[John Tower Speech to the Texas Press Assoc. about National Security, Houston, TX, June 20, 1980] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to the Texas Press Assoc. about National Security, Houston, TX, June 20, 1980]

Speech; Soviet relations; NATO Europe relations; Reliance on foreign goods; Threat of Soviet military power; Restoration of U.S. military strength; Defense budget.
Date: June 20, 1980
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech about CNO Change of  Command, Annapolis, MD, June 30, 1982] (open access)

[John Tower Speech about CNO Change of Command, Annapolis, MD, June 30, 1982]

Speech; Naval strength; Tom Hayward; Jim Watkins - new CNO; U.S. Merchant Marine and Civilian Shipbuilding Industrial Base; Merchant Marine Fleet; Need for National Maritime Policy; [CNO, Chief of Naval Operations].
Date: June 30, 1982
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech before Art Laffer Associates about Spending Programs, June 17, 1982] (open access)

[John Tower Speech before Art Laffer Associates about Spending Programs, June 17, 1982]

Speech; Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981; Spending for National Defense; Reagan Administration.
Date: June 17, 1982
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to Art Laffer Associates about Defense Spending, June 17, 1982] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to Art Laffer Associates about Defense Spending, June 17, 1982]

Speech; National Defense Budget; Communist aggression; Soviet Union; Reagan Administration; Comparison Soviet and American Armed Forces; Recession; Unemployment; Defense Spending as stimulus to Economy; Inflation; Defense Budget Cuts.
Date: June 17, 1982
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech at National War College Graduation about International Security Environment, Washington D.C., June 8, 1982] (open access)

[John Tower Speech at National War College Graduation about International Security Environment, Washington D.C., June 8, 1982]

Speech; Interlocking nature of economic interests - e.g. dependence on Middle Eastern oil; Buildup of Soviet military power; Lessened political cohesion of major alliances, incl. NATO; U.S.commitment to four worldwide missions: equivalence w. strategic forces of Soviet Union, maritime superiority, power projection superiority, technological superiority; U.S.commitment to three regional missions: defense of NATO Europe, defense of East Asia, defense of Southwest Asia; North Atlantic Alliance; Culver-Nunn Amendment of 1976; Nixon Doctrine; Security assistance programs.
Date: June 8, 1982
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech for the Dedication of the Jacksonville Public Library given in Jacksonville, Texas, June 12, 1983] (open access)

[John Tower Speech for the Dedication of the Jacksonville Public Library given in Jacksonville, Texas, June 12, 1983]

Speech about the value and importance of libraries. Praises the efforts of the people of Jacksonville to fund and build the city library.
Date: June 12, 1983
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History