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- U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the steps he is taking to improve competition in the cable television industry and the American economy in general. Obama says that people have not yet gotten over the "trauma" of the Great Recession even as the economy snaps back, discusses steps he has taken to prevent corporate tax inversion and monopolies and argues for helping consumers with loans and mortgages, changing the tax code to help working people and making sure that the wealthy pay their fair share. Obama is interviewed by Nicole Sinclair for Yahoo.com Finance.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Hubert Humphrey delivers his acceptance speech for the Presidential nomination at the Democratic national convention in Chicago.
- Date Issued:
- 1968-08-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump calls in to "Fox & Friends" to talk about French President Macron's visit, the Iran agreement, and to blame Senator John Tester (D-MT) for derailing his nominee to lead the Veterans Administration. Trump also talks about the 2016 election, former FBI Director James Comey, Hillary Clinton and CNN.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, MI. Biden criticizes Republican presumptive nominees Mitt Romney and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) for their economic and tax proposals. He says the Republican Party had lost touch with ordinary Americans, noting "Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party. This is not Mitt Romney's father's Republican Party." He praises Detroit and Michigan for their resilience and perseverance. Biden is introduced by Flint native and Olympian Claressa Shields, winner of the gold medal in women's boxing.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Clifton Wharton, former president of Michigan State University, talks about his role in the creation of the university's Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). Wharton says that he was comfortable with labor unions and that the FGP was not created to thwart faculty unionization efforts. In fact, he says, most MSU faculty preferred the grievance model he proposed to unionization. Wharton also talks about the structure of the land grant institution he inherited in 1969, some of the innovations he implemented during a time of tremendous social change, his relationship with MSU Board of Trustees and the uproar over the public disclosure of MSU faculty and staff salaries. Wharton is interviewed by Robert Banks, former MSU associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources and John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor Studies.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush speaks outside the White House to discuss the 2008 Presidential election. Bush says he spoke with President-elect Barack Obama (D-IL) and promised him the cooperation of his own administration during his transition out of the White House. Bush also says he congratulated Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) for their "determined campaign."
- Date Issued:
- 2008-11-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Mike Pence calls an anonymous New York Times op-ed "an assault on our democracy." Pence denies that there is any crisis in the White House or that staffers are discussing invoking the 25th Amendment and says that Donald Trump is a strong and decisive leader. He also discusses Bob Woodward's new book which portrays the White House staff as protecting the country from Trump. On the CBS news show "Face the nation."
- Date Issued:
- 2018-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jimmy Carter talks about votes, SALT II, nuclear weapons, Near East, and Bert Lance.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-05-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Kennedy discusses why he likes being President.
- Date Issued:
- 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner. Obama uses video clips along with jokes to poke fun at his many detractors as well as his supporters. He focuses on his relations with the Republican leadership, ways to boost his popularity, his re-election, and hostile media personalities. Obama closes with a reminder of the "very hard days" recently experienced by a number of citizens. He pays tribute to the first responders and those who opened their homes to the victims. Obama praises journalists who went above and beyond to tell the truth to the country instead of perpetuating rumor.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection