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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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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) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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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
- 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
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Civil Rights
Joe Biden: Rights for women and minorities part of our shared humanity.
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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.
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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.
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Free Trade
Joe Biden: India/Middle East/Europe connection will have impact.
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Government Reform
Jesse Helms: US decentralizes while Europe federalizes.
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Health Care
Barack Obama: Commit to UN WHO dealing with public health pandemics.
George W. Bush: $15B for international AIDS treatment.
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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.
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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.
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Technology
Joe Biden: Working with world leaders to strengthen rules on AI.
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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?
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The above quotations are from Speeches at the United Nations.
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