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MRS. BUSH: Good morning. This is Laura Bush. For the weekly radio address, President Bush has handed the mic over to me. And today, I’d like to talk about something that’s close to my heart — America’s heart health. February is American Heart Month — a time to start heart-healthy habits, and to learn about the risk factors for heart disease. The...
President Bush Welcomes 2008 National and State Teachers of the Year to the White House THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to the White House. Welcome to the Rose Garden. We’re walking out of the Oval Office, Mike turns to me and says, “I like what you’ve done with the place.” (Laughter.) All I did was mow the lawn. (Laughter.) Glad ...
Richard M. Nixon Cambodian Incursion Address delivered 30 April 1970 from Washington, DC Good evening, my fellow Americans. Ten days ago, in my report to the nation on Vietnam, I announced the decision to withdraw an additional 150,000 Americans from Vietnam over the next year. I said then that I was making that decision despite our concern over increased enemy activity i...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence *Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight, and how very delighted I am to see you expressing your concern about the issues that will be discussed tonight by turning out in such large numbers. I also want to say that I consider it a great honor ...
Malcolm X Message To The Grass Roots delivered on 10 Nov, 1963 in Detroit, MI …And during the few moments that we have left, we want to have just an off-the-cuff chat between you and me — us. We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. We all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed, that America has a very ...
President Bush Commemorates Military Spouse Day THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Phil. I appreciate — appreciate you and your band members being here today. Thanks for entertaining us here on the South Lawn of the White House. (Applause.) We are so glad you have come. We’re honoring six recipients of the President’s Volunteer Service Awards. And as we ...
THE PRESIDENT: It’s been a pleasure of my presidency to get to know the leaders of Rolling Thunder. For our fellow citizens who don’t know Rolling Thunder, Rolling Thunder is the moment in time here in Washington, on Memorial Day Weekend, when thousands of motorcyclers come to the nation’s capital to pay tribute to those who have died in service, to those w...
Ronald Reagan Remarks on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. Europe was enslaved and the world praye...
Edward M. Kennedy Address at the Public Memorial Service for Robert F. Kennedy delivered 8 June 1968 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, Mr. President: On behalf of Mrs. Kennedy, her children, the parents and sisters of Robert Kennedy, I want to express what we feel to those who mourn with us today in this Cathedral and around the ...
President Bush Discusses Energy THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I want to thank Secretary Kempthorne and Secretary Bodman for joining me. For many Americans, there is no more pressing concern than the price of gasoline. Truckers and farmers and small business owners have been hit especially hard. Every American who drives to work, purchases food, or ships a product has felt the...
President Bush Attends Medal of Honor Ceremony for Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor, U.S. Navy THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, and welcome. The Medal of Honor is America’s highest decoration for military valor. Over the years, many who have received the medal have given their lives in the action that earned it. The name of Petty Officer Michael Anthony Monsoor will ...
President Bush Visits Jacksonville, Florida, Discusses Trade Policy THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Please be seated. Thank you for the warm welcome. It’s nice to be back in J-ville. (Applause.) It’s an interesting place to come, isn’t it? I’ve been in your stadium, I’ve been in your church — I’ve never been on the docks....
President Bush Visits Department of State THE PRESIDENT: Madam Secretary, thank you very much for your hospitality. I just had a very interesting dialogue on how to strengthen the State Department’s capacity to bring freedom and peace around the world, and how to make sure the State Department works collaboratively with the Defense Department, as we deal with some of...
Adlai E. Stevenson Speech Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the Convention, my fellow citizens: I accept your nomination and your program. I should have preferred to hear those words uttered by a stronger, a wiser, a better man than myself. But after listening to the President’s speech, I even feel better about mys...
PRESIDENT BUSH: It’s been my honor to welcome to the Oval Office the President and First Lady of a close friend of the United States. Mr. President, thank you for coming. We’ve had a good discussion about a variety of issues. We discussed bilateral relations between Guatemala and the United States, which are very strong. We are friends. We treat each other with...
President Bush Visits Dayton, Ohio, Discusses Global War on Terror THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. (Applause.) General Metcalf, thanks, thanks for welcoming me back here. I am really pleased to be back to Wright-Patt, and it’s great to be on the inside of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, which is a fabulous place. I hope our fellow citizens...
President’s Radio Address THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today is my daughter Jenna’s wedding day. This is a joyous occasion for our family, as we celebrate the happy life ahead of her and her husband Henry. It’s also a special time for Laura, who this Mother’s Day weekend will watch a young woman we raised together walk down the aisle. Mother’...
Elizabeth Glaser 1992 Democratic National Convention Address I’m Elizabeth Glaser. Eleven years ago, while giving birth to my first child, I hemorrhaged and was transfused with seven pints of blood. Four years later, I found out that I had been infected with the AIDS virus and had unknowingly passed it to my daughter, Ariel, through my breast milk, and my son, Jake, i...
President Bush Meets with Afghanistan Provincial Governors THE PRESIDENT: I just had a fascinating opportunity to discuss Afghanistan with eight governors. I started off the meeting by telling them I was a governor once. And I — and they were then telling me their stories, their concerns. First of all, they universally thanked the American people for standing with th...
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This Thursday, Laura and I returned from an inspiring visit to Africa. In Benin and Tanzania, we met leaders who are fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria — and people whose lives have been saved by the generosity of the American people. In Rwanda, we saw a nation overcoming the pain of genocide with courage and grace and hope. In Ghana, we met ent...