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Appendix : Documents Used for the Analysis of the Ideational Opportunity Structure and Alignment Power Appendix : Documents Used for the Analysis of the Ideational Opportunity Structure and Alignment Power a) Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act US Foreign Policy Discourse (a) President Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981, Washington, DC. (b) Secretary of State Alexander Haig, A New Direction in U.S. Foreign Policy. Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 24, 1981. (c) Secretary Haig, A Strategic Approach to American Foreign Policy. Address before the American Bar Association, August 11, 1981, New Orleans. (d) President Reagan, Opening Statement at the International Meeting on Cooperation and Development, October 22, 1981, Canc ú n/Mexico. (e) President Reagan, Promoting Peace and Democracy. Address before the British Parliament, June 8, 1982, London/United Kingdom. (f) Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs William P. Clark, President Reagan’s Framework for Peace. Address before the City Club and Chamber of Commerce, October 29, 1982, San Diego. (g) President Reagan, Paths toward Peace: Deterrence and Arms Control. Address to the Nation, November 22, 1982, Washington, DC. (h) President Reagan, Progress in the Quest for Peace and Freedom. Address before the American Legion, February 22, 1983, Washington, DC. (i) President Reagan, Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security, March 23, 1983, Washington, DC. (j) President Reagan, Radio Address, September 10, 1983. US Cuba Policy Discourse (a) Assistant Secretary of State Thomas O. Enders, Strategic Situation in Central America and the Caribbean. Statement before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, December 14, 1981, Washington, DC. 206 Appendix (b) Department of State, Cuba’s Renewed Support for Violence in Latin America. Research Paper Presented to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, December 14, 1981, Washington, DC. (c) President Reagan, The Sordid Promises of Communism. From Remarks on the Caribbean Basin Initiative before the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, February 24, 1982. (d) Assistant Secretary Enders, Radio Broadcasting to Cuba. Statement before the Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary of the Senate Appropriations Committee, May 4, 1982, Washington, DC. (e) Assistant Secretary Enders, Dealing with the Reality of Cuba. Statement before the Subcommittees on Inter-American Affairs and International Economic Policy and Trade of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, December 14, 1982, Washington, DC. (f) President Reagan, Meeting Castro’s Challenge in Central America . Remarks on Cuba, March 10, 1983. (g) Assistant Secretary Enders, FY 1984 Assistance Requests for Latin America and the Caribbean. Statement Delivered before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, March 16, 1983, Washington, DC. (h) President Reagan, Address before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America, April 27, 1983, Washington, DC. (i) President Reagan, Remarks at Cuban Independence Day Celebration, May 20, 1983, Miami. (j) President Reagan, Radio Address to the Nation on the Situation in Central America, August 13, 1983, El Paso/Texas. Alignment Power (a) Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) Chairman Jorge Mas Canosa, “Parlamentarios no deben ir a Cuba. Al Redactor [Members of Congress Should Not Go to Cuba. Letter to the Editor],” in: Miami Herald, September 15, 1981. (b) Mas Canosa, La creaci ó n de Radio Mart í . Declaraci ó n a la prensa [The Creation of Radio Mart í . Press Release], September 24, 1981. (c) CANF, U.S. Radio Broadcasting to Cuba: Policy Implications, Washington, DC, 1982. (d) CANF Executive Director Frank Calzó n, Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, March 3, 1982, Washington, DC. (e) Mas Canosa, 20 de Mayo de 1982. Discurso [May 20, 1982. Address], May 20, 1982, Hotel Four Ambassadors, Miami. (f) Mas Canosa, “La Lucha por la libertad de Cuba y por la seguridad de Am é rica” [The Fight for Cuba’s Freedom and for America’s Security], in: Diario Las Am é ricas, I and II, July 12, 1982, Miami. (g) Mas Canosa, Homenaje a la Honorable Jeane Kirkpatrick. Discurso [Tribute to the Honorable Jeane Kirkpatrick. Address], October 22, 1982, Miami. (h) Mas Canosa, “Aboga La Brigada por unidad con los cubanos que luchan en la isla” [The Brigade Advocates for Unity with the Cubans Fighting on the Island], in: Gir ó n, 15 (October–December): 4, 1982. Appendix 207 (i) Thomas, Hugh, The Revolution on Balance , Washington, DC: CANF, 1983. (j) Mas Canosa, Visita del Presidente Ronald W. Reagan. Discurso [Visit of President Ronald W. Reagan. Address], May 20, 1983, Miami. b) Cuban Democracy Act US Foreign Policy Discourse (a) President George H. W. Bush, Address before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union, January 29, 1991, Washington, DC. (b) President Bush, Address before a Joint Session of Congress on the End of the Gulf War, March 6, 1991, Washington, DC. (c) President Bush, Statement on the 1991 National Security Strategy Report, August 13, 1991. (d) Secretary of State James Baker, Democracy’s Season. Address before the CSCE Meeting on the Human Dimension, September 11, 1991, Moscow. (e) Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, Engagement vs. Withdrawal: US Foreign Policy after the Cold War. Remarks at a “Business Week” Symposium, October 3, 1991, Washington, DC. (f) President Bush, Remarks to the American Enterprise Institute, December 4, 1991, Washington, DC. (g) President Bush, Address before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union, January 28, 1992, Washington, DC. (h) President Bush, Remarks to the Economic Club of Detroit, March 13, 1992, Detroit. (i) Secretary Baker, From Cold War to Democratic Peace. Address before the World Affairs Council of Boston, June 25, 1992, Boston. (j) President Bush, Remarks Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention, August 20, 1992, Houston. US Cuba Policy Discourse (a) Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Bernard W. Aronson, FY 1992 Foreign Assistance Requests for Latin America and the Caribbean. Statement before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 18, 1999, Washington, DC. (b) President Bush, Audio Message (also Broadcast on Radio Mart í ) , May 17, 1991. (c) Assistant Secretary Aronson, The 89th Anniversary of Cuban Independence. Address before the Cuban American National Foundation’s 10th Anniversary Meeting, May 20, 1991, Miami. (d) Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, Western Hemisphere Holds Unique Place for Freedom. Address to the 21st General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), June 3, 1991, Santiago/Chile. (e) Assistant Secretary Aronson, US Policy toward Cuba. Statement before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, July 11, 1991, Washington, DC. 208 Appendix (f) Vice President Dan Quayle, New Opportunities in Hemispheric Trade. Address Following the MERCOSUR Four-Plus-One Roundtable Discussion, August 6, 1991, Buenos Aires. (g) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, US Policy toward Cuba. Statement before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 8, 1992, Washington, DC. (h) President Bush, Commitment to Cuban Freedom. Statement Released by the White House, April 18, 1992, Kennebunkport/Maine. (i) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs David Malpass, Economic Reconstruction in Cuba. Statement at a Conference on “Cuba’s Economic Reconstruction” Organized by a Consortium of Florida-Based Business and Academic Organizations, May 19, 1992, Miami. (j) President Bush, Cuban Independence Day. Statement Released by the White House, May 20, 1992, Washington, DC. Alignment Power (a) Mas Canosa, Welcome Address at Conference on “Cuba’s Transition to Democracy. Lessons from the Former Soviet Bloc,” Organized by the Cuban American National Foundation, November 21–23, 1991, Coral Gables/Florida. (b) Domingo Moreira, Economic Principles for a New Cuba. Presentation at Conference on “Cuba’s Transition to Democracy. Lessons from the Former Soviet Bloc,” Organized by the Cuban American National Foundation, November 21–23, 1991, Coral Gables/Florida. (c) Mas Canosa, “Sobre la Ley Torricelli” [About the Torricelli Bill]. Radio Statement,” in: La Voz de la Fundaci ó n, February 15, 1992. (d) Mas Canosa, Testimony before House Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 18, 1992, Washington, DC. (e) Mas Canosa, Toward a Future without Castro. Cuba’s Transition to Democracy. Heritage Lecture No. 369, February 1992, Washington, DC. (f) Mas Canosa, “Presidente Bush y la Ley Torricelli [President Bush and the Torricelli Bill]. Interview by Ninoska P é rez Castelló n,” in: La Voz de la Fundaci ó n, April 23, 1992. (g) CANF/Mas Canosa, “Questions and Answers about CANF, 1992,” in : CANF, The Alternatives of Freedom. A Statement of Principles and Objectives. For a Free and Democratic Cuba. (h) Mas Canosa, Statement before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, August 5, 1992, Washington, DC. c) Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act US Foreign Policy Discourse (a) President William J. Clinton, Address before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union, January 19, 1999, Washington, DC. (b) President Clinton, Remarks on Keeping America Secure
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