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[John Tower Speech at Ceremont for the USS Houston (SSN 713), Norfolk, Virginia, Sept. 25, 1982]
Speech; Nuclear powered attack submarine; Navy ship; Fleet; USS Houston Survivors Association; Houston War Bonds Committee.
Date:
September 25, 1982
Creator:
Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to McGraw Hill DRI Defense Symposium about Reagan Defense Program, Sept. 13, 1982]
Speech; Soviet military power; Arms control; Reagan Administration's leadership role in the Middle East; Security Assistance Program; Increased resources for defense; Public perception of Reagan Defense Program.
Date:
September 13, 1982
Creator:
Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to State Republican Convention about Reagan Administration, Sept. 11, 1982]
Speech; President Reagan; Decrease in inflation and interest rates; Upturn in economic indicators; Military policy; Nuclear arms control; Governor Bill Clements.
Date:
September 11, 1982
Creator:
Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis about Soviet Naval Power, Washington, D.C., July 29, 1982]
Speech; Soviet naval threat; Soviet military capability; Comparison of U.S. fleet and Soviet fleet; Separation of Navy and Merchant Marine in the USA; Importance of U.S. Merchant Marine.
Date:
July 29, 1982
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 at Graduation Exercises, USMA Class of 1982 about Defense Efforts, Westpoint, NY, May 26, 1982]
Speech; Duty; Honor; Country; Terrorism; Militarism; Instability; Increased security challenges; Soviet military power; Anti-defense propaganda; Modern warfare; Western alliances.
Date:
May 26, 1982
Creator:
Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to National Security Industrial Association about National Defense, March 25, 1982]
1981 James Forrestal Memorial Award; Introduction comments Mellon Baird; Speech John Tower; National Defense; Soviet Union; News information and misinformation; Television; Defense spending; Weapon technology.
Date:
March 25, 1982
Creator:
Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System:
The Portal to Texas History