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- President Barack H. Obama delivers his fourth State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. He recounts the accomplishments of the previous year including the death of Osama bin Ladin and the end of combat in Iraq. Obama says, "We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules." He promises to continue fighting against the polices that brought on the 2008 economic crisis and proposes lowering taxes on companies that choose to stay in the U.S. and to cease rewarding companies that move operations and assets off shore. He also talks about immigration, education, energy, tax policy, the deficit, campaign financing and lobbying, the Afghan War, and revolution throughout the Middle East.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- On Christmas Day, President Obama visits service members and military families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, and thanks them for their dedication and sacrifices.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-12-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- This WKZO Special Army Day Broadcast features remarks from Dr. Willis Dunbar, director of programs at WKZO, Henry Ford Jr., mayor of Kalamazoo, and James Wilson, a member of the Kalamazoo Civilian Advisory Committee. Dunbar gives a speech arguing that the United States needs to maintain a strong standing military for the first time in its history but urges the nation to be wary of succumbing to militaristic thinking. Mayor Ford remembers the veterans who gave their lives during World War II and reminds the public that the Army is an important branch of government even during peace time.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton announces an agreement among the warring forces in Bosnia and tells a press conference that he will, after consulting Congress, commit American troops, under the command of a U.S. General, to serve as NATO peacekeepers.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-11-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump outlines his national security strategy. Trump compares his strategy to those of previous presidents, and explains why his will be more effective. Trump also pledges to revitalize the economy, rebuild the U.S. military, and defend the U.S. borders. Held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-12-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- At a press conference, answers questions about China, taxes, aid to Nicaragua, Rep. Gephardt, aid to Panama, interest rates and Alan Greenspans tenure at the "Fed", the Rostenkowski budget proposal, his own rating in the public opinion polls, alleged telephone call to Irans Rafsanjani, Gorbachevs new extended powers, Japan, the professional baseball strike, the Texas gubernatorial primaries, marijhuana use, disarmament talks, disagreements between the intelligence and defense officers on Russian "sincerity."
- Date Issued:
- 1990-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jane Piatt, chair of the Women's Overseas Service League's National Oral History Project, moderates a conversation between several WOSL members gathered for the 60th Anniversary celebration of the organization's Milwaukee Unit. Unidentified speakers reminisce about their often colorful service experiences in such places as Australia, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Brussels, and other far-flung places around the globe. The women say that it often took boldness, creativity and audacity to survive and thrive in a "man's world." The women later hold a short business meeting, convene the session with the Pledge of Allegiance and recite the WOSL's mission and purpose statement. An unidentified participant also provides a brief history of the Milwaukee Unit. Jane Piatt describes the Oral History Project, its goals, how it has been coordinated, and the success rate of conducting interviews and obtaining recordings.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Edna Penny Rice talks about her twenty-four year military career, first in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then its successors, the Women's Army Corps, and the Women in the Air Force. Rice says that she enlisted because she thought she "was as good" as her brother and her fiance and felt very patriotic. Rice says that she was inducted in July 1942 and worked in personnel and administration in every military theater of operation. She describes working and living conditions at her various posting, her uniforms and her leadership and administrative responsibilities. Rice says she was was pushed into becoming an officer and never planned on making the service a career. Rice is interviewed by Marjorie Brown.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the nation on the threat posed by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and the administration's strategy for degrading the terrorist group's capabilities in their bases in Iraq and Syria.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-09-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks on the sacrifice of America's military personnel during a Memorial Day address at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. Obama recounts a number of examples of friendship and sacrifice by U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world. He is introduced by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection