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- Marine Lieutenant General Robert Neller, of East Lansing, Michigan, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the occasion of his nomination to commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Neller addresses the Marine Corps budget, military sexual assaults, and the Obama administration's strategy in Syria and Iraq. Neller answers questions directed to him by various senators including: John McCain (R-AZ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), James Inhofe (R-OK), and Joe Manchin (D-WV), along with many others.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Obama announces the departure of Tom Donilon as National Security Advisor and says he is appointing Susan Rice, currently the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to the position effective in July. Obama also announces the appointment of Samantha Power as the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, pending Senate confirmation. Obama praises the work of Donilon, and says he expects Rice to continue her record of stellar service. Of Power Obama says her vast experience in Bosnia and her academic accomplishments make her a perfect person to represent the country in the U. N. Donilon jokes about finally seeing the sun. Rice thanks family and friends for their support and says she looks forward to the role. Power recalls coming to America as a nine-year-old Irish immigrant and thanks the President for the appointment.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces that Director of the Office of Management and Budget Sylvia Mathews Burwell, will be his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Obama praises the efforts of resigning Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in spearheading the development and implementation of healthcare.gov and in modernizing and streamlining the United States health care system. Sebelius asserts that her department is important in helping people in their every day lives and in paving the way toward new ways to keep people healthy. Burwell thanks her office and praises their efforts to improve the government's fiscal policy and organization. She outlines her goals as Secretary of Health and Human Survices and says she looks forward to helping the American people through her new office.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in these excerpts from the second day of hearings. In response to questions from U.S. Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)and Al Franken (D-MN), Gorsuch discusses "water boarding" as torture, the concept of "originalism" and its relationship with technology and scientific advances, the rights of corporations, the "plain meaning rule", and his past opinions on judicial interpretation of administrative rules. Senator Chuck Grassley chairs the committee.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the seat left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Obama says Garland is experienced and respected by his peers and recounts Garland's education and qualifications. Obama criticizes the Senate Republican leadership who have stated they will hold no confirmation hearings on any nominee until after the Presidential election in November. Garland says the nomination is the greatest honor of his life and looks forward to the confirmation process. Held in the White House Rose Garden.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Supreme Court Justice Nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about allegations that he sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford at a house party in Maryland while the two were teenagers. Kavanaugh categorically denies the allegations and asserts that any investigation will clear him and that there is an organized effort to discredit him and scuttle his nomination. He acknowledges that he attended parties while in high school but says that he never met Blasey Ford and that he never had sex until he was married. Kavanaugh also talks about his support of women and says that he has already hired a team of women law clerks in anticipation of being confirmed to the Supreme Court. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) chairs the hearing.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-09-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton announces that he is withdrawing the nomination of Lani Guinier for assistant U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addresses the Senate about the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. McConnell announces that the Senate will vote on President Trump's Supreme Court nominee in the fall, discusses Kennedy's career and explains how the pending nomination is different than the fraught situation surrounding the 2016 Obama nomination and is more akin to situations faced by other presidents making mid-term nominations to the court.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-06-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden speak at the swearing-in of Maria Contreras-Sweet as Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Obama says he nominated Maria Contreras-Sweet because "she knows first-hand the challenges that small businesses go through -- and she has a proven track record of helping them succeed." Biden tells of his confidence in Contreras-Sweet, and administers the oath of office. Contreras-Sweet thanks her supporters and family and discusses the SBA keeping up with the technological advances.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection