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- Description:
- Bush answers press questions regarding Gates' involvement in Irangate, Middle East disarmament negotiations, etc. Gates says he is grateful for the nomination.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-05-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Part of the Senate debate on the Clarence Thomas appointment to the United States Supreme Court, centering on the validity of the testimony of Professor Anita Hill, her treatment by the Senate, and the publicity given to her testimony.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-10-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces that he will nominate Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense, General David Petraeus to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Marine Lt. General John Allen to succeed Petraeus, and Ryan Crocker to serve as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. Obama begins his remarks by discussing the storms and tornadoes that swept across several southern states the previous evening killing almost 300 people. Obama praises the records of outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, as well as Panetta, Petraeus, Allen and Crocker. All five men speak briefly.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-04-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton announces that he will sign a welfare reform bill, although he finds some flaws in the bill.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-07-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Confirmation hearing for Attorney General-designate Zoe Baird. Closing remarks by the nominee include a discussion of her hiring an undocumented Peruvian couple as domestic workers.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama announces that he is elevating the Small Business Administration to cabinet level status. He also urges Congress to give him authority to consolidate government agencies for efficiency and cost cutting purposes. Obama describes the complexity small business owners face navigating through the bureaucracy and promises to streamline the process. Held at the White House. Recording ends abruptly.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Description:
- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence talks about U.S.-China relations. Pence accuses China of interfering in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections and says that relations between the two nations must be reciprocal and then presents a list of Chinese government policies which have a negative impact on the U.S. He makes his remarks at the Hudson Institute.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton, in the White House Rose Garden, appeals to Congress to pass his economic plan.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-07-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser held at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. He opens by paying tribute to entertainer Al Green by singing a line from the song "Let's stay together." Obama predicts that hard economic times will make his re-election difficult. He recounts a number of his accomplishments including the Affordable Health Care Act. Obama juxtaposes his policies and priorities with those of the Republicans and asks "where do we go from here?" He says that the country is in a race with the rest of the world for jobs and economic growth, but that we won't win by giving tax breaks to the wealthiest and expecting money to trickle down.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection