President Clinton at D-Day 50th Anniversary
President Clinton spoke at the 50th anniversary of D-Day and visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. The president paid tribute t…
5,575 viewsPresident Clinton spoke at the 50th anniversary of D-Day and visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. The president paid tribute t…
5,575 viewsFormer senior military leaders presented their report Toward a Grand Strategy in an Uncertain World: Renewing the Transatlantic Partnership and discussed NATO, the European Union, and integr…
174 viewsCommittee members heard testimony from Department of Defense officials concerning a report by a Pentagon task force led by Wayne Downing after its investigation into the bombing of a U.S. ai…
1,126 viewsPresident Bill Clinton and Defense Secretary Les Aspin spoke at a full military ceremony celebrating the long, distinguished career of retiring Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General …
1,353 viewsAt a ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, President Bill Clinton and others honored dead and living veterans who served in the armed forces in the war with Japan. In hi…
670 viewsParty leaders spoke about Senator John Kerry’s candidacy for the presidency, his qualifications, and contrasted his positions to those of the Bush administration. They also talked about Vice…
1,413 viewsWitnesses testified on potential military action against Iraq and a proposed resolution authorizing the president to use force to ensure compliances of past United Nations resolutions. They …
172 viewsGeneral John Shalikashvili spoke to reporters about his report to President Clinton on the prevention of nuclear proliferation. He expressed his support of Senate ratification of the Compreh…
66 viewsPresident Clinton and others talked about the need to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. They said that ratification would make it more difficult for countries like Russia, China, Ind…
124 viewsThe Washington, DC area Boy Scouts honored General Shalikashvili. In his remarks, he spoke about the benefits of scouting and living in the U.S. and contrasted this with his childhood in Eas…
55 viewsThis farewell ceremony at FT. Meyer,VA. for outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Shalikashvili. William S. Cohen, Defence Secretary President Bill Clinton praised …
439 viewsGeneral John Shalikashvili, who recently resigned as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke about the future of the U.S. military. He lauded the men and women of the armed forces whose…
39 viewsSecretary Cohen and General Shalikashvili released the report on the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers barracks in Saudi Arabia. They stressed that the Air Force has improved base security m…
1,831 viewsThe Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony from Defense Secretary William Cohen and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General John Shalikashvili on the Quadrennial Defense Review. Secr…
80 viewsSecretary of Defense William Cohen and General John Shalikashvili officially released the Quadrennial Defense Review. They and others Defense Department officials briefed reporters on the re…
48 viewsOn the day the Senate began debating the Chemical Weapons Convention, a White House ceremony was held in which President Clinton and other dignitaries urged the U.S. Senate to ratify it. The…
124 viewsJoint Chiefs of Staff Chair General John Shalikashvili briefed Pentagon reporters on the Chemical Weapons Convention, sexual harassment allegations in the military and the missing Air Force …
31 viewsSecretary William Cohen defended President Bill Clinton’s proposed fiscal year 1998 Defense Department budget of $259.4 billion. He agreed with some Republican criticism that too much was be…
51 viewsDuring his first briefing at the Pentagon, Secretary William Cohen announced that his first trip abroad will be a visit to U.S. troops in Bosnia. He also outlined his priorities, including t…
76 viewsPresident Bill Clinton, Defense Secretary William Cohen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders-in-chief of the armed services sat around a table. Before their meeting …
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