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Remarks on Lighting the National Community Christmas Tree

December 17, 1981 (12/17/1981) Ladies and gentlemen and fellow Americans: This is a wonderful occasion, an annual occasion here in Washington, when we turn on the nation's Christmas tree. Christmas, o...

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Executive Order 12336 -- Task Force on Legal Equity for Women

December 21, 1981 (12/21/1981) By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to provide for the systematic elimination of regulatory and ...

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Nomination of Michael Hayden Armacost To Be United States Ambassador to the Philippines

December 22, 1981 (12/22/1981) The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael Hayden Armacost, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Philippines. He would succeed Richard W. Murphy. Mr...

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Appointments & Designations, December 23, 1981 (12/23/1981)

Appointment of Carl A. Anderson as a Member of the Native Hawaiians Study Commission December 23, 1981 (12/23/1981) The President today announced his intention to appoint Carl A. Anderson to be a memb...

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Statement on Signing Proclamations Concerning Imports of Sugar and Sugar Products

December 23, 1981 (12/23/1981) I have today signed two proclamations imposing import fees and increasing duties on sugar. The proclamations were made necessary by enactment of the 1981 Agriculture and...

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Address to the Nation About Christmas and the Situation in Poland

December 23, 1981 (12/23/1981) Good evening. At Christmas time, every home takes on a special beauty, a special warmth, and that's certainly true of the White House, where so many famous Americans hav...

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Statement on the Situation in Afghanistan

December 27, 1981 (12/27/1981) Our current concern regarding Poland should not cause us to forget that 2 years ago today, massive Soviet military forces invaded the sovereign country of Afghanistan an...

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Statement on Signing International Security and Foreign Assistance Legislation

December 29, 1981 (12/29/1981) Today I am signing into law S. 1196, the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981, and H.R. 4559, the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appro...

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Statement on Signing the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982

December 29, 1981 (12/29/1981) I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 4995, the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982. This legislation is a significant step in this administration's commitment to...

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Statement on Signing the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grant Amendments of 1981

December 29, 1981 (12/29/1981) I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 4503, the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grant Amendments of 1981. To date, this is the most significant piece of environ...

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