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… last syllable of recorded time.' "Henry Clay is dead!---He breathed his last on yesterday at twenty minutes after … conspicuous part. In 1824 he was first a candidate for the Presidency, and was defeated; and, although he was …
Presidential Speeches
… President Johnson holds a press conference in the East Room … of United States Marines from the Dominican Republic and how foreign aid funds for Southeast Asia will be handled. He then takes questions on a number of subjects, including … THE PRESIDENT. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The …
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… challenge the entire country, not one region or group. The President asks Congress to help him pass legislation that … Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the Congress: I speak tonight for the … a country as with a person, "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?" There …
Presidential Speeches
… may well join in the observance of that event. Although he belongs to us, yet by being a great American he became a … Army during the Revolutionary War, as the first President of the United States, and as the master of the … accrued from the independence he won and the free Republic he did so much to establish. We need a diligent comprehension …
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… President Johnson presents a speech upon receiving the … years ago, to a world that was darkened by war, President Franklin Roosevelt described the four freedoms of … freedoms could not be the province of one people alone. He called on all his countrymen to assist those who endured …
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… President Bill Clinton discusses how affirmative action is a systematic approach to ending … affirmative action began 25 years ago by a Republican President with bipartisan support. It began simply as a means … outstanding, completely qualified women and minorities. How did this happen? Fundamentally, because we opened our …
Public Events
… first serialized in the New Yorker, is the story of how New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Facebook founder Mark … Forum . We’ve all heard it a thousand times. Every president, every governor, everybody says: Public Schools are … that sort of thing that is pretty rarely seen. But Bob, how do the things that Dale has written about in this book …
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… who will today join the heroes of three other wars. When he spoke at a ceremony at Gettysburg in 1863, President Lincoln reminded us that through their deeds, the … were a stirring reminder of America's resilience, of how our nation could learn and grow and transcend the …
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… President Donald Trump begins his press conference discussing two bills that he signed related to veterans. He then talks about the failed … that passed for decades and decades and decades, and no President has ever been able to do it. And we got it done so … the Bernie Sanders left wing of the party. And, in fact, he’s gone further left than Bernie Sanders ever dreamt of …
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… President Johnson holds a press conference at the White House where he announces several appointments, the creation of the … the subjects of President Johnson’s views on the vice presidency and American interaction with the Soviet Union and … THE PRESIDENT. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. President …
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… President Obama speaks at "Together We Thrive: Tuscon and … by John McCain 20 years ago -- (applause) -- appointed by President George H.W. Bush and rose to become Arizona’s chief … as the hardest-working judge within the Ninth Circuit. He was on his way back from attending Mass, as he did every …
Presidential Speeches
… President Obama holds a press conference after the 2010 … THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Last night I had a … and where they work, from backyards to factory floors. I did some talking, but mostly I did a lot of listening. And …
Public Events
… in America. What is going wrong? And what can our new president do about it? … to confront the nation in the first year of this new presidency. There may be no issue bigger or more urgent than … there’s no disputing that, but you say that the idea that President Trump inherited a solid economy or that things are …
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… Now by this declaratory act it appears that Congress did not by the original act intend to limit the military … of the Army is thus transformed into a civil officer. He may be made a governor, a legislator, or a judge. However …
Public Events
… Risa Goluboff, the dean of the UVA School of Law, discusses how laws aimed at criminalizing hoboes and beggars became instruments for social control—and how those laws were quietly dismantled by the U.S. Supreme … new. At the heart of it is an age-old tension over just how much discretion the police should have over who they can …
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… President Johnson holds a press conference where he provides announcements on agriculture in America and voter … Freeman has just this week returned from Europe where he has been in that interest. Agriculture is one of our best … It would permit delivery of surplus commodities if the President determined it to be in the national interest. I …
Public Events
… As President-elect Trump assembles his team of national security leaders, he is already challenging some of the pillars of both recent … and a danger to the world. But now, Mr. Trump is the president-elect. He is assembling the team of national security leaders and …
Public Events
… The transition from one president to the next is generally not a gripping drama. But … Forum , I’m Doug Blackmon. The transition from one President to the next in most election years is not a … The first days of a great presidency …
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… We explore how traditional conservatives may react to Donald Trump's … View and writer at large at the British monthly Prospect. He was previously on staff at the New York Times, where he … era. Usually, that line is a set up for a discussion about how the election of an African American president showed that …
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… President Johnson holds a press conference primarily to … and involvement in Vietnam. In questions with the press, President Johnson talks about the effect involvement may have … THE PRESIDENT. My fellow Americans: Not long ago I received a …