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- President Bush welcomes members of the 2008 United States Summer Olympic and Paralympic Teams to the White House. The President talks about his experience watching the Olympics in Beijing including the Opening Ceremonies, the American win in the Water Cube for the 4x100 freestyle relay, and meeting Michael Phelp's mother. He goes on to congratulate the athletes, such as gymnasts Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson, the U.S. women's softball team, U.S. men's beach volleyball players Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, and U.S. women's beach volleyball players Misty May-Treaner and Kerri Walsh. Bush thanks the 16 athletes who served the nation in uniform, including swimmer Army Lieutenant Melissa Stockwell, who lost her leg during the War in Iraq. Volleyball competitor Kerri Walsh presents President and Mrs. Bush with an Olympic team jacket. Melissa Stockwell presents President Bush with a framed memento from the Paralympic opening ceremonies.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-10-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- U.S. President Ronald Reagan's addresses the European Parliament in Strassburg, France. Marking the longest peace of this century, Reagan charges the USSR with undermining stability by blocking the Geneva talks. Newscast introduced by Dan Rather.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-05-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Birch Bayh talks about Philip Hart, Gerald Ford, and U.S. politics.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Clerk of the House reads President Roosevelt's messaga and Eric Sevareid gives report on the vote.
- Date Issued:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Sandra Seaton, playwright and professor of English at Central Michigan University, talks about her play "The Bridge Party" which dramatizes African-American middle class life in the South before the modern civil rights movement. She also talks about the song cycle for voice and piano from her play, "From the diary of Sally Hemings," on which she collaborated with composer William Bolcom. Seaton is interviewed by Michigan State University Library Assistant Stephanie Mathson
- Date Issued:
- 2002-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Harry E. Humphrey recites Lincoln's Gettysburg address on this Edison sound recording, in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary ceremonies for the battle of Gettysburg.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. Obama comments on his Administration’s work to deliver on his campaign promises and reaffirms his administration’s commitment to restoring the economy and creating new jobs.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-09-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Barack Obama announces a new policy that ensures women will have access to free preventive care, including contraception, no matter where they work. Religious employers will not be required to provide contraception, but insurance companies will be required to directly provide it to all women, free of charge.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Joe Ohori, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, says that he was born in Vancouver and moved to Japan before the war. He describes experiencing the atomic bombing and his return to Canada after the war.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection