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Army Chief of Staff; former Representatives grandnephews; Secretary of the Army Mi- Joseph J. DioGuardi and Mickey Leland; chael P.W. Stone; Sean Byrne, Army Aide Georgiana Palmer and Mary Bowen, sisters to the President; and Gen. Colin L. Powell, of Corporal Stowers, and S. Sgt. Douglas Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Warren and T. Sgt. Odis Stowers, his great-

Nomination of Nancy P. Dorn To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Army April 24, 1991

The President today announced his inten- State, 1986–1988. In 1986 she served as tion to nominate Nancy Patricia Dorn, of chief of staff and floor assistant for the Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the House Republican Deputy Whip Loeffler Army for Civil Works at the Department and press secretary and chief spokesman of Defense. She would succeed Robert W. for the Loeffler for Governor campaign in Page. Texas. Ms. Dorn served with Congressman Since 1990 Ms. Dorn has served as Dep- Tom Loeffler as the associate staff designee uty Assistant Secretary of Defense for Inter- on the staff of the Committee on Appropria- American Affairs at the Department of De- tions, 1983–1986, and as a legislative assist- fense. Prior to this Ms. Dorn served as Spe- ant, 1981–1983. cial Assistant to the President for Legislative Ms. Dorn graduated from Baylor Univer- Affairs at the White House, 1988–1989, and sity in 1981. She was born September 18, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 1958, in Lubbock, TX, and resides in Ar- Legislative Affairs at the Department of lington, VA.

Remarks to the Academic Winners April 25, 1991

The President. Please be seated. Thank is proud of you. you. What a day. I was going to apologize I was looking over some of the questions for keeping you waiting, but now I think you tackled, like: ‘‘The Earth’s magnetic I’ll take credit for giving you the time in field is compressed on the sun-facing side the sun here. [Laughter] It is beautiful, and by what?’’ Well—[laughter]—the kids be- we are just delighted to have you all here. hind me know, but for the media out there, I want to especially recognize this gen- the answer is: solar wind. [Laughter] You tleman in the front row, Ted Sanders, who’s guys remember that. doing such a wonderful job at our Depart- All I can say is, I wouldn’t have made ment of Education; Bob Suarez of the U.S. it past the round where they asked me to Academic Decathlon; and the teams from spell ‘‘broccoli.’’ [Laughter] DC’s Benjamin Banneker High School and But congratulations to Kevin, Dardy, Eu- Alexandria, Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson gene, Misty, Christine, Craig, Wade, Amie, High School of Science and Technology. and Frank, and coaches Dorcas and And of course, welcome to our newest Linda—the Norman Schwarzkopfs of American heroes, the 1991 Academic De- Pearce High. [Laughter] That’s what we cathlon champs—the team’s from J.J. refer to you as around here. [Laughter] Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas. You’ve done something remarkable. This We’re proud of you, and I think America year’s contest began with more than 35,000

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students at 3,500 high schools coast to coast, can reach out to find the stars. and now it’s just you. And that’s why I’m so proud of you as I must admit, it stirs my Texas pride a messengers of this idea. Your lives and your little to hear that in this national competi- accomplishments speak to other kids the tion’s 10-year history, your school has won way no words from a government or even five times. And I wish our son’s Texas Rang- a teacher can. These kids look at each of ers might be achieving the same kind of you and they see themselves. They look at record in their field. you and they see what they, too, can be- But I want to tell every one of the 35,000 come. And that’s what a new kind of a across the Nation, seriously, what you’ve hero is, a new generation of heroes, with done for this country. You’ve shown great the good values you learn from disciplined things can be achieved by commitment, by determination, the sharp mind that’s not perseverance, hard work, and teamwork. And there’s something I really like about wasted on drugs, the confidence and pride the decathlon, something I’m going to tell that come from stretching yourself, proving my grandkids about. This isn’t about being yourself. You’re the ones who will help our the smartest kid in your class; after all, each America 2000 dream come true. of them is evenly divided among A, B, and You have some pretty impressive part- C students. The lesson, rather, of the Aca- ners, too, who will also have a big role to demic Decathlon is something each of us play in reaching our education goals—pri- needs to take through life. It’s about learn- vate businesses. For instance, in this year’s ing to be the best you can. decathlon, there was the local foundation All right, I have a question: What do you in Hawaii which bought sweaters for its have in common with Bruce Jenner, Rafer team to wear in competition, the Toast- Johnson, and ? All—— masters Club which trained students for the Student. ——wearing gold medals. speech segment, the companies that sent The President. That’s it. [Laughter] All in experts from within their ranks to tutor winning. All winners. All winning the team members, and the major national decathletes and the ones who mastered the corporations that underwrote scholarships ultimate test of the athlete and the student. for the winners. You’ve shown your peers that it’s as exciting These businesses believe that each of us to root for an academic team as an athletic can play a pivotal role in our kids’ edu- one. And that it takes skill, stamina, and cational future. This amazing bond between mental and emotional intensity to achieve industry and individual is the keystone of in the classroom as well as in the stadium. the American spirit. That spirit is the basis And by doing that, you give them a priceless gift: the belief in their ability to reach out of the decathlon. And it’s exactly what we and shape their own futures. must bring to America 2000. You’ve prov- Last week, along with the Secretaries en—and now we’ll all act to continue to from the Department of Education—Sec- prove—that together we can do great retary Sanders was there and Secretary Al- things, great things that will help inspire exander, our new Secretary—I unveiled others, great things like what’s been done America 2000, our long-range strategy for at the decathlon by kids like DC’s Banneker educational excellence. It is ambitious. And High’s Che-Wah Lee. Che-Wah Lee won it is far-reaching and absolutely essential. the speech gold medal telling how his par- There’s a new century coming, one with ents fled China so their children could know unlimited horizons. And our goal must be the American dream. Great things done by to make sure that our children enter this kids like Christine Liu here at Pearce High, new world equipped with the skills that will the overall top student in the entire com- let them dream dreams and know that they petition; by kids like Fred Klug, winner of can make them come true. America 2000 the decathlon’s 1990 Caperton Award for is a challenge posed to each of us, to literally dedication to learning in the face of major reinvent American education, to reach deep obstacles. Fred is permanently paralyzed, within us to find answers, so that our kids and scored 100 percent on the Super Quiz.

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And there are great things being done much. by teams like Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology in Alexandria, Note: The President spoke at 11:37 a.m. in Rookie of the Year winner. Teams like the Rose Garden at the White House. In Whitney Young Magnet High School in his remarks, he referred to Ted Sanders, inner-city , which won this year’s Under Secretary of Education; Bob Suarez, bronze medal and became the model for vice president of the U.S. Academic Decath- other large urban schools. Teams like Ten- lon; J.J. Pearce High School team members nessee’s Jackson Christian School, State Kevin Barenbalt, Dardy Chang, Eugene winner although it has just 100 kids in the Chen, Misty Karin, Christine Liu, Craig Ma- whole school. caulay, Wade McIntyre, Amie vonBriesen, Abraham Lincoln said, ‘‘I will study and and Frank Wilde, and coaches Dorcas prepare myself, and someday my chance Helmes and Linda Berger; Gen. H. Norman will come.’’ You’ve done just that. And Schwarzkopf, commander of the U.S. forces you’ve inspired your countrymen to do just in the Persian Gulf; Olympic athletes Bruce that. Jenner, Rafer Johnson, and Jim Thorpe; Sec- Thank you, and congratulations. And may retary of Education ; and God bless you in the exciting futures out Academic Decathlon participants Che-Wah there ahead of you. Thank you very, very Lee and Fred Klug.

Memorandum on Modifications of the Generalized System of Preferences April 25, 1991

Memorandum for the United States Trade owned by a United States person allegedly Representative without prompt, adequate, and effective compensation, without entering into good Subject: Actions Concerning the Generalized faith negotiations to provide such com- System of Preferences pensation or otherwise taking steps to dis- Pursuant to subsections 502(b)(4) and charge its obligations, and without submit- 502(b)(7) and section 504 of the Trade Act ting the expropriation claim to arbitration, of 1974, as amended (the 1974 Act) (19 I have determined that it is appropriate to U.S.C. 2462(b)(4), 2462(b)(7), and 2464), continue to review the status of such alleged I am authorized to make determinations expropriation by Peru. concerning the alleged expropriation with- Second, after considering various private out compensation by a beneficiary devel- sector requests for a review of whether or oping country, to make findings concerning not certain beneficiary developing countries whether steps have been taken or are being have taken or are taking steps to afford taken by certain beneficiary developing internationally recognized worker rights (as countries to afford internationally recog- defined in subsection 502(a)(4) of the 1974 nized worker rights to workers in such Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(a)(4))) to workers in countries, and to modify the application of such countries, and in accordance with sub- duty-free treatment under the Generalized section 502(b)(7) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. System of Preferences (GSP) currently 2462(b)(7)), I have determined that Benin, being afforded to such beneficiary devel- the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nepal oping countries as a result of my determina- have taken or are taking steps to afford tions. internationally recognized worker rights, Specifically, after considering a private and I have determined that Sudan has not sector request for a review concerning the taken and is not taking steps to afford such alleged expropriation by Peru of property internationally recognized rights. There-

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