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- United States President Barack Obama, the first American president to visit the country of Laos, announces that the U.S. will double its annual funding to $90 million dollars over the next three years to expand efforts to remove un-exploded bombs dropped in Laos during the Vietnam War. Obama also talks about the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), saying that failure to move ahead on the trade deal will not only have economic consequences but call into question American leadership in the region. Held in Vientiane, Laos.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Truman outlines his plan for economic aid to European countries and discusses universal military training in the United States.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bush speaks at the summit on international development at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Bush says that during this financial crisis, international development is essential to reaching our interests more than ever before. Bush explains how the United States can aid the rest of the world in hunger, disease, and illiteracy, while helping itself at the same time. Bush says, "The best long-term policy for the United States is to help nations develop their own agricultural industry, so we don't have to deal with global food crisis year in and year out."
- Date Issued:
- 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Jimmy Carter delivers a brief speech to Nashua, Hew Hampshire high school students then answers their questions about: the coal strike, civil service, Egypt, the federal budget, religion, plans for a second term, the CIA, energy, the Panama Canal Treaty, nuclear power, foreign aid, South Africa, Apartheid, and affording a college education.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-02-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Harry Truman addresses the Shriners' Convention at Soldiers Field in Chicago and speaks on U.S. aid to impoverished people and American foreign policy.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Truman discusses continued preparedness and U.S. aid in the reconstruction of Europe.
- Date Issued:
- 1946-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Truman discusses European economic needs (Marshall Plan), Communist pressure on Czechoslovakia, Finland, Italy and Greece requiring economic help in order to help free nations recover; also requesting support for universal mmilitary training and temporary selective service.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama and Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa speak to the press before they meet to discuss the Tunisia's economic and political transition since the 2011 "Arab Spring" revolution. Obama announces an additional $500 million in loan guarantees to Tunisia. Jomma's remarks are heard through an interpreter.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Senate hearings on President Fords request for aid to Vietnam [part 2] with the voices of James Schlesinger, Senators Thomas McIntyre, Dewey Bartlett, Robert Byrd, Daniel Inouye, John Culver, Philip Hart, Patrick Leahy, John Glenn, John Stennis, Stuart Symington, and Henry Jackson, and Frederick C. Weyand.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-04-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Calvin Coolidge delivers his first inaugural speech following his election in 1924. Broadcast over the WEAF-WCAP network, Coolidge talks about the nation recovering from the First World War and giving assistance to Europe. He discusses isolationism, maintaining a standing military for defense, security threats, the domestic economy, and partisan politics. He also talks about fending off attempts to maintain publicly owned railroads and utility companies, and discusses taxation, social problems, and the rights of property owners.
- Date Issued:
- 1925-03-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection