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President Obama made a statement about Hurricane Irene. He urged everyone in the hurricane’s path to heed emergency warnings and make appropriate preparations.

President George H.W. Bush, briefed reporters on his phone call with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev which he had just concluded. President Gorbachev planned to return from where he had b…

President Bush interrupted his vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine, to discuss the coup in the Soviet Union which occurred the previous day, when hard-line Communists took power in the Soviet U…

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and U.S. President George H.W. Bush spoke to reporters from outside the president’s vacation home in Kennebunkport, Maine, following their meetings durin…

President George H.W. Bush spoke at a microphone in front of his vacation home in Kennebunkport, Maine, on his meeting earlier in the day with his National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, …

President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Yeltsin spoke to reporters at Camp David about the new relationship between the two countries. President Bush described the relationship as …

President George H.W. Bush announced the official state recognition of the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia in a press conference at his vacation home in Kennebunkport, ME. Th…

U.S. President George H.W. Bush and United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major briefed reporters on a plan to provide foreign aid to the republics of the Soviet Union in the form of food. The …

Following their meeting on the events in the Soviet Union, Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney and U.S. President Bush held a news conference to discuss their respective countries' foreign poli…

President Bush commented on food aid to the Soviet Union in response to a question from a reporter while on vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine. President Bush said his administration would stu…

A tired President George H.W. Bush responded to questions from reporters briefly before playing golf on his vacation in Maine. In response to a question on revised GNP figures indicating the…

President George H.W. Bush and Secretary of State James Baker briefed reporters on recent events in the Soviet Union, where earlier in the day Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev gave a drama…

President George H. W. Bush spoke on the events in the Soviet Union from the Shawnee Inn in Kennebunkport, ME, during his summer vacation. On the day, reports from Moscow indicated the coup …

President George H.W. Bush in Maine on the golf course, paused to comment on events in the Soviet Union including changes made in the Soviet cabinet by Soviet President Gorbachev. He had jus…

President Bush spoke with the governors via satellite from Kennebunkport, Maine. The President discussed several topics with the governors, including transportation, education, and health ca…

President George H.W. Bush held a news conference during his vacation in Kennebunkport, ME, to announce his intention to sign a bill extending unemployment benefits to people out of work for…

Speaking to reporters in Kennebunkport, Maine, President Bush spoke about the possible release of hostages held in the Middle east. He also discussed his nomination of Clarence Thomas to the…

President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu briefed reporters on their meeting in the president’s vacation home in Maine preparing for the upcoming Economic Summit of the Industrialized…

President Bush paused during his stay at his vacation home in Kennebunkport, ME, to discuss the nomination of Robert Gates, former deputy national security adviser, for the position of direc…