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- President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint press conference where they talk about the civil war in Syria, the Iran nuclear deal, and the continued alliance between the U.S. and France. Both presidents discuss the current state of the Iran nuclear deal with Trump explaining why he feels that the deal needs to be replaced. Macron says he agrees there are problems with the deal as it stands currently but does not think it should be cancelled. Following their statements Trump and Macron answer questions from American and French media. Held at the White House during Macron's state visit.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Hmong teacher and organizer Maykao K. Lytongpao describes emigrating from Laos to France and then to Michigan as a child. Lytongpao discusses running a Hmong social service and cultural emissary non-profit, noting the ways Hmong culture has shifted as a result of diaspora. She also talks about appearing in the film "Gran Torino."
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a Joint Session of Congress. Macron delivers an impassioned call for multilateralism and U.S. engagement in the world, saying it is "an essential part of our confidence in the future." Macron recalls the long history of U.S.-French relations and the countries' shared values and culture in areas as diverse as democracy and freedom, human and civil rights, literature, jazz, and the "Me Too" movement. Macron receives considerable applause and standing ovations from the legislators.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-04-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses a special session of the U.S. Congress making his case for modifying the Neutrality Act to allow for arms trading with belligerent nations (Great Britain and France) on a cash-and-carry basis, thus in effect ending the arms embargo.
- Date Issued:
- 1939-09-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Homng immigrant Chou Xiong reflects on her childhood in Laos and her family's migration to Michigan by way of refugee camps in Thailand and France. She discusses working multiple jobs in each location, eventually becoming a business owner, and speaks about how these experiences caused her to encourage her children to pursue education.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama delivers a statement about the terrorist attacks in Paris earlier in the evening. Obama offers assistance to the French and says the U.S. will stand by France, "our oldest ally."
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ninety-eight year old Elizabeth Phillips talks about her service in the Army Nurse Corps in Europe during World War I. She recalls being assigned to a hospital five miles behind the front near Avignon, France, German planes flying over on their way to bomb Paris, surgeries performed as wounded were brought in from the front, her general duties, the large number of casualties, the catastrophic flu epidemic in 1918 and the many funerals, the regimentation and twelve hour shifts, and that when her unit was first deployed to France in May of 1917, the nurses did not receive rations and were expected to find their own food. Phillips explains that nurses had no rank in World War I and were not treated as equals and says that she lobbied vigorously in World War II to correct that inequality. She also says she tried to volunteer for service during World War II, but was refused and spent the war preparing Red Cross packages for shipment to American POWs in German camps.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-04-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses a special session of the U.S. Congress making his case for modifying the Neutrality Act to allow for arms trading with belligerent nations (Great Britain and France) on a cash-and-carry basis, thus in effect ending the arms embargo.
- Date Issued:
- 1939-09-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Irene Petrie talks about her World War Two service (July 1942 to September 1945) as a mess sergeant in the U.S. Women's Army Corps. Petrie says that she was motivated by patriotism to enlist and talks about being trained to set up field kitchens, her various duty stations, military regulations, running a mess hall, experiencing discrimination based upon her gender, what it was like to date G.I.s, her U.S. and overseas housing, and the poor military diet. Petrie also talks about preparing food in Southampton, England for troops heading for Normandy on D-Day, talking to the young, nervous troops headed to France during the invasion, her mess team landing on Omaha Beach in early August 1944, later being quartered in the Grand Hotel in Paris, and setting up a field kitchen during the Battle of the Bulge. Petrie is interviewed by Neola Ann Spackman.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-01-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project