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Hillbilly Elegy,
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015)
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018)
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016)
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016)
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017)
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden)
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019)
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010)
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018)
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017)
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Speeches at the United Nations


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    Speech excerpts / press releases from the United Nations:
  • Remarks by President Biden Before the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 19, 2023, (Link)
  • Reuters, "COP 27 'Live up to your climate promises,' UK PM will say," Nov. 6, 2022; Link
  • Prime Minister Liz Truss’s speech to the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, 21 September 2022 Link
  • Speech by H.E. Xi Jinping at the Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Lawful Seat of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations, 2021-10-25, Link
  • ForeignPolicyJournal.com, "The Obama Wars," on 2011 & 2013 United Nations speeches, by David Swanson, Jul 11, 2019
  • UN Foundation, "Leadership By The U.S. And China In Formally Joining The Paris Agreement On Climate Change," September 3, 2016 Link
  • Trump White House Archives , "Remarks by President Trump to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly," Sept. 25, 2018, (Link)
  • Remarks by President Obama to the United Nations General Assembly, September 28, 2015
  • Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, reported by Washington Post, Sep 28, 2015; Link
  • United Nations Foundation, "New Leaders On Climate Change," by Justine Sullivan, June 18, 2015; Link
  • Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly (New York City), September 21, 2011
  • (On Carly Fiorina): Press release on United Nations Iran Sanctions vote, 6/9/2010
  • (On Mike Bloomberg): Speech to the United Nations on tropical hardwoods, 2/11/2008
  • (On George W. Bush): Address to the United Nations General Assembly, 9/21/2004
  • (On Colin Powell): Speech to the United Nations Security Council, 2/5/2003
  • (On George W. Bush): Address to the United Nations General Assembly, 9/12/2002
  • (On Jesse Helms): Address to the United Nations Security Council, 1/20/2000
  • (On John Ashcroft): Senate Statement on the United Nations and US Policy, 3/9/1998
  • (On George Bush Sr.): Address to the United Nations General Assembly (APP), 10/1/1990

 OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)
Civil Rights
    Joe Biden: Rights for women and minorities part of our shared humanity.
Energy & Oil
    Mike Bloomberg: US must set real and binding carbon reduction targets.
    Mike Bloomberg: Reducing carbon output increases socio-economic well-being.
    Mike Bloomberg: Cities are taking the lead on climate change.
    Barack Obama: America will join China in Paris Climate Agreement.
    Liz Truss: Transition to gas then future of renewable & nuclear energy.
    Pope Francis: Moral imperative to address climate change.
    Rishi Sunak: Can we summon the collective will to tackle global warming?
    Vladimir Putin: Reduce Russia's greenhouse emissions by 70% by 2030.
    Xi Jinping: China will join America in Paris Climate Agreement.
Foreign Policy
    Barack Obama: Support the new Libya who threw off a 42-year dictator.
    Barack Obama: 2011: tough on Bahrain oppression; 2013: sectarian tensions.
    Barack Obama: Nations must work together or suffer the consequences.
    Barack Obama: Cuba policy failed; better to engage through diplomacy.
    Barack Obama: Nations must work together or suffer the consequences.
    Barack Obama: Cuba policy failed; better to engage through diplomacy.
    Carly Fiorina: No deal with Russia nor Iran on nuclear cooperation.
    Colin Powell: UN faces irrelevance if it does not respond to Iraq.
    George Bush Sr.: New World Order: open borders; open trade; open minds.
    George Bush Sr.: New World Order: open borders; open trade; open minds.
    George W. Bush: United States returning to UNESCO.
    George W. Bush: US establishes UN Democracy Fund.
    Jesse Helms: UN lives off of US; we resent UN calling US a deadbeat.
    Jesse Helms: Pay UN only with condition that they REFORM.
    Jesse Helms: The UN serves nation-states, not the other way around.
    John Ashcroft: UN has no say in deployment of US forces.
    Mike Bloomberg: Maintains mayoral office for UN relations, run by his sister.
    Liz Truss: Real struggle between democracies and autocracies.
    Xi Jinping: 50 years of multilateralism in the United Nations.
    Xi Jinping: Win-win mutual benefit over zero-sum games.
    Joe Biden: We stand with regional bodies to support constitutional rule.
    Joe Biden: U.S. and Vietnam show adversaries can become partners.
    Joe Biden: We are for de-risking, not decoupling, with China.
    Donald Trump: Monroe Doctrine: reject interference in our hemisphere.
Free Trade
    Joe Biden: India/Middle East/Europe connection will have impact.
Government Reform
    Jesse Helms: US decentralizes while Europe federalizes.
Health Care
    Barack Obama: Commit to UN WHO dealing with public health pandemics.
    George W. Bush: $15B for international AIDS treatment.
Homeland Security
    Barack Obama: Iran sanctions not only to punish, but to get lasting deal.
    Jesse Helms: US can intervene against dictators, regardless of UN.
    Liz Truss: Spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030, & support Ukraine.
    Vladimir Putin: Enormous mistake to not cooperate with Syria against ISIS.
Immigration
    Donald Trump: Reject U.N.'s Global Compact on Migration.
Principles & Values
    Barack Obama: Strength comes from people, not land and raw materials.
    Barack Obama: Democracy is frustrating, but it makes countries stronger.
    Barack Obama: Strength comes from people, not land and raw materials.
    Barack Obama: Democracy is frustrating, but it makes countries stronger.
Technology
    Joe Biden: Working with world leaders to strengthen rules on AI.
War & Peace
    Barack Obama: Iran sanctions not only to punish, but get to lasting deal.
    Barack Obama: We will not be outlasted by extremists.
    Carly Fiorina: Impose crippling sanctions on Iran.
    Colin Powell: Inspectors are inspectors, not detectives.
    Colin Powell: The facts show Iraq has not disarmed.
    Colin Powell: Iraq moved weapons to hide them from inspectors.
    Colin Powell: Saddam has enough anthrax to kill thousands.
    Colin Powell: WMD inspectors eluded by producing weapons in mobile labs.
    Colin Powell: Photo shows Iraqi jet modified to spray anthrax.
    Colin Powell: Iraq has at least 100 tons of chemical weapons.
    Colin Powell: Iraq has been trying to enrich uranium.
    Colin Powell: Intelligence shows links between Iraq and terrorists.
    Colin Powell: Documented ties between Iraq & Al Qaida.
    Colin Powell: Our future is frightening unless we act against Iraq.
    Colin Powell: Saddam killed 5,000 Kurds with mustard & nerve gas.
    Colin Powell: Post 9/11, we cannot allow Iraq to have nuclear weapons.
    Colin Powell: Iraq close to facing serious consequences for defiance.
    Colin Powell: We wrote Resolution 1441 to preserve peace.
    George W. Bush: No peace for Israel or Palestine without freedom for both.
    George W. Bush: UN founded to fight threats like Saddam and 9/11.
    George W. Bush: Calls on UN to do more in Iraq.
    Vladimir Putin: Ukraine War caused by NATO expansion & Cold War thinking.
    Joe Biden: If Russia prevails in Ukraine can any nation feel secure?
    Donald Trump: Sanctions on Venezuela: fight repressive socialist regime.


The above quotations are from Speeches at the United Nations.

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