Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...speech to the American Legion on Sept. 7, Bush quoted Teddy Roosevelt on how "sentimentality" is out of place when vital national interests are at stake. He cited the 1983 invasion of Grenada and the 1986 bombing raid on Libya as models of the way the U.S. should protect itself against enemies who are doing Moscow's dirty work. At numerous rallies Bush suggested that Dukakis would be like Carter, whom he accused of having presided over "America's retreat in this hemisphere and around the world" -- an echo of the canal sellout charge...
Wright spokesperson Mark Johnson said the Texas Democrat planned a weekend getaway with his wife Betty to an undisclosed location. One lawmaker close to the talks speculated that Wright would spend the time writing his final speech...
Freshman Republican Brian Lees of East Longmeadow chose to make his maiden speech in support of abortion rights...
...believe that I should not interfere in someone else's life--period," Lees said, adding that he would have preferred to deliver his first Senate speech on another subject but felt compelled to speak out after abortion opponents attacked supporters personally...
...White House see any reason to make changes in Bush's Friday speech. The President spoke not just of easing tensions but of superpower "friendship." Said Bush: "The United States now has as its goal much more than simply containing Soviet expansionism -- we seek the integration of the Soviet Union into the community of nations." But, confirming what his lieutenants had been saying privately, Bush put the onus on the Soviet Union to make further moves to bring that happy state about. "A new relationship cannot be simply declared by Moscow or bestowed by others," he said. "It must...