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- President Barack H. Obama and Justice Elena Kagan speak at a White House reception in honor of Justice Kagan following her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Obama recounts Kagan’s career and describes her outstanding character. Kagan thanks the many people involved in her nomination and calls her appointment both an honor and an obligation.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces the appointments of General Martin Dempsey as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral James Winnefeld as the Vice Chairman, and to succeed General Dempsey as Chief of Staff of the Army, General Ray Odierno. Obama describes the qualities of his appointees, their experience, and the roles they will play in his administration.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lloyd Bentsen retires as Secretary of the Treasury in a Rose Garden ceremony. President Clinton thanks him for his service and introduces the new Secretary designate Robert Rubin. Rubin expresses his gratitude.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-12-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces the nomination of Richard Cordray to be Director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and commends Elizabeth Warren for her work in setting up the bureau. Obama recounts the causes of the current recession, describes new laws to prevent financial misconduct and eliminate taxpayer bailout of large financial institutions. Obama also describes Cordray's credentials and praises him.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-07-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. relations with Taiwan and on the confirmation of Leonard Woodcock as Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. A compilation of the complete hearing conducted on February 5, 6, and 7. With the voices of Edwin K. Snyder, Robert Scalapino, Ray S. Cline, A. Doak Barnett, Senator Frank Church (D-ID), Senator Charles Percy (R-IL), Senator Richard Stone (D-FL), Senator George McGovern (D-SD), Senator Jacob Javits (R-NY), Senator Don Riegle (D-MI), and Leonard Woodcock.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-02-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces the resignation of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki.{u2002}Obama says the secretary resigned so as not to be a distraction in solving the problems with the VA Health Care System.{u2002}He says that he has selected Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson to replace Shinseki as acting secretary. Held in the James Brady Briefing Room in the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1989-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Charles Killingsworth discusses the establishment of the Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Center in 1956, which later became the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR). Killingsworth, who came to MSU in 1947 to teach economics, says that he was asked by MSU President John Hannah to start and head the SLIR. He gives details on the school's beginnings, and explains why it was considered important by the university to provide an extension service to labor and business with accompanying research and scholarship. He also discusses faculty he hired through the years, the school's relationship with labor organizations, how the school expanded to offer graduate degrees and why he left the directorship to focus on teaching and arbitration, Ends abruptly. Killingsworth is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Ronald Reagan announces the nomination of Robert McFarlane as National Security Advisor. Reagan answers questions about the U.S. presence in Lebanon, his candidacy for re-election, and about the deployment of nuclear missiles.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Segments of President Bush's weekly radio address dedicated to supporting the nomination of Clarence Thomas for Justice of the Supreme Court.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-09-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection