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Jack Kennedy Schlossberg, the grandson of President John F. Kennedy and the son of Caroline Kennedy, was one of the first speakers to take the stage Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention ...
The first presidential debate between Vice President George H. W. Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis took place on Sunday September 25, 1988, in the Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS with John Mashek of Atlanta Constitution , Peter Jennings of ABC , and Anne Groer of Orlando Sentinel as panelists.
It was Bush's third and final State of the Union Address and his fourth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker , Tom Foley , accompanied by Dan Quayle , the vice president , in his capacity as the president of the Senate .
George and Barbara Bush, 2001. His eldest son, George W. Bush, was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States on January 20, 2001, and re-elected in 2004.. Through previous administrations, the elder Bush had ubiquitously been known as "George Bush" or "President Bush", but following his son's election the need to distinguish between them has made retronymic forms such as "George H ...
The speech is referred to as the presidential economic address or the address on administration goals. During his speech, President Bush presented his proposed federal budget. [1] [2] Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos was the designated survivor and did not attend the address in order to maintain a continuity of government. [3]
The 1988 Republican National Convention was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, from August 15 to August 18, 1988.It was the second time that a major party held its convention in one of the five states known as the Deep South, coming on the heels of the 1988 Democratic National Convention, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia.
The second presidential debate between President George H. W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton, and Businessman Ross Perot took place on October 15, 1992, at University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. The town hall style debate was moderated by Carole Simpson of ABC with 109 uncommitted voters as questioners. Questions were focused primarily on ...
George H. W. Bush of Texas Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro of New York; VP Thursday, October 11, 1984, 9:00 – 10:30 p.m. EDT [1] Pennsylvania Hall Civic Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Sander Vanocur of ABC: P: P