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The NAFTA agreement signing ceremony was held at the Commerce Department with President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. They provided comments on the historic trade deal.

DOD Secretary Les Aspin and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Colin Powell briefed the media on the results of a five-month review of U.S. defense needs. The “Bottom-Up Review” assesses U.S. def…

President Clinton spoke in a Rose Garden ceremony to announce his selection of U.S. Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General John Shalikashvili to chair the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General …

After receiving a award for defense of his country, General Colin Powell spoke to an audience at the convention of the International Platform Association on the changing face of the U.S. arm…

General Colin Powell spoke during a ceremony marking the groundbreaking for a memorial commemorating the women military personnel who fought in the Vietnam War. General Powell emphasized the…

Secretary Les Aspin and General Colin Powell spoke in a news briefing in the Pentagon on the U.S. military air strike against targets in Iraq earlier in the day. The two men spoke shortly af…

General Colin Powell spoke to the attendees of a black tie dinner at the Washington Hilton after receiving the Eisenhower Leadership Prize for his work in issues involving human values. In h…

The commission heard testimony from Defense Secretary Les Aspin, General Colin Powell and other members of the Joint Chiefs on the list of military bases slated for closure by the Department…

General Colin Powell delivered the commencement address to the 1993 graduating class of Harvard University and their guests. In his remarks, General Powell reflected on the end of the Cold W…

President Bill Clinton spoke during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Following the remarks of several veterans and relatives of soldiers killed in …

Administration officials and Department of Defense Administrators spoke in a ceremony commemorating the completion of the construction of the Pentagon fifty years earlier in 1943. The ceremo…

U.S. Army General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of Defense Les Aspin answered questions concerning allowing gays to serve in the military. They discusse…

The House Armed Services Committee took up the 1994 Defense Budget.

The committee heard testimony from Secretary Aspin and General Powell on the Department of Defense strategy for the future of the U.S. military and the fiscal year 1994 Department of Defense…

The Defense Base Closure & Realignment Commission heard testimony from DOD Secretary Les Aspin and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Colin Powell on recently announced plans to close 31 major U.…

Members of Congress and other prominent government officials paid tribute to Senator Strom Thurmond on his 90th birthday. The keynote speech was delivered by former President Richard Nixon. …

Secretary Aspin and General Powell spoke briefly with reporters after a meeting with Senate leaders to discuss plans for an airdrop of humanitarian aid to the former Yugoslavia, which has be…

General Colin Powell spoke in a news conference in the Pentagon to announce the release of a report on the future of the U.S. military, a report which the chairman of the Joint Chiefs is req…

General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke in a ceremony welcoming Leslie Aspin to the Department of Defense. The ceremony included the National Anthem, an invocation…

General Colin Powell and Sec. of Defense Dick Cheney spoke at a tribute ceremony honoring the accomplishments of President and Mrs. Bush. They focused their remarks on the President’s leader…