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- President Obama speaks at the Millennium Development Goals conference at the United Nations building. Obama reemphasizes UN goals which include eradicating extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates, fighting disease, and developing a global partnership for development. He also announces his administration’s global development policy designed to guide overall U.S. programs and also suggests that success must be measured in results rather than simply dollars spent.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- 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
- Description:
- Following an introduction by First Lady Michelle Obama, President Obama speaks to a gathering of Irish youth as he delivers remarks to the people of Northern Ireland. Obama highlights the hard work, dialogue, and institutional development they have undertaken together to advance peace and prosperity in the North. Obama jokes about his name being mistaken as Irish. He reflects on the strong connections between the U.S. and Ireland and promises continued support for ongoing efforts to eliminate the sectarian strife. Held in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his first major address abroad, U.S. President Donald Trump talks about combating terrorism and confronting extremist ideology. Speaking at a summit meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Trump says that he seeks to strengthen U.S. cooperation with countries in the Middle East and stresses that his administration will not tell people how to live, what to be, or who to worship. He also says that the U.S. offers Arab countries partnership and that the U.S. is prepared to stand with them to combat terrorism. Saudi Arabian King Salman gives opening remarks and expressses his desire to work with the United States.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-05-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- United States President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deliver remarks following a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan. Obama describes the horrors of World War Two and the destruction of the first atomic bomb and says that the U.S. and Japan have made choices since the Hiroshima bombing that should give the world hope and that the world needs to change its mindset about war and work toward peaceful cooperation. Prime Minister Abe, via a translator, talks about his address to the U.S. Congress in 2015 on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two and about the friendship between the U.S. and Japan.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-05-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton addresses the people of Israel from Tel Aviv following the anti-terrorism conference in Sharm el-Sheikh.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Barack Obama pledges a new era of U.S. engagement at the United Nations and urges other leaders to join in action on several issues including global climate change and economic recovery. He also cautions other countries to give up their almost reflexive anti-Americanism which he says has served as an excuse for avoiding action on issues from terrorism to poverty.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-09-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama holds a press conference and talks about the latest steps to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Iraqi Army successes with coalition forces, and intelligence material acquired from recaptured towns. He also discusses current efforts to halt the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, and answers questions from the press about ISIL, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, allegations that the U.S. paid a "ransom" to Iran for the release of Americans prisoners and his record on commuting prison sentences. Held at the Pentagon in Alexandria, VA.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-08-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Presidential news conference following the G-20 Summit in London. President Barack Obama makes an opening statement in which he outlines the economic challenges ravaging the hyper-globalized world and says that it will take an international effort to restore the world economy. He then answers questions posed by an international press corps.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush speaks at the 2008 APEC CEO Summit in Lima, Peru. President Bush says that he recognizes the United States as a Pacific nation and that he has taken its involvement in APEC as a priority. Bush says that while the summit comes at a moment in global economic turmoil, it also arrives at a time of "unprecedented cooperation." Bush cites the vast success the East Asian markets have made in a single generation, increasing its share in the global economy to 55%. Bush says the United States embraces this new hope, believing that in this interconnected world, any advancement is a gain for all.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-11-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection