/1992 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Consistent with the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102 - 1), and as part of my continuing effort to keep the Congress fully informed, I am again reporting on the status of efforts to obtain compliance by Iraq with the resolutions adopted by the U.N. Security Council. Since I last reported on January …
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Presidential Determination No. 92 - 19 -- Memorandum on Emergency Assistance for Cambodian and Burmese Refugees ID 4070 Date 03/16/1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby determine that it is important to the national interest that ,000,000 be made available from the …
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Appointment of Robert Anthony Snow as Deputy Assistant to the President for Media Affairs ID 4084 Date 03/19/1992 The President today announced the appointment of Robert Anthony Snow as Deputy Assistant to the President for Media Affairs. Since 1991, Mr. Snow has served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications and Director of Speechwriting. Prior to this, Mr. Snow served as editorial page editor of the Washington Times. The page received numerous local, regional, and national awards. Mr. …
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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval the Tax Fairness and Economic Growth Acceleration Act of 1992 ID 4086 Date 03/20/1992 To the House of Representatives: I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 4210, the ``Tax Fairness and Economic Growth Acceleration Act of 1992.'' In my State of the Union Message, I proposed a responsible, balanced economic growth program. I challenged the Congress to pass incentives for growth by March 20. The Congress failed to meet that …
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Message to the Congress on Trade With Certain Former Soviet Republics ID 4269 Date 05/06/1992 To the Congress of the United States: 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 have determined that a waiver of the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 with respect to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan will substantially promote the objectives of section 402. A copy of that determination is …
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Remarks to Firefighters and Law Enforcement Personnel in Los Angeles ID 4281 Date 05/08/1992 Let me just say I'm very pleased that the Governor's with us and Senator Seymour's with us. And really, what we did is to want to come over here and, one, see where some of the action stemmed from, but mainly to thank the firefighters and the patrolmen for a heroic job well done. You know, at a time like this you think of your faith, and you remember that the Bible talked about, ``Blessed are the peacemakers.'' …
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Radio Address to the Nation on the President's Visit to Los Angeles, California ID 4286 Date 05/09/1992 Less than 24 hours ago, I returned from Los Angeles. And today I'd like to use this opportunity to report in on what I saw and what I heard. By now, each one of us has seen images of hate and horror we won't soon forget. But what I saw during my time in Los Angeles, even in the hardest hit parts of south central L.A., should give us all cause for hope. Everywhere, the people I talked with told me about …
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Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval the Congressional Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1992 ID 4287 Date 05/09/1992 To the Senate of the United States: I am returning herewith without my approval S. 3, the ``Congressional Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1992.'' The current campaign finance system is seriously flawed. For 3 years I have called on the Congress to overhaul our campaign finance system in order to reduce the influence of special interests, to …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With Foreign Minister Roland Dumas of France ID 4289 Date 05/11/1992 President Bush and French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas discussed a number of bilateral and regional issues during a 20-minute Oval Office meeting. Minister Dumas said that the development of increased unity within the European Community must be accompanied by efforts to reinforce ties between Europe and the United States. The President welcomed the desire to strengthen …
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Statement on Urban Aid Initiatives ID 4292 Date 05/12/1992 Today I am discussing with Congress a strategy to bring hope and opportunity to distressed communities. Our action is based on bedrock American values: personal responsibility, work, and family. We must end the cycle of dependency and give all Americans a place at the table of economic opportunity. Clearly, the time has come to set aside old ideas and try something new. We in Government have a responsibility to act now to guarantee a hopeful future …
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Statement on Attending the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ID 4295 Date 05/12/1992 I have just informed President Collor of Brazil, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali, and Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), that I will attend the Rio Conference in early June. Today's environmental problems are global, and every nation must help in solving them. As the U.S. has demonstrated over more than two …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With Prime Minister Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago ID 4300 Date 05/12/1992 The President met this afternoon with Prime Minister Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago. The President congratulated him on his plans to further liberalize Trinidad and Tobago's economy by removing import restrictions and promoting privatization. He praised Prime Minister Manning's coordinated counternarcotics strategy and thanked him for his quick action …