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… Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, distinguished Members of the Congress: I share … in this Chamber, but few understood what was required and did anything about it. The executive branch and the Congress … the Government tried to do everything that we knew how to do to hold it down. Yet we were not as successful as …
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… role to play in strengthening democracies everywhere, UVA President James Ryan told a packed house at Old Cabell Hall … opening conversation covering national security and the president’s role in the world. In examining tensions between …
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… President Obama speaks on the future of US relations in the … about this change -- the forces that are driving it and how we can respond in a way that advances our values and … regime –- including sanctions announced yesterday on President Assad and those around him. The Syrian people have …
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… the early 20th century to the present. In this episode, he discusses the water crises in Flint. … Government workers have been criminally indicted. President Obama and Democratic presidential candidates seized … into the broad decline of so many urban areas in America. He’s just published a new book, titled, Demolition Means …
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… President Bill Clinton explains the U.S. decision to join … struggled peacefully to get their rights back. When President Milosevic sent his troops and police to crush them, … if leaders back then had acted wisely and early enough, how many lives could have been saved, how many Americans …
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… Headquarters of the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma, Arizona, President Bush outlines his desires for a comprehensive … THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thank you all very much, please be … me the tour. Colburn, as you know, is heading up north. He's going to miss the weather. More importantly, he's going …
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… elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. On July 21, 2015, he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 election. … Republican nomination for President of the United States. He was a member of the U.S. Congress for 18 years, ran an …
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… people the resources to move into the middle class. President Franklin Roosevelt famously partnered with New … those funds never materialized. These federal expenditures did not prevent urban decline in large part because the …
New York and Chicago are increasingly desirable places to live and cities like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are seeing their populations and property values stabilize after a long period of relative decline. This nascent urban resurgence should remind us that cities have always been engines of economic creativity, ingenuity, and opportunity.
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… President Obama delivers the 2012 State of the Union Address, with Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House John Boehner. … Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and … away for retirement. The defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive. No challenge is more …
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… Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City, President Bush delivers his acceptance speech for the … THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Mr. Chairman -- Mr. … savings accounts. After supporting my education reforms, he now wants to dilute them. He opposes legal and medical …
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… Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Congress, honored … press, who place a high premium on accuracy, let me say: I did not actually hear George Washington say that. [Laughter] … MacArthur made an unforgettable farewell to a country he loved and served so well. Dwight Eisenhower reminded us …
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… Mr. Speaker and Mr. President, distinguished members of Congress, honored guests, … and the Vice President are laughing. They saw what I did in Japan, and they're just happy they're sitting behind … and the promises they hold, and of some big problems and how, together, we can solve them and move our country forward …
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… President Ronald Reagan speaks about the air traffic controllers strike. He states very clearly that if the striking union workers do … The President. This morning at 7 a.m. the union representing … At National Airport a traffic controller told a newsperson he had resigned from the union and reported to work because, …
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… Pennsylvania, in support of Adlai Stevenson's campaign for President. The President states the Republican Party is a servant of special … by all the people and who is the people's lobbyist is the President of the United States. So you will have to be mighty …
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… President Johnson submits to Congress his recent … Ad Interim Secretary of War Grant informed Johnson that he would vacate his post and return it to Stanton. … Representatives, requesting any further correspondence the President "may have had with General U. S. Grant, in addition …
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… President Donald J. Trump addresses the graduating class of the US Military Academy at West Point. He praises the cadets for their hard work and success, and … during the Battle of the Wilderness: “If you see the President,” Grant said, “tell him from me that whatever …
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… From the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, President Ronald Reagan reflects on taxes, poverty, and foreign policy. He criticizes the Democrats for high taxes, liberal policies, … Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice President, delegates to this convention, and fellow citizens: …
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… By BettyJoyce Nash Barack Obama’s presidency was hailed as a milestone, yet the election of the first African American president did not mean that the United States had transcended … to move the country forward,” Kendi said. “That’s just not how history has actually happened.” The power of the …
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… Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, distinguished Members of Congress, honored guests, … than those used by President Eisenhower that evening. He said, "We shall have much to do together; I am sure that … I took a risk with regard to our action in Iran. It did not work, and for that I assume full responsibility. The …
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… and I was able to get the invitation in plenty of time. President Cobb, Vice Chairman Kelly Alexander, and Executive … and parks. Our dialog must also include discussions on how we can best protect the rights and privileges of all our … where I grew up. Anyone who becomes President realizes he must represent all the people of the land, not just those …