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- Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Change of Command Ceremony for United States Forces-Iraq in the Al Faw Palace at Camp Victory. Biden marks the end of combat operations in Iraq and the beginning of a new advise and assist role for U.S. forces. He also recounts the history of the conflict, praises the efforts of American and coalition troops, and comments on the number of Americans who are advising Iraqi government officials on everything from law and property rights to law enforcement and reconstruction projects. He stresses that Iraq has the foundation to once again be free and prosperous.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Selections from his valedictory address given at Texas A & M University, where his presidential papers will be housed. He talks about his pride in the achievements of his foreign policy. Asks his sympathetic audience to support incoming President Clinton.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-12-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- William Frederick (Buffalo Bill) Cody shares his "Sentiments on the Cuban question," in this Emile Berliner Gramophone recording. Cody believes that war with Spain is justified because of the barbaric conditions in which the citizens of Cuba live. He challenges the manhood of those who will not fight.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-04-20T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Description:
- In a speech from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama announces the end of combat operations in Iraq. He speaks about the significance of a transition period as control is returned to the Iraqi government, challenges that still remain for Iraq and the U.S., and the nature of new U.S. commitments to Iraq. The President also praises U.S. military personnel who have served in the war and highlights the toll the war has taken on Iraqi civilians.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Memorial Plaque Ceremony honoring those who lost their lives while serving overseas in the line of duty or under heroic or other inspirational circumstances. Among those eulogized are the victims of the attack on the American mission in Benghazi. Kerry introduces Vice President Joe Biden who also honors the dedication of those in the Foreign Service and the sacrifices by their families and reads the names of the deceased being honored. AFSA President Susan R. Johnson hosts the ceremony and delivers welcoming remarks.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Riegle and the delegation meet with USAID officials in India
- Date Issued:
- 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- Donald W. Riegle Papers
- Description:
- Dr. Xuan, Congressman Riegle, and Wilmot Averill, of USAID
- Date Issued:
- 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- Donald W. Riegle Papers
- Description:
- Rep. Riegle, Aubrey A. Gunnels, Rep. Shriver, pay visit to Henry J. Costanzo at the embassy in Seoul
- Date Issued:
- 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- Donald W. Riegle Papers
- Description:
- Mary C. Burnham talks about serving as a dietitian in the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps during World War Two and later in occupied Japan and stateside military hospitals, over a twenty-year Army career. Burnham discusses her youth in Milwaukee, her college years, her early work life in Chicago, enlisting in the Army in 1942 soon after Pearl Harbor, training at a base in Texas, shipping out to the Pacific Theater, her initial posting to Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands, and her life on the base and her duties as a dietitian. She says that she was later transferred to India and after serving in hospitals there, was sent back to the states via the Middle East and North Africa. During the Korean war, Burnham was again sent overseas and served as part of the U.S. Army of Occupation in Japan. She describes her three years of service in Japan, and says that she was very happy to finally be sent back to the states to serve in a series of military hospitals for the rest of her career. Burnham is interviewed by Jane Piatt.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-05-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project