George H.W. Bush: “USIA is founded on the belief, the certainty, if you will, that ideas…”

On the recordJune 6, 1991

USIA is founded on the belief, the certainty, if you will, that ideas matter, especially to this nation, a nation founded on the idea of freedom.

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Republican · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Henry Catto as Director of the United States Information Agency

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