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- Arrival ceremony for Brazil's President Fernando Cardoso at the White House. President Clinton and President Cardoso both allude to the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City, and speak of the importance of a US-Brazilian alliance in defending freedom and spreading democracy in the Western hemisphere.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-04-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush gives his annual State of the Union address, now with the newly appointed Madame Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. President Bush speaks of the "No Child Left Behind" Act, hoping to improve education and make it available to more children. He also proposes a reform to make health care more affordable to Americans. He suggests establishing a foreign-workers visa, which allows immigrants to work in the country for a certain amount of time, in order to enforce immigration laws. On the topic of oil, Bush says we must take on board new technologies. Bush hopes America will reduce it's oil use by 20% in the next ten years. The main focus of President Bush's speech was the war on terror. Bush asks that Congress give the new strategy for Iraq a chance. He says, "it is important that we work together, so our nation can see this great effort through." Bush asks for an addition of 92,000 troops in the armed forces and marine corp in the next five years. He hopes to organize a volunteer civillian reserve corp with critical skills that are willing to do their part in the war effort. Bush goes on to say that America is responsible to help other countries like Cuba, Burma, and Darfur find peace. He says America must work with Africa against the AIDS epidemic.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-01-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bush signs H.R. 7081, the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act. Bush praises the efforts of many who brought this agreement to fruition. Bush says, "This legislation will enhance our cooperation in using nuclear energy to power our economies; it will help us work together even more closely to reduce the danger of nuclear proliferation across the world." The President states that in signing this act the two nations are telling the rest of the world that all nations which follow democracy can find a friend in the United States. Bush says that the relationship between the United States and India has never been "more vibrant and more hopeful." Bush then signs the act.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-10-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the occasion of signing the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- United States President Barack Obama speaks at the opening of an industrial trade show in Hannover, Germany. Obama talks about the importance of a strong, unified Europe and about European migration. He also announces he is sending additional U.S. Special Operations Forces to Syria as part of the campaign to combat ISIL. Obama says that he will deploy up to 250 additional personnel and urges other European nations to increase their contributions as well. Held in the Hannover Messe Building 35.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton, in a speech before the Import/Export Bank, reacts to the Bosnia-Serb rejection of the peace agreement in the former Yugoslavia.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-05-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama holds a press conference while attending the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. Obama says the G20 summits have allowed nations to pull the global economy back from a free fall and put it back on the path of recovery and growth. He acknowledges financial problems in Europe saying decisive action is required. Obama takes questions from the media about possible affects of the European situation on the U.S. election, Syria, and Romney's criticism.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-06-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- United States President George W. Bush speaks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on the war of terrorism. Calling for support to the free Afghanistan and Iraq people, Bush warns, "The terrorists and their allies fear and fight this progress above all, because free people embrace hope over resentment, and choose peace over violence." Bush also speaks of the next challenge in the fight against terror: the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Bush then discusses the need for humanitarian aid in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the sex trade, and famine.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-09-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush discusses the financial crisis and the world economy at the Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City. Bush says he is going to host a summit to create reforms. He says the key objectives of the summit would be "understanding the causes of the global crisis, reviewing the effectiveness of our responses thus far, developing principles for reforming our financial and regulatory systems, launching a specific action plan to implement those principles, and reaffirming our conviction that free market principles offer the surest path to lasting prosperity." President Bush assures the nation that the economy will bounce back, citing its resilience through the 1940s Great Depression.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver a joint speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. Netanyahu asserts that acts of terrorism like the recent attack in Manchester, England, occur in part because terrorists are rewarded by countries like Palestine and explains that the U.S. and Israel can help broker peace between the Arab nations. Trump sends his condolences to the victims of the terror attack in Manchester and says that all civilized nations must be united in the fight against terror. Trump also says that his administration will always stand with Israel and says that he will help Israel and Palestine achieve peace.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-05-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection