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Secretary Baker spoke with reporters in the White House Briefing Room about the recent political and economic changes in the Soviet Union. On Monday, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Byel…

Secretary Baker delivered an address entitled, “American and the Post-Coup Soviet Union.” It was his first public comment on U.S.-Soviet relations since the leaders of Russia, Byelorussia, a…

Secretary of State James Baker addressed reporters from the White House Briefing Room. He spoke about the Middle East peace conference and said that Israel and the Arab states should decide …

Secretary James Baker and Foreign Minister Boris Pankin of the Soviet Union discussed their thoughts on the progress made during the Middle East Peace Conference.

The delegates to the Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid, Spain, delivered final remarks on the last day of the three day meeting. Translation for remarks not in English was by voiceover…

President Bush called reporters into the Oval Office to announce his intention to ask members of Congress to defer consideration of Israel’s aid request for 120 days. The delay in the reques…

U.S. Secretary of State James Baker held a news conference to discuss recent events in the Soviet Union and the Baltic states. Earlier in the week, President Bush had announced the official …

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…

Secretary of State Baker briefed reporters on developments in the START strategic arms treaty negotiations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Talks had been underway in Washington, DC, b…

U.S. Secretary of State Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Bessmertnykh met in Washington to discuss plans for a strategic-arms reduction treaty and addressed the media following their meetin…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony from the Secretary of State James Baker on the progress of the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty. The treaty would limit the numbers…

Secretary of State James Baker briefed reporters on the Economic Summit of the Industrialized Nations, to be held July 15-17 in London, England. He said the goals of the summit are to create…

Richard McCormack, Former Undersecretary of State for Economics and Agricultural Affairs, served as President Bush’s personal representative at the 1989 Economic Summit in Paris,France, and …

On a day when tensions in Yugoslavia appeared to be heading toward a civil war in the Eastern European country, Secretary of State James Baker spoke before a Gannett Foundation dinner. Accor…

President Bush announced the nomination of Robert S. Strauss for Ambassador to the Soviet Union in the White House Rose Garden. Mr. Strauss is a Democrat, a close friend of President Bush, a…

The subcommittee continued to hear testimony on the Middle East peace process from Secretary of State James Baker, who recently spent 36 days over the course of two months touring the Middle…

Secretary of State James Baker testified on the Bush administration’s fiscal year 1992 Foreign Operations appropriations proposal. Having recently returned from a two week tour of the Middle…

President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker briefed reporters on the progress of Secretary of State Baker’s state visits with heads of state in the Middle East shortly before President…

President Bush spoke to State Department employees in the State Department on their work during the Persian Gulf war. He thanked and lauded the employees for their long hours and hard work d…

A memorial service was held in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol for Rep. Silvio O. Conte who died on Feb. 8, 1991. The speakers remembered Conte and told stories about the colorful repr…