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- President Obama speaks to a group of college students in the Rose Garden, and urges Congress to enact legislation to extend current college student loan rates and avoid a significant increase in those rates which are set to double on July 1, 2013. Obama discusses his plan to keep college affordable for millions of students and middle class families.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks about jobs and the economy to employees of the Ford Stamping Plant in Liberty, Missouri. Obama talks about strengthening the economy and the middle class. He highlights the progress made since the beginning of the financial crisis five years ago and the work that lies ahead to continue strengthening the economy. Obama also talks about health care reform implementation and criticizes Republicans in Congress for, "holding the whole country hostage."
- Date Issued:
- 2013-09-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama presents exceptional individuals with the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor the country can present. This year's honorees are: Ernie Banks, Ben Bradlee, Bill Clinton, Daniel Inouye (posthumous), Daniel Kahneman, Richard Lugar, Loretta Lynn, Mario Molina, Sally Ride (posthumous), Bayard Rustin (posthumous), Arturo Sandoval, Dean Smith, Gloria Steinem, Cordy Tindell "C.T." Vivian, Patricia Wald, and Oprah Winfrey.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton makes a public statement about the passage the previous evening of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He is introduced by Vice President Al Gore whose appearance (with Ross Perot) on the Larry King show the President praises.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-11-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Inaugural address. This is the speech in which Kennedy says, "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Recording preceded by an introduction from U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
- Date Issued:
- 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan welcomes U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld to England. MacMillan is interrupted by a unidentified isolationist heckler conservative but continues his speech undisturbed.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Taft talks about his administration's stand on protective tariff legislation.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Reagan applauds glasnost and perestroika, the freeing of some political prisoners, the removal of censorship, the beginnings for religious toleration, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and condemns Russian failures to measure up to other human rights commitments, including the Berlin Wall.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-05-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Presentations to President Reagan and Vice President Bush by Sen. Charles Matthias (R-MD.) during the inaugural luncheon held in Statuary Hall. Includes toasts by the crowd and President Reagan's quip offerring Tip O'Neill the right to borrow his key to the Capitol.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-01-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his 33rd press conference, President Reagan opens with a prepared statement about the balanced budget, and promises to veto any proposal to raise taxes. He answers questions about Philippine elections, the judicial ruling against sections of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, affirmative action, the freeing of Anatoly Scharansky, and the US role in the abdication of Jean-Claude Duvalier. Newcomers to the White House Press Corps are recognized.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-02-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection