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- Arrival ceremony for Brazil's President Fernando Cardoso at the White House. President Clinton and President Cardoso both allude to the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City, and speak of the importance of a US-Brazilian alliance in defending freedom and spreading democracy in the Western hemisphere.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-04-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Wanda Sherwood Kearns discusses her service as an air traffic controller in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) of the U.S. Naval Reserves during World War II. Kearns talks about her basic training in Atlanta, Georgia, learning Morse code and how to "fly blind" in a flight simulator and shares military aviation anecdotes. She says that control tower operators were considered elite and were allowed privileges such as time off between shifts, weekend passes, and free flights to any military base. She also recalls that a woman's voice was thought to be more clearly intelligible over the radio than a man's and that women controllers were allowed to wear slacks to ensure decorum when they climbed ladders. Kearns is interviewed by Kathryn Cavanaugh.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. Obama pledges a major investment in science and technology, and announces what he called "the largest commitment to scientific research and innovation in American history." He hopes to devote more than three percent of the nation's gross domestic product to research and development, saying the United States would exceed levels achieved at the height of the "Space Race," which included U.S. astronauts landing on the moon in 1969. He also announces a renewed commitment to education in math and science, saying students' scores in those subjects will improve over the next decade so they can better compete internationally. Obama speaks to the H1N1 swine flu crisis saying it is, "a cause for concern" but "not a cause for alarm."
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Annual message to the U.S. congress on the State of the Union.
- Date Issued:
- 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama holds a press conference in the East Room of the White House. Obama focuses on his jobs plan and urges members of Congress to pass it, saying that "any senator who is thinking about voting against the bill needs to explain why they oppose something that would provide urgent help to the economy". He challenges the Republicans to roll out their own plan to stimulate the economy and says he remains willing to negotiate. Obama also responds to questions gun running, U.S. government loans to Solyndra, Chinese currency, U.S.- Pakistan relations, protests on Wall Street, and the European debt crisis.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Professor Ilana Blumberg talks about becoming interested in reading and writing, her Jewish upbringing, and being a typical "American girl". She mentions the tensions of navigating between tradition and modernity and the special challenge for women that it poses. Blumberg also talks about how living in Michigan has influenced her writing and how she likes to write about families and the tensions of belonging while trying to find independence. Blumberg is interviewed by Kara Gust for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama visits Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL and explains why the country needs the Buffett Rule. The rule, named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, calls for people with incomes over $1 million to pay at least a 30 percent tax rate. Obama calls for investing in the things that add value like education and infrastructure. He challenges the operating philosophy of the Republicans who call for spending cuts and more tax cuts as a way of balancing the Federal budget.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Barbara Walters interviews President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter regarding politics, his family, civil unrest in Iran, and the successes of the administration after two years.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-12-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Jimmy Carter addresses the convention of the National Urban League, cites progress in employment, and is heckled by female members of the Communist Workers Party.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-08-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1911-05-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection