Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

Monday, May 30, 1994 Volume 30—Number 21 Pages 1131–1175

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Addresses and Remarks United Kingdom-United States atomic energy agreement amendment, message See also Bill Signings transmitting—1152 California Community in Sacramento—1143 Communications to Federal Agencies Fundraiser for Senator Feinstein in Beverly United Kingdom-United States atomic energy Hills—1136 agreement amendment, memorandum— University of California in Los Angeles— 1152 1131 Congressional Medal of Honor, presentation Executive Orders ceremony—1150 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interment in Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect Arlington, VA—1151 to Haiti—1147 National Park Week, reception—1154 Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect Radio address—1141 to Rwanda—1171 United States Naval Academy, commencement in Annapolis, MD—1157 Interviews With the News Media Appointments and Nominations Exchanges with reporters in the Oval Office—1151, 1156 U.S. Court of Appeals, judge—1157 News conference, May 26 (No. 58)—1166

Bill Signings Letters and Messages Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of Armed Forces Day, message—1147 1994, remarks—1165 Meetings With Foreign Leaders Communications to Congress Latvia, President Ulmanis—1156 Chemical and biological weapons proliferation, Senegal, President Diouf—1151 message—1153 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Notices Montenegro), message—1163 Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Haiti, message—1148 the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia Communications to Congress—Continued and Montenegro)—1163

(Contents continued on inside of back cover.)

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Proclamations Statements by the President—Continued Armed Forces Day—1146 Whale santuary agreement—1173 Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Supplementary Materials Week—1164 Acts approved by the President—1175 Statements by the President Checklist of White House press releases— 1174 See also Appointments and Nominations Digest of other White House Cuban Independence Day—1140 announcements—1173 Death of Timothy West—1172 Nominations submitted to the Senate—1174

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Remarks at the University of lenges that we saw in terms of possibilities, California in Los Angeles, California not problems. We saw our own lives in terms May 20, 1994 of promise, not pessimism. We thought our job here on Earth was to build up, not tear Thank you so much for allowing me to be down; to unite, not to divide. part of this wonderful occasion and for the I say to the students who are here from university medal. You know, for a person like this magnificent institution, you now have an me who is a diehard basketball fan, just walk- education as fine as the world can afford. The ing in Pauley Pavilion is a great honor. I question now is, as you go out into the world, dreamed of being here for many years, but what is your attitude about yourselves, each I never thought that it would be on this kind other, your country, and your future. of occasion. [Laughter] I’m proud to be here UCLA, as I watched that slide show it was to honor the university’s 75th anniversary and clear to me again, is an example of America’s to honor your chancellor on his 25th anniver- faith in the future, the thing that’s kept us sary of service. It is the sort of commitment going for 218 years now. Seventy-five years our country could do with more of, and I ago, this was just a tiny 2-year teachers col- honor it, and I know you do, too. lege on a dirt road in Hollywood. Now, it’s To my good friend Mayor Riordan; Presi- one of the leading research institutions in the dent Peltason; Regent Sue Johnson; Presi- world and a bridge to the future for tens of dent Shapiro; to Carol Goldberg-Ambrose, thousands of Americans and people who the chair of your Academic Senate; to Kate come from all around the world to be here. Anderson and Khosrow Khosravani—we had There’s no better place to discuss the fu- a great talk over there. I hope we didn’t earn ture than here in California, America’s last any conduct demerits. But the two students frontier. For all of your present difficulties, told me a lot about UCLA. [Laughter] To don’t ever forget that California is still Ameri- all of you, I thank you for the chance to be ca’s America, the cutting edge for a nation here. The spirit in this room has been truly still a symbol of hope and optimism through- moving to me today. out the world. This is a sad day for our country and for I want to say that I very much envy those my family because we mourn the loss of Jac- of you who are beginning your future here queline Kennedy Onassis. She was a remark- and now, on the edge of this new century. able woman of courage and dignity, who Many say that this generation of college grad- loved things that ennobled the human spirit. uates is filled with pessimism, with a sense She and President Kennedy inspired me and of generational despair that our glory days an entire generation of Americans to see the are behind us. Americans of my generation nobility of helping others and the good that have been bombarded by images on tele- could come in public service. In later years, vision shows, and even one book, about the and particularly in this last year, it was my so-called Generation X, filled with cynics and family’s privilege to get to know her person- slackers. Well, what I have seen today is not ally and to see that the image which was pro- a generation of slackers but a generation of jected to all the world was more than met seekers, and I am much encouraged. by the true person behind the image. Today, To be sure, you are beginning your journey as we offer our prayers and best wishes to in uncertain times. Many of the college grad- her family, I think it well to remember that uates of 1994 were born in 1973. That was Jackie Kennedy and her husband called us a watershed year in American life. You see, to a time when the world was full of chal- from the end of World War II until 1973,

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family income doubled in America, and we whether they’re going to be selling blue jeans lived in an era of prosperity that we almost or flipping hamburgers. [Laughter] Well, it’s came to take for granted. The middle class funny, but it’s not quite accurate. The truth grew ever larger and more secure; our coun- is that education still makes a huge difference try was stronger. People just took it for grant- in what you can do with your lives and your ed that they could get jobs they could hold future. It is still the key, indeed, more the for a lifetime, that they would always do bet- key today than ever before. ter every year than they did the year before, The truth also is that your destiny will be that they would be able to afford to send filled with great chances and great choices. their children to college, to have a com- As with every new generation in this country, fortable retirement, to own their own homes, you will make your mark by exploring new and to take care of their parents. frontiers. Once the challenge was settling a Since then, most Americans have worked new continent. Now it is preparing for a new harder and harder for the same or lower in- century. And you face the next American comes. Our society has suffered unbelievable frontier, which you can see here at UCLA stresses as broken homes and unwed mothers all around you, living with people who may have become commonplace. In many places seem different, working with technologies devastated by poverty and despair, we have that may seem difficult, pursuing markets seen the absolute collapse of families and and opportunities that may seem distant. work itself and the sense of community. And For the rest of your lives you will face this in that vacuum have rushed gangs and drugs choice. In the face of bewildering, intense, and violence, the kind of random violence sometimes overpowering change, you can re- that today often makes neighbors seem like coil. You can hope to do as well as you can strangers and strangers thought of as en- for as long as you can simply by trying to emies. hold the future at arm’s length. Or you can In the time that many of you went from act in the spirit of America or the State or the first grade through high school gradua- this great university of which you are a part, tion, when all this was going on, your Na- the spirit of the families who sacrificed so tional Government was embroiled in a sense much to bring you here. You can embrace of gridlock and paralysis and high rhetoric the future with all of its changes and engage and low action. The deficit quadrupled, but in what the late Oliver Wendell Holmes there were no investments made adequate called ‘‘the action and passion of your time.’’ to the challenges of the future, and many The choice you make as individuals and as of our tough problems were talked about but a generation will make all the difference. not acted on. Three times in this century alone our Na- Here in this county, you’ve experienced tion has found itself a victor in global con- earthquakes of all kinds, not just the real flicts, World War I, World War II, and the earthquake of January but social and eco- cold war. Three times America has faced the nomic upheavals. The trends that are shaking fundamental question of which direction we and remaking our entire society have hit Cali- would take, embracing or rejecting the fu- fornia first and hardest. ture. Seventy-five years ago, when this uni- Next month many college graduates will versity was founded, we faced one of those move on to their first full-time jobs. And I pivotal moments. At that time, just after the wonder how many of you have, like me, end of World War I, there was also wrench- laughed and almost cried reading that won- ing change and enormous anxiety. The Na- derful Doonesbury comic strip—that is, on tion’s hottest new novelist was a man named some days I think it’s wonderful; some days F. Scott Fitzgerald. He described the so- I’m not so sure—[laughter]—which means I called lost generation, the first that would probably feel the same way about Mr. graduate from UCLA. He said that they grew Trudeau that he feels about me—[laugh- up, and I quote, ‘‘to find all gods dead, all ter]—you know, the great Doonesbury strip wars fought, all faiths in man shaken.’’ Amer- about the students at the college graduation ica withdrew from the world, seeking security trading stories about their job openings and in isolationism and protectionism. An ugly

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withdrawal occurred here at home as well, dency, to address the challenges of every age a retreat into the trenches of racial prejudice and time and the far, far greater power of and religious prejudice, of class bigotry and the American people themselves to trans- easy convenience, and a simple refusal to form themselves, their families, and their prepare our people to live in the world as communities, to seize the future and make it was. it theirs. Ten years later, just 10 years later in 1929, My generation’s responsibility to you is that decade of neglect produced the Great heavy, indeed. We are working in Washing- Depression. And soon we learned we could ton to meet it, working to turn around the not withdraw from a world menaced by dic- economic difficulties. And we have made a tators, and we found ourselves again in a good beginning: 3 million new jobs in 15 world war. months; 3 years of deficit reduction, 3 years At the end of the Second World War, we of deficit reduction for the first time since made a very different choice as a people. We Harry Truman was President; at the end of decided to reach out to the future together, this budget cycle, the smallest Federal Gov- together here at home and together with na- ernment in 30 years, since John Kennedy was tions around the world. As Franklin Roo- President, with all the savings going back to sevelt said of the generation of my parents you to make America safer with more police and the graduates’ grandparents, they be- officers on the street and programs to help lieved history was, I quote, ‘‘a highway on our children stay out of crime and have a which your fellow men and women are ad- better future. We are investing in the tech- vancing with you.’’ Abroad, we lifted former nologies of tomorrow, from defense conver- allies and former enemies from the ashes. sion to environmental protection to the infor- At home, investment in the future began with mation superhighway; with new attacks on the returning warriors. The GI bill helped our profoundest problems, from AIDS to millions of Americans to get an education, women’s health problems, to homelessness, to buy homes, to build the great American to the deed to have enterprise development middle class. We made a solemn covenant: among the poor in cities and rural areas, to We would help those who would help them- the terrible difficulties of our health care sys- selves. tem. We are building education for a life- The wise decisions of that time built four time, from dramatic expansions in Head Start decades of robust economic growth and ex- to permanent retraining programs for dis- panding opportunity and laid the foundation placed adults. We are looking for new mar- for us to be able to win the cold war. Now, kets for our products and services with new we stand at our third pivotal moment in this trade agreements and new opportunities to century. And you are designed to play the sell our best efforts here around the world. leading role. The cold war is over. It is up My fellow Americans, this country is on to all of us to keep the American dream alive the move, and California is coming back. But here at home, even as it advances abroad. the real problem I believe we have today is But this miracle of renewal must begin with the problem I came to talk to you about: personal decisions. What will the attitude of your generation be, I sought the Presidency in large measure and how will you approach the future that because I thought my generation had not yet is before you? done its job for America. I did not want my Jackie Kennedy and her husband made us daughter to grow up to be part of the first believe that citizenship was a wonderful generation of Americans to do worse than thing, that we all had the capacity to be bet- their parents. As we were becoming more ter people and to work together, and that wonderfully diverse, I did not want her to the things we could do together would make live in a country that was coming apart when a very great difference indeed. If President it ought to be coming together. I wanted to Kennedy were alive today, he would be abso- forge the two great sources of strength that lutely shocked at the pessimism, the negativ- our Nation has: the power of our representa- ism, the division, the destructive tone of pub- tive Government, as manifested in the Presi- lic discourse in America today.

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We know we can do better. But if we are the values of freedom and mutual respect. to do better, you will have to lead us by look- We have to find a way in this age and time ing around at all this diversity you have cele- to restore that kind of discourse and that kind brated today, by this devotion to community of respect. We cannot afford to engage in you have exhausted, and bringing it out of the citizenship of division and distraction and us. destruction. We have a future to build, and Just before I came here, I stopped briefly you must lead the way. You know you can at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, do it, because of the way you have been edu- which, as you know, was one of the bases cated here and the people from whom you closed, to announce the progress we are mak- have learned and with whom you’ve learned. ing at rebuilding that community with a new And you can lead the way for the whole fu- computer center there, with turning over the ture of this country. land to a new airport and for other public It was because I believe that so strongly purposes and eventually for economic devel- that I put at the center of what symbolizes opment. And it’s the first one of these bases our administration the national service corps, in the country that the Government has fi- what we call AmeriCorps, the opportunity for nally said, let’s help people build their econ- tens of thousands of young people to work omy instead of dragging this out ’til kingdom where they live or where they go to school, come. And it was a celebration that knew solving the problems of America at the grass- no party lines, knew no philosophical lines, roots, learning from each other, reaching knew no racial lines. Nobody was out there across lines that divide them, and earning talking about left and right and liberal and money for their educations at the same time. conservative and Republican and Democrat. Rebuild America and educate a new genera- They were talking about how we could deal tion—it’s sort of a domestic GI bill and a with the real problems and opportunities of domestic Peace Corps all rolled into one. It those people, to pull that community to- was inspired by efforts that I saw all over gether and push it forward into the future. America over the last few years, efforts like That is what we must do as a people. And the California Campus Compact, which your that is what your generation must do in order chancellor helped to found, which now com- for America to fulfill its promise. mits more than 50 colleges and universities Now, to do that in a great democracy, in this State to helping students serve their where there are a myriad of complex prob- communities. At UCLA alone some 4,000 of lems and legitimate differences of opinion, you are working in more than 40 service pro- we must learn to do something as a people grams, and I honor you for that. that we often take for granted in the univer- This summer 7,000 young Americans will sity. We have to learn to talk to each other work in a summer of safety, helping their and to listen to each other, not to talk past communities to be less violent. Last summer each other and to scream at one another. in our first summer of service, thousands of We have been caught up in what the people all over the country, including here Georgetown professor Deborah Tannen calls in Los Angeles, taught young people every- a culture of critique. One sure way to get thing from how to stay away from drugs to instant public standing in our popular culture how to stay safe in an earthquake. is to slam somebody else. If you work on Service creates heroes. I was interested in bringing people together and you talk about the three people acknowledged there by it, you’re likely to elicit a yawn. But if you Chancellor Young, and I appreciate what he bad-mouth people, you can get yourself a talk said. Let me say that there’s one project I’d show. like to mention in particular which one of This country was not built by bad-mouth- the young students is involved in, Saru ing. Go back and look at the history of the Jayaraman, along with another student, Constitutional Convention. Go back and look Desiree DeSurra. They helped to found the at how people got together wildly different Women In Support of Each Other, acronym points of view and argued heatedly but al- WISE. This program, WISE, helped high ways with a common love of this country and school girls to make wise decisions to pursue

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their education and not to become single fall of the Berlin Wall. Just in the last year, mothers. Desiree was one of three students Russia and the United States agree not to selected to win this year’s Chancellor’s Hu- point nuclear weapons at each other any- manitarian Award. more; Rabin and Arafat agree to self-govern- Now, let me tell you what that means to ment for the Palestinians in Jericho and the me. That is America at its best, people help- Gaza; the jailer and the jailed, de Klerk and ing people, telling people, ‘‘Look, maybe the Mandela, agree that South Africa free, united President should do something, maybe the is more important than anything else. chancellor of the university should do some- In just a few days from now, I will go to thing, maybe the mayor should do some- represent you at the 50th anniversary of the thing, but in the end, you also have to take D-Day invasion. Just a few days ago, I was responsibility for your own lives. You have able to speak on the 40th anniversary of the to make good decisions in order to be part Supreme Court’s landmark decision in of a good future.’’ Brown v. Board of Education. It is very im- Thousands of young people just here on portant for a great country to remember this campus alone have made a decision to those moments. But remember this, my fel- make a difference. Beginning this Septem- low Americans: When our memories exceed ber, AmeriCorps will enable tens of thou- our dreams, we have begun to grow old. And sands of more to do that. I hope I live long it is the destiny of America to remain forever enough to see hundreds of thousands of peo- young. ple in this program every year, earning their So I ask you this, young graduates, espe- way to a better education by rebuilding cially: When you see in a few days the glories America every day at the grassroots level. of D-Day recounted, one of the most master- The point of all that I have said is this: ful mobilization of people to achieve a com- The future is not an inheritance, it is an op- mon objective, one of the most stunning ex- portunity and an obligation. It is something amples of personal courage in all of human you have to make in every generation, and history, remember that it was the work of it will be your achievement, not only for citizen soldiers who were mostly between the yourselves individually but for your genera- ages of 18 and 25, people who had grown tion, for your community, and for the larger up in the false prosperity of the twenties and community that is America. the bitter realities of the thirties, people who If you look around you at this incredible read books and movies that portrayed them campus where minorities make up a majority, as slackers and the future as dark and cynical. something that will be true for whole States But they rallied that day to a cause larger in the not too distant future, you see the fu- than themselves. And when they had done ture. LA County with over 150 different ra- the job they were sent to do—to save their cial and ethnic groups, thousands of people country, to save freedom, to save a civiliza- in this county celebrating this month as tion—they came home and got on with the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month be- business of making lives for themselves, their cause of the number of people who live here; children, and their children’s children. a few days ago in America we celebrated the Thanks to them and to God Almighty, you Cinco de Mayo celebration, Mexican Inde- will probably never have to face that kind pendence Day, and it is now as big a celebra- of challenge in your life but, instead, to face tion in America as it is in Mexico because the challenges unique to your generation, the of our diversity. Will it be a source of our challenges of a new and wide-open world, strength in the global village, or will we per- the challenges of breakdown here at home mit it to divide us? I believe I know the an- that we must reverse. swer. And I think you do, too. I believe you are ready for that test and There’s no reason to be cynical about the that you will meet it. You have the edu- future, no matter how difficult our problems cational tools to meet it. You must now make are. Look what’s just happened in the last sure that deep down inside you have the spir- 4 or 5 years since many of you came to the it, the drive, the courage, the vision. We are university here, the end of the cold war; the all depending on you.

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Thank you very much. Lasorda to take over the lobbying for health care reform. [Laughter] NOTE: The President spoke at 2:24 p.m. in Pauley I don’t know—before we get to Dianne’s Pavilion at the 75th anniversary convocation. In main event we’ll have to watch this primary his remarks, he referred to Charles E. Young, with Bill Dannemeyer and Michael Huff- chancellor, University of California-Los Angeles; ington, who spent $51⁄2 million of his own Mayor Richard Riordan of Los Angeles; Jack W. money in the last election. And now he’s Peltason, president, and Sue Johnson, board of spent $2 million to go on television to review regents vice chairperson, University of California; Harold T. Shapiro, president, Princeton Univer- Bill Bennett’s book. I don’t know how she sity; Kate Anderson, president, UCLA Under- can hope to meet and defeat a person who graduate Student Association; and Khosrow is foursquare for virtue. But I want to say Khosravani, external vice president, UCLA Grad- a little more about that in a moment. I think uate Student Association. This item was not re- Dianne Feinstein works for virtue and em- ceived in time for publication in the appropriate bodies virtue, and I hope she will be returned issue. on that basis. I want to say something serious, if I might. This is a, actually, kind of tough day for me Remarks at a Fundraiser for Senator to give a speech. I had the opportunity, as Dianne Feinstein in Beverly Hills, Senator Feinstein said, to go with her and California Senator Boxer and others to the Inland Em- May 20, 1994 pire today to talk about how we could revital- ize San Bernardino after the Norton Air Thank you very much to my friend Willie Force Base closure and what is being done Brown and to Sally Field for those wonderful there, which is truly astonishing, and then comments, to Ron and Jan Burkle for inviting to go to UCLA and speak to some wonderful us here to their beautiful place, to Dick Blum young people at their convocation. But this and all the other supporters of Senator Fein- is a sad day for Hillary and for me because stein’s campaign. Jackie Kennedy Onassis passed away last There are two remarkable things about night, and she was not only a great symbol this evening for me. The first is, this is the of courage and grace and dignity for our third time I have been here, and every time country, but she was a real friend of ours I come, when I go back to the White House, and a special friend of my wife and very kind I feel like I’m in reasonably nice public hous- to our wonderful daughter. And like many ing. [Laughter] The second thing is that I of you, when I heard last night that she had want Dianne Feinstein to be reelected so lost her fight, my mind began to race over badly that I have spoken at two of her fund- the last 30 years, back to how it was then, raisers, but this is the first one where she’s back to how it is now, back and forth, what showed up. [Laughter] It’s a humbling job happened in between. I’ve got. [Laughter] One thing that Jackie and John Kennedy You know, Hollywood discovers stars all surely did was to make us all believe that the time, and now America is beginning to somehow together we could make a dif- discover Dianne Feinstein. [Applause] You ference, that what we did mattered, that our can clap for that. She’s sort of replacing role as citizens was important, and that if we Tommy Lasorda as the person people think gave ourselves to public service, that was the of when they think of California. [Laughter] sign of good judgment and compassion. It You know, before I started running for Presi- was a fine thing to do. In other words, we dent, that’s what I thought of in California. lived in a time then when there was much I’d see Tommy Lasorda getting smaller and less cynicism and pessimism and skepticism smaller and smaller on television, saying he’d and in which public discourse was a thing shrunk himself with that Slim-Fast. That’s of honor, not a shouting match bent on de- what we’re trying to pour into the Federal struction and division and distraction. budget. [Laughter] Now the deficit is down; I honestly believe that our ability to bring the Dodgers are in first place. I’ve asked this country into the 21st century as strong

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as it needs to be and as united as it needs this law. And Senator Feinstein went to work to be depends perhaps more than anything and Chuck Schumer went to work. And so else on our uncommon strength of purpose Chuck called me, and he said, ‘‘Well, Mr. which we have mustered in times past, this President, we really need your help. We’re time to muster on our own state of mind, probably 40 votes behind and we can’t get to fight against all the forces that seek to drag there, but we ought to try.’’ And I said, ‘‘I’d us down and pit us against one another, and be happy to lose in this cause, but don’t be to somehow elevate our sense of common too sure that we can’t make it.’’ purpose. Well, you all know what happened. But It isn’t easy, and there are lots of folks who I wish I could tell you all the stories that hope it won’t happen for all kinds of reasons. produced that 216-to-214 vote victory. One But if you think about this race in which of the clearer reasons was that a conservative Dianne Feinstein is involved, it is an example Republican from Illinois who is very much of what we plainly have to do. I’ll never forget respected among his party members, Henry last fall when she was fighting for the assault Hyde, was undecided when Dianne Fein- weapons ban. And she called and she said, stein sent him a big, fat briefing book which ‘‘Now, you said you were for this, Mr. Presi- included a list of the assault weapons shoot- dent, and I want you to help me.’’ And I ings in Illinois since 1991. Henry Hyde said, ‘‘Well, Dianne, we’re probably not stunned the entire Congress by announcing going to win, but I’ll work like crazy for it.’’ that he had changed his position, he was So, she gave me my list to call, and call I going to vote for the ban. And he credited did. [Laughter] And then, that incredibly Dianne Feinstein for providing him with sensitive Senator on the other side of the convincing information. issue said that—[laughter]—she needed to When that happened, then other things become a little more familiar with firearms started to happen. First one, then another and their deadly characteristics. You all re- person would announce for the bill. A Con- member what she said in return. She recalled gressman from Michigan in a hunting area, how she became the mayor of San Francisco, who had never in 20 years in Congress, never how she tried to find the pulse of her slain cast one vote against the NRA, changed his colleague, how she had been trained in the position. Two Democrats from difficult con- shooting of a firearm when she had terrorist stituencies, one of whom was an ex-police attacks, with a bomb in her house when her officer, changed their vote walking down the husband was dying, when her windows were aisle to cast their ballot, people knowing they shot out. were putting their careers at risk because Well, I don’t know if that other guy’s made they grew weary of the shouting and pushing a speech on the floor of the Senate since and the division and the rhetoric and they then. [Laughter] But I do know that speech wished something to happen. And in doing had something to do not only with the pas- that, they ennobled the whole public enter- sage of the assault weapons ban but with prise again. They made us all believe that, changing the tone and tenor of the debate yes, we can, together, make a difference. in the United States Senate over an issue of I ran for President, as I told those young immense national importance. people at UCLA today, because I thought When we were trying to get the assault my generation did not finish its work for weapons bill passed in the House—same America, because I did not want to see my song, second verse—Charles Schumer, a daughter grow up to be part of the first gen- wonderful Congressman from Brooklyn, had eration of Americans to do worse than their carried this bill and had been defeated by parents in a country that was coming apart 70 votes in 1991. Some significant changes when it ought to be coming together, be- were made in the bill; it was clarified and cause I always felt that we could restore the tightened up a bit. And we even did some- purpose of America and the promise of thing that had never been done before, we America if we committed ourselves together listed several hundred purely hunting and to create opportunity, to insist upon respon- sporting weapons that were protected under sibility from our citizens, and to reestablish

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the common bonds of community in this everybody in this room—[laughter]—paid country. more. That’s what I think Dianne Feinstein is You need to know that 100 percent of that doing. You know, she’s been criticized lately money, 100 percent of it, went to bringing on the television for voting for our economic the deficit down. You also need to know that plan last year. Let me tell you why that was 2 million of your fellow citizens actually got such a tough vote. It was such a tough vote an income tax cut, 15 percent of the Califor- because in Washington for so long we had nians. Why? Because they’re low-wage work- heard nothing but hot air rhetoric instead of ers with children who are hovering just above reality about what it took to get the deficit the poverty line, and we want to encourage down. them to stay in the work force instead of My fellow Americans, there are only three going on welfare. I think most Americans ways to get the deficit down. One is to raise think that’s a good investment. taxes; the other is to cut spending; the third Ninety percent of the small businesses in is to grow the economy. We did all three this country qualified for tax cuts under the with that economic program. And it was the bill. California was helped by the capital right thing to do. In the first 15 months of gains tax for investments in new enterprises, this administration there have been 3 million by the research and experimentation tax new jobs, one million alone in the first 4 credit, by—now because your college costs months of this year. We will have, when the have gone up—the availability of lower cost college loans with longer repayment terms. Congress passes this year’s budget, 3 years That’s what was in that economic program of deficit reduction in a row for the first time that Dianne Feinstein voted for that had the since Harry Truman was President of the most deficit reduction in history. I don’t think United States of America. At the end of 5 it’s fair to characterize it as a tax bill, and years, we will have reduced the size of the I don’t think it furthers the public debate. Federal Government to a point where it is All it does is further the present state of high below 2 million people for the first time since rhetoric and division. John Kennedy was President. And all the sav- I made a remark a few moments ago about ings will be put into a trust fund to pay for the publicity about Bill Bennett’s book. Some the crime bill to make our streets safer. That of you probably haven’t read it, but it basi- is what we have been doing in Washington. cally quotes other people on virtues. You Yes, Senator Feinstein voted for the bill, can’t run a democracy without an addiction and so did Senator Boxer. And I guess you to truth and to fairness. What Dianne Fein- could say if either one of them hadn’t, we stein deserves is truth and fairness. If she wouldn’t have had it. Then we would have gets it, she’ll be overwhelmingly reelected. had what we’ve been having for 12 years: a Senator Feinstein talked a little about lot of rhetoric, no reduction in the deficit, breaking gridlock. That’s one of the things no reduction in interest rates, no growth in I was hired to do. It took 7 years to pass the economy. But people would still be able the Family and Medical Leave Act, 7 years to make speeches. You have to decide wheth- to pass the Brady bill, 5 years to get a crime er you want real progress and tough decisions bill. That’s how long it takes to get things made or more of what you had before. It done in Washington. It’s taken us about a wasn’t very good for the California economy, year to 15 months to get a lot of these things and we’re beginning to turn that around. done. We are turning these things around. You know, one of the things we have to I’d also like to say that Dianne Feinstein decide is what standard we are going to re- is one of the most effective lobbyists of any- quire in our public discourse. I know when body in Congress. I said today—lobbying the I see an advertisement running against a Sen- President, that is—[laughter]—I said today ator like Dianne Feinstein, saying that this when she and Barbara Boxer come after me program was just a tax bill—well, let me tell at the same time, it’s sort of like Mutt and you, 300,000 people or a little more than 2 Jeff, you know. [Laughter] And it’s like—I percent of your taxpayers, including nearly feel almost as if they’ve got this gigantic fin-

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gernail file that they’re putting on my head in the right direction, thanks to the fact that and rubbing it, you know. And if I will just Dianne Feinstein has taken a responsible, say yes, they will stop. [Laughter] I mean, constructive approach, not just a rhetorical, ‘‘Just Say Yes,’’ that’s what they want me to pressure oriented approach. She is doing do. This is a serious issue. You don’t know something that makes sense, that will actually how I’ve suffered from this. [Laughter] It is make a dent in this problem. And she ought literally true that no Member of the Senate to be rewarded for it. has called me more persuasively, more fre- So I say to you, this Senator, in a remark- quently for projects that would create jobs, ably short period of time, has established her- deal with the crime problem, or deal with self as a national leader on the economy, on the immigration problem in a responsible crime, on the environment, on immigration. way than Dianne Feinstein, nobody in the That’s an amazing record in no more time Congress. She’s helped me to change the than she’s been there. And she’s had the whole approach of the national bureaucracy courage to challenge her colleagues and her on defense conversion and base closings so President to produce, to lower our guards, that we can turn closed bases into economic to trust each other, to talk through these oases for the 21st century. problems. She has helped me to pass a crime bill One of the things that I felt very strongly, that has not just this assault weapons ban but having been a Governor, was something I a bill to provide 100,000 more police officers know Dianne felt, having been a mayor, and for our streets, not only to catch criminals that is that most of our problems that we but to keep crime from happening by work- face now as a country and as a people, do ing with the children and the neighbors and not fall easily within the past labels of par- the people in the community; that has not tisanship. only tougher punishment with the ‘‘Three You know, I’ll just tell you a story that just strikes and you’re out’’ law but also more pre- tore my heart out. Last week I was on my vention to give our kids something to say yes way to what I thought would be a wonderful to and a chance to turn away from a life of day in Indianapolis to dedicate a site for a violence and to turn away from resolving statue honoring Martin Luther King and their differences in a destructive way toward Robert Kennedy on the site where Robert finding constructive ways of dealing with Kennedy spoke in Indianapolis on April 4, problems and frustrations and anger. This is 1968, the night Martin Luther King was a very important piece of legislation. killed. And some of you may remember that You heard Sally talk about the California magnificent speech which calmed the crowds Desert Protection Act. That also has been in Indianapolis and made it one of the major bottled up for 7 years. And after she came cities in America where there was not a riot to the Senate, it passed 69 to 29. You wonder after Dr. King’s assassination. And I was so what it was doing for the last 7 years. excited. And Ethel Kennedy went with me, On this immigration issue, you’re going to and two of Martin Luther King’s sons went hear a lot about it during this campaign, and with me. And they had just come back from you’ll probably hear the incumbent Governor South Africa. And they were ebullient, and putting a lot of pressure on me to do more. we were all so happy. And it’s a wonderful I don’t mind that. I don’t think the States thing, this statue’s going to be made out of have been treated fairly who have had large metal melted down from guns turned in by immigration problems, not just California, gun buy-back programs sponsored by the In- but Florida and New York and New Jersey diana Pacers. It’s very exciting. And I picked and other States. They have not been treated up my notes and read yet another story of fairly or adequately. But I’ll tell you this, in another human tragedy. A 13-year-old boy the last year we got more money for Califor- in Greenbelt, Maryland, right outside Wash- nia in education, health care, and border pa- ington, had just won a scholarship to a pres- trol officers dealing with the cost of immigra- tigious school, standing on a street corner tion than had been the case in the previous waiting for a bus, shot dead when he got 4 years. We are doing better. We are moving caught in the crossfire between two groups

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of warring youngsters, neither of whom knew ning by retaining in public life those people him or gave a rip about him. He just hap- who have devoted themselves to actually pened to be in the way. doing something that makes a difference. Now, when I hear that story, or when I You will rarely find anybody who has get yet another letter from somebody telling served in the United States Senate for 6 or me they can never change jobs because 12 years who has been involved in so many they’ve got a child with a terrible illness and things that make a difference as has Dianne their preexisting condition won’t allow any Feinstein in her very short tenure there. I other employer to give them health insur- hope you will renew it and extend it. The ance, or when somebody talks to me like they Nation needs it, and it will be good for the did in San Bernardino today about whether spirit of California and the feeling that we there are going to be enough jobs for their have to bring back to our whole country. children there after the base closings, it just Thank you very much, and God bless you. seems to me that those are the things that our public discourse ought to be con- NOTE: The President spoke at 9:20 p.m. at the centrated on. When I looked at those kids Green Acres Estate. In his remarks, he referred to Willie Brown, speaker of the California State at UCLA today, that’s what I thought. Assembly; actress Sally Field; Ron and Jan Burkle, You know, in this country today—it’s going hosts of the fundraiser; Richard Blum, Senator to be a great test for Willie Brown with his Feinstein’s husband; Tommy Lasorda, manager of new talk show—most people—I’m serious, the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team; Bill Dan- I’m serious—he’s a delightful man with a nemeyer and Michael Huffington, candidates for wonderful personality, he’ll pull it off. But the Republican senatorial nomination; and Wil- the truth is that most people who talk sense liam Bennett, former Director of the Office of and try to bring out the best in folks today National Drug Control Policy. This item was not are not great commercial successes. If you received in time for publication in the appropriate want to immediately become a popular cul- issue. ture figure, just bad-mouth somebody; they’ll give you a talk show. You think about it. We have to fight against that. Statement on Cuban Independence I want to end where I began. If you think Day about what the Kennedys meant to us a gen- May 20, 1994 eration ago, they were able to do that be- cause we had inside a willingness, a willing On this May 20th, Cuban Independence heart, a listening ear, a willingness to be sum- Day, I wish to convey to the Cuban-Amer- moned to higher purposes, a willingness to ican community the best wishes of the Amer- believe that we could come together, a will- ican people. We fully share your hopes and ingness to believe that we could make a dif- aspirations for a future when the people of ference. You all still have that here. You can Cuba can enjoy freedom and democracy. For feel it here tonight. Those kids at UCLA— over three decades, Cuba has suffered under 62 percent of the student body now minority an inhumane dictatorship. It’s my deep and students, they’re in the majority, just as they committed desire that the Cuban people will will be in many States within a very few live in liberty. years—you could feel it there. What we owe The centerpiece of my administration’s to our country is to change the heart of the foreign policy toward Latin America and the country. We just simply cannot be, with all Caribbean has been a commitment to de- these challenges before us, all of which, by mocracy, human rights, and accountable gov- the way, can be met with sufficient effort and ernment. A welcome tide of democratic gov- thought and constancy, we cannot afford to ernment has swept throughout the hemi- be divided, diverted, distracted. We cannot. sphere. The will of the people is being ex- We have to have our hearts and our ears pressed through democratic elections and and our eyes open. We have to stop shouting the strengthening of the rule of law. at each other and start talking with each Only two countries in the entire hemi- other. And we surely have to make a begin- sphere remain outside this democratic com-

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munity of nations, Cuba and Haiti. And we The President’s Radio Address are working hard for the restoration of the May 21, 1994 freely and fairly elected constitutional gov- ernment of President Aristide in Haiti. Good morning. Hillary and I join our Na- Cuba’s time has also come. tion in mourning the loss of former First We wish for the people of Cuba what we Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She in- wish for all people of the Americas: freedom spired all of us with her grace and courage. of the press and speech, protection from ar- She loved art and culture, all the things that bitrary arrest and respect for due process, express the better angels of our nature. She and the rule of law. We wish for the people and President Kennedy made people believe of Cuba what we strive for for ourselves: that change for the better is possible, that prosperity, an environment where our basic public service is a noble calling, and that we needs are met and where our children can ought to be about the business of building grow and develop spiritually and in safety. our country up, not tearing it down or pulling it apart. We wish, on this historic anniversary, for a This is a time of considerably more cyni- prosperous, vibrant, flourishing democracy cism and pessimism, when harsh rhetoric of that frees the creativity of the people of division and distraction and outright destruc- Cuba. tion sometimes dominates discussion of pub- Let me be clear. We maintain the trade lic issues. But it is well today to remember embargo against the Castro regime because the examples of President and Mrs. Ken- the United States does not want to do any- nedy. They changed our lives for the better thing that could strengthen the dictatorship. because they helped us to believe we could As the same time, the Cuban Democracy Act change for the better. That is still true. It allows humanitarian assistance and the free is ultimately pointless and self-defeating to flow of communications and ideas that can believe any other way. help to alleviate the suffering and isolation Today I want to talk about two things we of the Cuban people. It is for this reason that can all do to change our future for the better: I will continue to support Radio and TV improving our economy and solving the Marti; they are an important window to the health care crisis in America. Although we’re world. still in the dawn of our economic recovery, The United States has no quarrel with the we’ve clearly begun to turn the economy Cuban people. There is a long history of mu- around, to set the stage for long-term and tual cooperation and admiration between our sustainable economic growth. The deficit is two peoples. Only the dictatorship stands be- down. Inflation and unemployment are tween our two nations. The United States down. Growth, the stock market, jobs, and will continue to encourage the dream of a consumer confidence are all up. In the first free and democratic Cuba. As Jose´ Marti, 15 months of our administration nearly 3 mil- hero of Cuba and of the Americas said, ‘‘We lion jobs were created, over 90 percent of love liberty, because in it we see the truth.’’ them in the private sector, more than in the previous 4 years combined. The whole world has now seen the truth of When Congress passes our budget this the failure of dictatorship. I pray that soon year we’ll have 3 years of declining deficits the Cuban people will enjoy the freedoms, for the first time since Harry Truman was the rights, the privileges that they deserve President. With our effort to reinvent the as human beings and that democracy so vig- Government to do more with less, we’re re- orously guarantees. ducing the size of the Federal payroll by over 250,000 people. And when it’s done, we’ll NOTE: This item was not received in time for pub- have the smallest Federal Government in lication in the appropriate issue. over 30 years, since Kennedy was President.

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And all the savings will go in to pay for the As I’ve traveled our country, I’ve heard crime bill for safer streets, for more punish- firsthand from some of the more than one ment, 100,000 more police officers on our million people who have written to Hillary street, and an aggressive prevention strategy and to me describing their problems with the to give our young people something to say current health care system. Each of these let- yes to, to turn away from a life of violence. ters is a little different, but the message is We’re investing in new technologies and in always the same: Do something and do it new trade opportunities for all the things soon. Some people say we should wait awhile Americans make. and study the issue further. To them I say, What’s most important to me is that inside we’ve studied it quite a lot already. Many these statistics there’s good news about real Members of Congress have studied it for people: an entrepreneur hanging out a shin- years. And you ought to come to the White gle for the first time, a worker getting a raise House and read these letters if you want to for the first time in years, a person finding wait, read the letter from the mother who a new job after having been out of work for was forced to sell her home and go on welfare months and months, a parent finally able to just to provide medical benefits to a sick son; buy toys for a baby. Economic security is our the letter from a nurse who had to leave the first major battle, one we’re still fighting in bedside of a cancer patient to attend a meet- places like California where too many com- ing on how to fill out even new insurance munities have not yet tasted the fruits of re- forms; the one from a little boy who was covery. afraid to tell his parents he felt sick because But the economic battle will never be fully he knew they couldn’t afford a visit to the won until we face our second great crisis, doctor; the thousands of letters about people reforming a health care system that costs too who have been sick or had someone in their much and does too little. Health care now family sick, so they can’t get insurance or is the only part of our Federal budget that they have to pay more than they can afford is really contributing to the deficit. And still or they can never change jobs; and the hun- millions are trapped in a system that offers dreds of letters from small business people them no coverage or because of previous ill- who are paying 35 percent to 40 percent nesses, costs them too much or means that more than they ought to be paying for cov- they can never change jobs. erage that’s inadequate. After 60 years of fits and starts, of road- Now, for 60 years Presidents of both par- blocks and dead-ends, we’re finally making ties have tried to do something to fix this real progress toward comprehensive health health care system, to solve its problems care reform. This week, for the first time without hurting what’s best about our health ever, the relevant committees of Congress in care system. We don’t need to wait any both Houses have begun to review and mod- longer. The committees in Congress are well ify our proposal to guarantee all Americans on the way to passing a bill that will make private health insurance, to give small busi- the health care nightmares detailed in these nesses, farmers, and self-employed people letters a thing of the past. the ability to buy insurance like big business Of course, there will be obstacles ahead. and Government can today. There are genuine disagreements. It’s a com- Their action follows more than a year and plicated subject. But we can surmount these a half of debate and discussion in town hall obstacles. We know there are models today meetings, in doctors’ offices, hospitals, and that are like what we’re trying to do, models around kitchen tables. There have been of managed competition in places like Min- twists and turns along the way. There are no nesota, where 91 percent of the people have doubt more ahead. But steadily our country coverage, it’s of high quality, and the cost is moving closer to a goal, passing major increases are much lower than they are in health care reform legislation this year. And the rest of the country or models like the as with the economy, the victory of passing new small business cooperative in California, health care reform will be a victory for Amer- where over 2,300 small businesses, rep- ica’s families. resenting 40,000 employees, have joined to-

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gether to buy health insurance that’s lower Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey. I’m glad to in cost for the same or better coverage for see you here, and thank you for coming. Sen- everyone. ator Feinstein, thank you once again for mak- In 1935, Congress passed Social Security ing it clear that you have no ambivalence on after much of the same debate we read about the question of McClellan Air Force Base today in the press, people saying that it would and its future. I’m glad to be here with Mayor wreck the economy, that it would be terrible, Serna and to be working with him, and I ap- that it was not the right thing to do. But from preciate his statements about our partner- that day forward, older Americans knew they ship. I appreciate the leadership that Sec- could face retirement in old age with dignity. retary Widnall has shown in the Air Force, In 1965, Congress passed Medicare, guar- and I’m glad to be here with General Phillips anteeing that people over 65 would never and General Thompson. I thank them for again be bankrupted by medical bills they welcoming me here for a second time to couldn’t pay. Again, there were those who McClellan Air Force Base. I’d also like to said it would just be a terrible thing for the recognize in the audience a good friend of country. Now we’re all proud of the fact that mine and your State insurance commissioner, older Americans are less poor than the rest John Garamendi and Mrs. Garamendi. I’m of us and don’t have to worry about their glad to see them over there. health care. Ladies and gentlemen, I had a wonderful We’re closer than ever before to making trip to McClellan Air Force Base the first 1994 the year that Congress makes history time I came to celebrate the work that you once again by guaranteeing Americans pri- are doing not only to defend our Nation but vate health insurance that can never be taken to help us to convert to a post-cold-war era away. Let’s work together now to tone down in which many of the fruits of defense the divisive rhetoric, to stop the shouting, to progress and defense technology can be used starting talking with each other, listening to to benefit a growing commercial economy in each other, and working with our sleeves America. Today I come to celebrate the spirit rolled up and our heads and hearts engaged of Sacramento and the spirit of McClellan in the job. as we honor the men and women who wear We can get this done this year. We will the uniforms of the American Armed Forces. get it done this year with your help. Tell the In just 2 weeks it will be my proud duty Congress to move, and move now. We can to travel to Europe to represent our Nation do it. America needs it. as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Thanks for listening. the liberation of Rome and the landing of the allied forces in France on D-Day. Sac- NOTE: The address was recorded at approximately rifice, planning, determination, and sheer 3:25 p.m. on May 20 at the Costas Sports Center bravery carried the day then, and it still at the University of California-Los Angeles for broadcast at 10:06 a.m. on May 21. counts today. We deeply appreciate what our forces did in the cause of freedom in World War II. Were it not for them and their ef- Remarks to the Community in forts, we would, none of us, be here today. Sacramento, California But I want to say we also appreciate very May 21, 1994 much what those of you who wear our Na- tion’s uniforms do to keep us free and strong Thank you very, very much, Congressman and to promote the cause of freedom around Fazio, for those fine words and for your lead- the world today. We honor your patriotism, ership. Thank you, Congressman Matsui, for your service, and your sacrifice. And we all your fine words and for your leadership, es- recognize that that sacrifice often extends to pecially on areas of global trade and other your families as well, who have to endure things designed to help the people of north- long periods of separation and sometimes, ern California. I’d also like to recognize over still, the loss of life. Every day, all across our here to my right the presence of another land and all around the world, people who Member of your congressional delegation, wear the uniform of this country put their

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lives at risk. As we have seen in the last year on to 4-year colleges, to lower interest rates and as we see every year, the simple work for college loans and better repayments of maintaining preparedness and the training terms, to national service payments for young involved in it, often itself is life threatening. people who want to pay their way through I’m especially glad to be here at McClellan college by solving the problems of the coun- to sign the proclamation for Armed Forces try here at home. Day today because of the special role that The Congress has provided more funds for McClellan is playing in America at the end technology reinvestment projects, like the of the cold war, the special role in helping ones you’re participating in here. One-fourth us downsize our defense forces without be- of them have gone to the State of California coming weaker, the special role in helping to try to help those people who won the cold us convert so many of our resources from war for us not be left out in the cold as we defense to domestic economic purposes. enjoy the peace. Beyond the building and maintenance of When this budget is fully enacted over the military equipment, McClellan has been a next 5 years, the size of the civilian work pioneer in high-tech fields from microelec- force for the Federal Government will be the tronics to hydraulics. This is the only place smallest it has been in over 30 years, and in the United States where aircraft can be all the savings will be used to go into a trust thoroughly inspected without dismantling, fund to help make our streets safer, to pay thanks to the nondestructive facility here. for tougher punishment for violent criminals, This base has also led the way in promoting prevention opportunities for young people to partnerships with the private sector in tech- keep them out of trouble, and 100,000 more nology transfer and what we now call dual- police officers on the streets of the cities of use of technology. These help with concerns this country to help protect our young peo- like the environment, and they create jobs ple. for our people. The work to develop a new We are trying to adapt to the changes in low-emission metal casting process, for ex- this changing world. But let me say on this ample, will help automakers comply with the Armed Forces Day, while the size of our Clean Air Act, making us all healthier and military must be adjusted, we must not adjust creating more jobs. I thank you for that. our attitude about quality or readiness. We I think we all know that the important must remain the world’s best prepared, best work of rebuilding our economy is also part trained, best equipped, highest morale fight- of our national security. On that I can report ing force. I say that because as we enter the to you confidently that our Nation is moving next few weeks of budget negotiations, Con- in the right direction. gress must work to get our deficit down while In the last 15 months our economy has keeping our guard up. produced 3 million new jobs. The deficit is I have to say, too, to you my friends, since going down. Interest rates are stable. The it has been mentioned by others, that the stock market is up. Consumer confidence is biggest long-term threat to deficit reduction up. When the Congress passes the budget is also perhaps the biggest long-term threat that I have presented before them, we’ll have to defense readiness, that is the soaring cost 3 years of declining deficits in the Federal of health care. Because while your Federal budget for the first time since Harry Truman spending is going down in defense and down was President of the United States of Amer- in domestic spending for the first time since ica. 1969, the cost of Federal health care pro- Still the Congress is working with me to grams are going up at 2 and 3 times the rate find ways to increase investments in areas of inflation. And still there are 37 million where we need more investment, even as we Americans without any health insurance. eliminate over 100 Government programs We spend, as a nation, 40 percent more and cut a couple of hundred others, building of our income on health care than any other a system of lifetime education from the ex- nation, and we don’t cover everyone. We pansion of Head Start to lifetime learning to have small business people, hundreds of opportunities for young people who don’t go thousands of them, who don’t provide any

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coverage or provide some coverage and wish strength of our Nation depends on it, and they could do more. But they must pay rates we should act this year. 35 to 40 percent higher than those of us, who Finally, let me say one special word. Be- are in Government or are insured by big hind me sits what I have been told is the businesses, do. We have 81 million Ameri- only fully restored and flyable B–24 Lib- cans out of a nation of 255 million who live erator in use today. It had a storied career in families where someone has been sick, and of service since it rolled off the assembly line so they’re insured with what are called pre- in Fort Worth, Texas, in August of 1944. It’s existing conditions, which is a fine way of say- 2 years older than I am. [Laughter] It was ing they pay too much for their insurance part of the massive homefront production or they can’t get insurance or they can never during World War II. The All-American, as change jobs because if they try to change, she’s known, is named in honor of the 15th their future employers won’t be able to in- Air Force B–24 that set a record for downing sure them. 14 enemy fighters in a single raid over Ger- I say to you, my fellow Americans, this is many on July 25th, 1944. But her name also unacceptable. It is a threat to the deficit, it signifies the all-American builders who pro- is a threat to the defense, it is a threat to duced the plane, the flyers who manned the the national security of the United States to missions, the crews that kept them in the air. leave our people in this fix. This plan stands for the all-American team I do not pretend that this is an easy issue. to help to win the war that we will honor If it were it would have been solved a long when I go to the D-Day celebration. time ago. I do ask the Congress to act and This is a time when every American of to act now, this year, to guarantee private every generation should pause to remember health insurance to all Americans; to provide and honor the sacrifices of the airmen, sol- a choice of doctors and plans to American diers, and sailors of D-Day, who through citizens; to allow, as California is now doing, their individual acts of glory and valor and small business people, farmers, and self-em- their common efforts changed the course of ployed people to join in big co-ops and to history. buy insurance on the same competitive basis One aircraft of World War II stands be- that big business and Government folks can hind me today, but we should be mindful do so that they can afford to purchase health that exactly 50 years ago the largest air attack care without going broke. ever staged was being readied to support the I thank the California Medical Association allied landings on Normandy. Over one mil- for their endorsement of these principles as lion American airmen were stationed in Eng- well as the notion that we should not dis- land during World War II. On D-Day the criminate against people because someone in allies sent 3,467 heavy bombers, 1,645 me- their family has been sick. dium bombers, 5,409 fighters into the skies These are things that we ought to do. We above the English Channel and the coast of can do it without interfering with Medicare France. They gave General Eisenhower and for the elderly. We can do it while phasing the planners of Operation Overlord virtual in prescription drug and long-term care ben- allied supremacy for the landings. On that efits to the elderly and disabled, but we must day, 113 aircraft did not make it back. act this year. I believe that you hire people Two weeks from today at the American to serve in the Presidency and in the Con- cemetery outside Cambridge, England, I will gress to make the same tough decisions that stand with crew members of other B–24’s our military leaders have to make when and B–26’s, B–17’s, P–38’s and P–47’s, the called upon to do it. There are not always veteran airmen of D-Day. Thirty-nine hun- easy answers, but usually there are answers dred and twelve Americans, many of them to problems when they have to be faced. aviators, are buried there in Cambridge, their There are answers to this problem, and we graves aligned in a gentle arc on a sloping owe it to you to face it. In the future our English pasture. They rest in peace far from deficit reduction depends on it, our defense home, as do thousands of other Americans readiness depends on it, the health and who made the ultimate sacrifice during

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World War II, buried in American soil over- defending our lives, our liberties, and our seas with names like Nettuno and Colleville. right to the pursuit of happiness. But in every city, in every neighborhood, in President Truman proclaimed the first every living room where we cherish the fruits Armed Forces Day at a major turning point of freedom and democracy, they are with us in America’s history. With the greatest sac- still. rifice, we had just defeated the forces of They would be very proud of the men and global domination and tyranny, but we also women who wear our uniforms today. They were faced with the first chill of a Cold War would be proud that nuclear weapons in Rus- that would last for four decades. sia and the United States are no longer point- Through it all, from the blood and fire of ed at each other for the first time since the World War II, to the nightmare fears of nu- advent of the nuclear age. They would be clear confrontation, America never lost hope, proud of the contributions of Americans to peace in the Middle East and democracy in never despaired. We faced each threat with South Africa. They would be proud that the faith in God and in the skills, courage, and power of our example has helped to encour- dedication of our men and women in uni- age people in Central and Latin America, all form. We slept each night in the comforting over the hemisphere, to embrace democracy. knowledge that they held constant vigil. Now all but two nations to our south, all but Today we are at another turning point. The two, are today governed by democratically Cold War is over, but our Nation is faced elected leaders. with a host of new and more complex chal- So I say to you, my fellow Americans, today lenges to peace and stability in the world. as we cherish the memories of those who Yet we face the future in a position of fought in World War II and as we salute to- strength and with a powerful and ready mili- day’s men and women of the Army, the Navy, tary force. the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast As President and Commander in Chief, I Guard, the sentinels of our peace and free- am pleased to join with all Americans in sa- dom, let us cherish our memory but also re- luting the men and women of the Army, Ma- member our mission: to meet the challenges rine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and the Coast of today at home and abroad, to keep Amer- Guard. We also thank their families and ica forever strong and forever young. friends, whose love and sacrifice make a spe- Thank you very much, and God bless you cial contribution to America’s security. The all. Nation’s peace and stability are in very capa- NOTE: The President spoke at 3:40 p.m. at ble hands; we are deeply grateful. McClellan Air Force Base. In his remarks, he re- Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, ferred to Mayor Joe Serna of Sacramento; Sec- President of the United States of America, retary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall; Maj. Gen. and Commander in Chief of the Armed John Phillips, commander, McClellan Air Force Forces of the United States, continuing the Base; and Lt. Gen. Dale W. Thompson, Jr., vice precedent of my nine immediate prede- commander, Air Force Materiel Command, cessors in office, do hereby proclaim the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH. third Saturday of each May as Armed Forces Day. Proclamation 6693—Armed Forces I direct the Secretary of Defense on behalf Day, 1994 of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, May 21, 1994 and the Secretary of Transportation on be- half of the Coast Guard, to plan for appro- By the President of the United States of America priate observances each year, with the Sec- retary of Defense responsible for soliciting A Proclamation the participation and cooperation of civil au- Forty-four years ago, President Harry Tru- thorities and private citizens. man set aside a special day to salute the men I invite the Governors of the States, the and women who dedicate their lives to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other ultimate act of public service: protecting and areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United

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States, to provide for the observance of and medical relief to people in desperate Armed Forces Day within their jurisdiction need. each year in an appropriate manner designed On this important day, I am honored to to increase public understanding and appre- salute the hard-working individuals serving ciation of the Armed Forces of the United in the Army, the Marine Corps, the Navy, States. the Air Force, and the Coast Guard. Amer- I also invite national and local veterans, ican owes you a debt of gratitude for all that civic and other organizations to join in the you have done for our Nation and for all that observance of Armed Forces Day each year. you continue to do to protect the blessings I call upon all Americans, not only to dis- of liberty we cherish. play the flag of the United States at their Bill Clinton homes on Armed Forces Day, but also to learn about our system of defense and about the men and women who sustain it, by at- Executive Order 12917—Prohibiting tending and participating in the local observ- Certain Transactions With Respect ances of the day. to Haiti Proclamation 5983 of May 17, 1989, is May 21, 1994 hereby superseded. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set By the authority vested in me as President my hand this twenty-first day of May, in the by the Constitution and the laws of the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and nine- United States of America, including the ty-four, and of the Independence of the International Emergency Economic Powers United States of America the two hundred Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National and eighteenth. Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), William J. Clinton section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, and section 301 of title 3, United States 11:50 a.m., May 23, 1994] Code, in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution 917 of May 6, 1994, and NOTE: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on May 24. in order to take additional steps with respect to the actions and policies of the de facto regime in Haiti and the national emergency Message on the Observance of described and declared in Executive Order Armed Forces Day, 1994 No. 12775, it is hereby ordered as follows: May 21, 1994 Section 1. The following are prohibited, except to the extent provided in regulations, Greetings to the men and women of the orders, directives, or licenses which may Armed Forces stationed around the world as hereafter be issued pursuant to this order, we celebrate Armed Forces Day, 1994. On and notwithstanding the existence of any behalf of the American people, I am proud rights or obligations conferred or imposed by to extend heartfelt appreciation for your tre- any international agreement or any contract mendous service to our country. entered into or any license or permit granted Each of you who wears our nation’s uni- before the effective date of this order: form makes an invaluable contribution to the (a) The importation into the United States safety, security, and well-being of the United of any goods (other than informational mate- States and of the entire world. Some of you rials, including books and other publications, serve here at home, while others are posted needed for the free flow of information) orig- the world over, but all of you work to guard inating in Haiti, or of any services performed our precious freedom and to further the goals in Haiti, that are exported from Haiti after of peace and democracy. In addition to these May 21, 1994; or any activity by United traditional military roles, you have set a new States persons or in the United States that standard of excellence for international hu- promotes or is intended to promote such im- manitarian efforts—bringing food, shelter, portation;

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(b) Any activity by United States persons Participation Act, as may be necessary to or in the United States that promotes the carry out the purposes of this order. The Sec- exportation or transshipment of any goods retary of the Treasury may redelegate any (other than informational materials, such as of these functions to other officers and agen- books and other publications, needed for the cies of the United States Government. All free flow of information) originating in Haiti agencies of the United States Government that are exported from Haiti after May 21, are hereby directed to take all appropriate 1994; measures within their authority to carry out (c) Any dealing by United States persons the provisions of this order, including sus- or in the United States, or using U.S.-reg- pension or termination of licenses or other istered vessels or aircraft, in any goods (other authorizations in effect as of the date of this than informational materials, such as books order. and other publications, needed for the free Sec. 4. Section 2(c) of Executive Order flow of information) originating in Haiti that No. 12779 and section 4 of Executive Order are exported from Haiti after May 21, 1994; No. 12853 are hereby revoked to the extent (d) The sale, supply, or exportation by inconsistent with this order. The revocation United States persons or from the United shall apply only to actions taken after the ef- States, or using U.S.-registered vessels or air- fective date of this order, and shall not alter craft, of any goods, regardless of origin, to the applicability to any violation that oc- Haiti, or for the purpose of any business car- curred before the effective date of this order ried on in or operated from Haiti, or any of any rule, regulation, order, license, or activity by United States persons or in the other form of administrative action taken United States that promotes such sale, sup- pursuant to Executive Order No. 12779 or ply, or exportation, other than the sale, sup- Executive Order No. 12853. ply, or exportation of: Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this order (i) informational materials, such as shall create any right or benefit, substantive books and other publications, needed or procedural, enforceable by any party for the free flow of information; or against the United States, its agencies or in- (ii) medicines and medical supplies, strumentalities, its officers or employees, or as authorized by the Secretary of the any other person. Treasury, and rice, beans, sugar, wheat Sec. 6. flour, cooking oil, corn, corn flour, milk, (a) This order shall take effect at 11:59 and edible tallow, provided that neither p.m. eastern daylight time on May 21, 1994. the de facto regime in Haiti nor any per- (b) This order shall be transmitted to the son designated by the Secretary of the Congress and published in the Federal Reg- Treasury as a blocked individual or en- ister. tity of Haiti is a direct or indirect party William J. Clinton to the transaction; or (e) Any transaction by United States per- The White House, sons that evades or avoids, or has the purpose May 21, 1994. of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order. 11:41 a.m., May 23, 1994] Sec. 2. For the purposes of this order, the definitions contained in section 3 of Execu- NOTE: This Executive order was published in the tive Order No. 12779 apply to the terms used Federal Register on May 24. in this order. Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury, in Message to the Congress on Haiti consultation with the Secretary of State, is May 21, 1994 hereby authorized to take such actions, in- cluding the promulgation of rules and regula- To the Congress of the United States: tions, and to employ all powers granted to On October 4, 1991, pursuant to the Inter- me by the International Emergency Eco- national Emergency Economic Powers Act nomic Powers Act and the United Nations (‘‘IEEPA’’) (50 U.S.C. 1703 et seq.) and sec-

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tion 301 of the National Emergencies Act tion of Haitian-origin products into their ter- (‘‘NEA’’) (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), President ritories exported from Haiti after May 21, Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue 1994, activities that promote importation or Executive Order No. 12775 on October 4, transshipment of such products, and dealings 1991, declaring a national emergency and by their nationals, flag vessels, or aircraft in blocking Haitian government property. such products. In addition, the Resolution re- On October 28, 1991, pursuant to the quires Member States to prevent the sale or above authorities, President Bush exercised supply of products to Haiti by their nationals his statutory authority to issue Executive or from their territories or using their flag Order No. 12779 on October 28, 1991, block- vessels or aircraft, and activities that promote ing property of and prohibiting transactions such sale or supply, with certain exceptions with Haiti. for humanitarian needs and trade in informa- On June 30, 1993, pursuant to the above tional materials. authorities, as well as the United Nations This new Executive order: Participation Act of 1945, as amended —bans importation into the United States (‘‘UNPA’’) (22 U.S.C. 287c), I exercised my of goods or services of Haitian origin ex- statutory authority to issue Executive Order ported after May 21, 1994, or activities No. 12853 of June 30, 1993, to impose addi- that promote or are intended to pro- tional economic measures with respect to mote such importation, except for infor- Haiti. This latter action was taken, in part, mational materials; to ensure that the economic measures taken —prohibits activities by U.S. persons or by the United States with respect to Haiti from the United States that promote ex- would fulfill its obligations under United Na- portation or transshipment of goods of tions Security Council Resolution 841 of Haitian origin exported after May 21, June 16, 1993. 1994, except for informational materials; On October 18, 1993, pursuant to the —prohibits dealings by U.S. persons or in IEEPA and the NEA, I again exercised my the United States or using U.S.-reg- statutory authority to issue Executive Order istered vessels or aircraft in goods of No. 12872 of October 18, 1993, blocking Haitian origin exported after May 21, property of various persons with respect to 1994, except for informational materials; Haiti. —prohibits the sale, supply, or exportation On May 6, 1994, the United Nations Secu- by U.S. persons or from the United rity Council adopted Resolution 917, calling States, or using U.S.-registered vessels on Member States to take additional meas- or aircraft, of any goods to Haiti or in ures to tighten the embargo against Haiti. connection with Haitian businesses, or On May 7, 1994, pursuant to the above au- activities by U.S. persons or in the thorities, I exercised my statutory authority United States that promote such sale, and issued Executive Order No. 12914 of supply, or exportation, except for infor- May 7, 1994, to impose additional economic mational materials, certain foodstuffs, measures with respect to Haiti. This latter and medicines and medical supplies; action was taken, in part, to ensure that the —prohibits any transaction that evades or economic measures taken by the United avoids or has the purpose of evading or States with respect to Haiti would fulfill its avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of obligations under the provisions of United the prohibitions of this order; and Nations Security Council Resolution 917 that —authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, were effective immediately under that Reso- in consultation with the Secretary of lution. State, to issue regulations implementing United Nations Security Council Resolu- the provisions of the Executive order. tion 917 contains several provisions required The new Executive order is necessary to to become effective no later than May 21, implement certain provisions of United Na- 1994, to further tighten the embargo against tions Security Council Resolution 917 of May Haiti. These include, inter alia, a require- 6, 1994, which take effect no later than May ment that Member States prohibit importa- 21, 1994, and require additional measures to

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tighten the embargo against Haiti with the anyone in their right mind would never have goal of the restoration of democracy in that gone in. But they insisted on it because they nation and the prompt return of the legiti- were comrades in danger, because they be- mately elected President, Jean-Bertrand lieved passionately in the creed that says, ‘‘I Aristide, under the framework of the Gov- will not fail those with whom I serve.’’ And ernors Island Agreement. so they asked their pilot to hover just above I am providing this notice to the Congress the ground, and they jumped into the fero- pursuant section 204(b) of the IEEPA (50 cious firefight. U.S.C. 1703(b)) and section 301 of the NEA The citations that will be read shortly de- (50 U.S.C. 1631). I am enclosing a copy of scribe the extraordinary courage that Ser- the Executive order that I have issued. geants Gordon and Shughart demonstrated William J. Clinton in the battle that followed. Gary Gordon and Randall Shughart died in the most coura- The White House, geous and selfless way any human being can May 21, 1994. act. They risked their lives without hesitation. They gave their lives to save others. Their Remarks at the Presentation actions were clearly above and beyond the Ceremony for the Congressional call of duty. Medal of Honor Today, on behalf of the United States Con- May 23, 1994 gress, I award them both the Medal of Honor. They join a roll of heroes that in- To the distinguished leaders of the military cludes soldiers like Sergeant York, Audie and the Congress who are here, family and Murphy, Jimmie Doolittle, Teddy Roosevelt, friends of the two men on whom we will con- Jr., Senator Kerrey, and only some 3,000 oth- fer the Nation’s highest military award, the ers across more than two centuries of our Medal of Honor, Master Sergeant Gary Gor- Nation’s history. don and Sergeant First Class Randall We will remember Sergeants Gordon and Shughart were real American heroes. Shughart not only as heroes who fell in battle During the military operation in but as good men who loved their families. Mogadishu on October 3d, two American Randall Shughart was raised on a dairy farm. helicopters were downed by hostile fire. Al- He loved the outdoors. He and his wife, though United States Army Rangers estab- Stephanie, planned to build a log cabin in lished a defensive perimeter around the first Montana for their retirement. Gary Gordon downed helicopter, they could not reach the was a gentle father who filled notebooks with second one quickly by land. In the wreckage stories for his two young children. He of this helicopter lay four injured Army crew- dreamed of starting a furniture-making shop men. with his wife, Carmen. Another helicopter with Sergeants Gordon Both were men whose dreams and gener- and Shughart on board was dispatched to ous hearts we can never adequately portray. provide cover from above. But they came Both were quiet men whose steadiness gave under withering fire, and the two sergeants strength to all who knew them. Both would instinctively understood that if the downed probably feel a bit uncomfortable about crew was to stand a chance of survival some- being the center of so much attention. We one would have to get them on the ground. were just doing our job, they would probably Immediately Sergeants Gordon and say, a job they loved and a job they had plain- Shughart volunteered to go. They were told, ly mastered. no, it’s too dangerous. They volunteered Of course, there is little we can do to ease again. Again, they were told no. They volun- the pain, the sense of loss that their loved teered a third time, and permission finally ones feel. We know they will live in the was granted. memories of those whose lives they touched. Sergeants Gordon and Shughart knew We pray that their families will find strength their own chances of survival were extremely in their faiths during this time and in the bleak. The pilot of their helicopter said that times to come. But we can also draw comfort

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from the words of the pilot they saved, Chief moting democracy and economic market re- Warrant Officer Michael Durant. ‘‘Without forms and many activities of the United Na- a doubt,’’ he says, ‘‘I owe my life to these tions designed to save lives. I am very grate- two men and their bravery.’’ ful for that, and I look forward to this meet- Sergeants Gordon and Shughart died on ing. We’ve never had an opportunity to talk October 3d for a noble and important cause, before, but our two nations have had very to give Durant and others a chance to live. close and good relationships, and I think we’ll They were part of a larger mission, a difficult continue them. one, that saved hundreds of thousands of in- nocent Somalis from starvation and gave that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis nation a chance to build its own future. Q. Mr. President, can you tell us some- Only America could assume and accom- thing about your remarks this afternoon? plish such a mission. It is a part of who we The President. Well, I’ll just do the best are as a people, what we are as a nation, why I can to try to speak on behalf of the Nation we are trusted and respected around the a word of gratitude and appreciation and globe. And that, too, is a part of our national farewell and perhaps a few personal remarks security. As I said when I welcomed home as well. members of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, if there are any debates still to NOTE: The President spoke at 11:31 a.m. in the be had about our mission in Somalia, let peo- Oval Office at the White House. A tape was not ple have those debates where they belong, available for verification of the content of these remarks. with the President and the policymakers. But let there be no debate about the professional- ism and the valor of those who served there Remarks at the Interment of and the valor of those who died there. We Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in are proud of what they did. We honor them. Arlington, Virginia We thank them. May 23, 1994 On the wall of the Special Forces Memo- rial Court at Ft. Bragg, the words of the We are joined here today at the site of prophet Isaiah are etched in stone: ‘‘I heard the Eternal Flame, lit by Jacqueline Kennedy the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall Onassis 31 years ago, to bid farewell to this I send, and who will go for us?’’’ Master Ser- remarkable woman whose life will forever geant Gary Gordon and Sergeant First Class glow in the lives of her fellow Americans. Randall Shughart answered that call. Whether she was soothing a nation griev- Today, we inscribe their lives and their ing for a former President or raising children deeds in the distinguished and valorous his- with the care and the privacy they deserve tory of this country’s men and women in uni- or simply being a good friend, she seemed form. We pray that God will embrace their always to do the right thing in the right way. souls. And may their service and sacrifice in- She taught us by example about the beauty spire generations to come. of art, the meaning of culture, the lessons of history, the power of personal courage, the NOTE: The President spoke at 11:07 a.m. in the East Room at the White House. nobility of public service, and most of all, the sanctity of family. God gave her very great gifts and imposed Remarks and an Exchange With upon her great burdens. She bore them all Reporters Prior to Discussions With with dignity and grace and uncommon com- President Abdou Diouf of Senegal mon sense. In the end, she cared most about May 23, 1994 being a good mother to her children. And the lives of Caroline and John leave no doubt The President. Let me say, it’s a great that she was that, and more. honor for me to have the President of Sen- Hillary and I are especially grateful that egal here and to thank him publicly for the she took so much time to talk about the im- leadership that his country has shown in pro- portance of raising children away from the

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public eye. And we will always remember the program will promote and will not con- wonderful, happy times we shared together stitute an unreasonable risk to the com- last summer. mon defense and security; and With admiration, love, and gratitude for —authorize the execution of the proposed the inspiration and the dreams she gave to Amendment for the Government of the all of us, we say goodbye to Jackie today. May United States in a manner specified by the flame she lit so long ago burn ever bright- the Secretary of State. er here and always brighter in our hearts. William J. Clinton God bless you, friend, and farewell.

NOTE: The President spoke at 2:05 p.m. at Arling- Message to the Congress ton National Cemetery. Transmitting the United Kingdom- United States Atomic Energy Memorandum on the United Agreement Amendment Kingdom-United States Atomic May 23, 1994 Energy Agreement Amendment To the Congress of the United States: May 23, 1994 I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 123d. of the Atomic En- and the Secretary of Energy ergy Act of 1954, as amended, the text of an amendment to the Agreement Between Subject: Proposed Amendment to the United the Government of the United States of States/United Kingdom Agreement for America and the Government of the United Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire- for Mutual Defense Purposes land for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic I have reviewed and concur in the posi- Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes of July tions taken in your joint letter to me of May 3, 1958, as amended, and my written ap- 14, 1994, recommending approval of a pro- proval, authorization, and determination con- posed amendment to the Agreement Be- cerning the agreement. The joint unclassified tween the Government of the United States letter submitted to me by the Secretaries of of America and the Government of the Energy and Defense that provide a summary United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- position on the Amendment is also enclosed. ern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of The Amendment extends for 10 years Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Pur- (until December 31, 2004) provisions which poses. I note from your joint recommenda- permit the transfer of nonnuclear parts, tion and concur with your view that the source, byproduct, special nuclear materials, United Kingdom is participating with the and other material and technology for nu- United States pursuant to an international clear weapons and military reactors, and re- agreement by substantial and material con- vises text, principally in the Security Annex, tributions to the mutual defense and security. to be consistent with current policies and The proposed Amendment will permit co- practices relating to personnel and physical operation that will further improve our mu- security. Additionally, certain activities relat- tual defense posture and support our inter- ed to naval nuclear reactor plant technology ests under the North Atlantic Treaty Organi- have been completed and those provisions zation. I hereby: have been deleted from the Supplemental —approve the proposed Amendment to Technical Annex. the 1958 Agreement; In my judgment, the proposed Amend- —determine that performance under the ment meets all statutory requirements. The proposed Amendment will promote and United Kingdom intends to continue to will not constitute an unreasonable risk maintain viable nuclear forces. In light of our to the common defense and security; previous close cooperation and the fact that —approve the program outlined in this the United Kingdom has committed its nu- Amendment and determine that such clear forces to the North Atlantic Treaty Or-

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ganization, I have concluded that it is in our potential use in chemical or biological weap- interest to continue to assist them in main- ons (CBW) or unmanned delivery systems taining a credible nuclear force. for weapons of mass destruction. I have approved the Amendment, author- During the last 6 months, the United ized its execution, and urge that the Congress States has continued to address actively in give it favorable consideration. its international diplomatic efforts the prob- William J. Clinton lem of the proliferation and use of CBW. More than 150 nations have signed the The White House, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and May 23, 1994. a number have already ratified it. On Novem- ber 23, 1993, I submitted the CWC to the Message to the Congress on Senate for its advice and consent to ratifica- Chemical and Biological Weapons tion. I have urged all nations, including the Proliferation United States, to ratify the Convention May 23, 1994 quickly so that it can enter into force at the earliest possible date of January 13, 1995. We To the Congress of the United States: also have continued to urge those countries On November 16, 1990, in light of the that have not signed the Convention to do dangers of the proliferation of chemical and so. The United States plays a leading role biological weapons, President Bush issued in the work of the CWC Preparatory Com- Executive Order No. 12735, and declared a mission headquartered in The Hague, to national emergency under the International elaborate the technical and administrative Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. procedures for implementing the Conven- 1701, et seq.). Under section 202(d) of the tion. National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. The United States participated actively in 1622(d)), the national emergency terminates the Ad Hoc Group of Government Experts on the anniversary date of its declaration un- convened by the Third Biological Weapons less the President publishes in the Federal Review Conference to identify and examine Register and transmits to the Congress a no- potential verification measures. The consen- tice of its continuation. On November 12, sus final report of the experts group will be 1993, I extended the national emergency on considered at a Special Conference of States the basis that the proliferation of chemical Parties, to be held September 19–30, 1994. and biological weapons continues to pose an The United States supports the holding of unusual and extraordinary threat to the na- a Special Conference and will promote new tional security and foreign policy of the transparency measures to help strengthen United States. the Convention. Section 204 of the International Emer- The membership of the Australia Group gency Economic Powers Act and section (AG) of countries cooperating against CBW 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act con- proliferation stands at 25. At the December tain periodic reporting requirements regard- 1993 meeting of the AG, members reiterated ing activities taken and money spent pursu- their commitment to comprehensive and ant to an emergency declaration. The follow- global chemical and biological disarmament, ing report is made pursuant to those provi- which can only be achieved by the early entry sions. Additional information on chemical into force and effective and universal imple- and biological weapons proliferation is con- mentation of the CWC and full compliance tained in the report to the Congress provided with the Biological Weapons Convention. In pursuant to the Chemical and Biological this context, members stressed the impor- Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination tance of encouraging the widest possible ad- Act of 1991. herence to the CWC. The three export control regulations issued Experts at the December AG meeting also under the Enhanced Proliferation Control discussed ways of implementing CBW export Initiative are fully in force and continue to controls more effectively. The Group consid- be used to control the export of items with ered streamlining licensing procedures appli-

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cable to mixtures and small quantities of pre- the parks we have visited.’’ [Laughter] And cursor chemicals, with a view to facilitating we can’t. We can’t begin to remember all legitimate trade without increasing the risk the ones we have visited and all the things of contributing to potential weapons produc- that have happened to us from Florida to tion. It also took steps to enhance coopera- northern California and all points in be- tion in enforcement of existing controls. tween. The United States Government deter- I do want to say that I am personally very mined that three commercial entities in Thai- grateful to the people who have been recog- land had engaged in chemical weapons pro- nized this year. Ambassador Lane, thank you, liferation activities that required the imposi- sir, for your many contributions. Steve Cole- tion of trade sanctions against the entities, man and Josephine Butler and the other peo- effective on February 8, 1994. Additional in- ple from Meridian Hill—we were there on formation on this determination is contained Earth Day. And I want you to know that— in a classified report to the Congress pro- not that I didn’t trust you—but the other day vided pursuant to the Chemical and Biologi- I was in the neighborhood, and I had my cal Weapons Control and Warfare Elimi- car sort of drive by the park again just to nation Act of 1991. make sure there was no false advertising. Progress also was made in the steps taken [Laughter] And sure enough, it was just like by countries outside the AG to extend chemi- it was on Earth Day. And I thank you for cal weapons-related export controls. For ex- that urban miracle of nature. I congratulate ample, the Royal Thai Government adopted the Dade County Public Schools. And Phyllis regulations to prevent the export of Thai la- Cohen, thank you for coming here and for borers to programs of CBW concern. Poland teaching our young people about the impor- enacted legislation to implement controls on tance of our natural resources. The children CBW-related items. of Florida have a great burden as they grow Pursuant to section 401(c) of the National up now to reconcile our responsibility to the Emergencies Act, I report that there were remarkable ecostructure of that State and the no additional expenses directly attributable explosion of growth that’s going on there. to the exercise of authorities conferred by Richard Gale, congratulations to you, sir, and the declaration of the national emergency. thank you for your career. William J. Clinton You know, we were talking here a moment The White House, ago. I’ll bet you that more American citizens May 23, 1994. have met employees of the Park Service than any other department of the Federal Govern- ment. They may have thought more about Remarks at a Reception employees of the IRS—[laughter]—but they Commemorating National Park have actually met more employees of the Week Park Service. And I’ll bet you—you think May 23, 1994 about it—I bet each and every one of you here can remember park rangers you met at Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary. At- Carlsbad or Yellowstone or Yosemite or you torney General Reno, Mr. Frampton, Mr. name it. And that’s a very important thing. Kennedy, Congressman Vento, ladies and At a time when people have such negative gentlemen. I sure have had a good time this impressions of Government, this is our Gov- afternoon. ernment at its best. You know, this is a wonderful occasion for And I appreciate what Secretary Babbitt all of us as Americans. And in many ways said about the budget. Just so you’ll know it’s a very personal occasion. Hillary and I exactly how hard that was, this budget rec- were up here whispering to each other; I ommends the outright elimination of over said, now, didn’t we go to the Dinosaur Na- 100 Government programs, slashing over 200 tional Park in Utah and to the Buffalo, and more. If adopted, it’ll be the first time in then I started reeling them off. She said, anybody’s memory that the Congress and the ‘‘Bill, forget it. You will never remember all President have actually worked together to

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pass an executive budget for 2 years in a row Now I have to say just a parochial word and will give us 3 years of deficit reduction about where I live now. I live on National for the first time since Harry Truman was Park Service Reservation number one. President. But we still spent more on the [Laughter] And I want you all to take note Park Service, because that’s where a lot of of that the next time you hear somebody say America’s heart is and where a lot of Ameri- the President’s off the reservation. [Laugh- ca’s future is. And the California bill will be ter] I’m actually here with Hillary and Chel- an astonishing achievement if we can get it sea on part of the original design of Washing- through. And we’re working hard on that. ton laid out by George Washington and Thank you, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, for Pierre L’Enfant. Like other families who’ve your work in Central Park. For all of us who lived here, we’ve had the honor of planting have ever been to the zoo or the carousel several trees on these grounds, a willow oak, or jogged around the reservoir with bated a leaf linden, an American elm. We love this breath, we thank you for what you have done place that is maintained by our Park Service. to give that great park a new lease on life. I want to recognize two special contribu- Most important, I’d like to thank Secretary tors and say I enjoyed having my picture Babbitt. We’ve been friends a long time. taken with the White House staff who do so We’ve talked about these things a long time. much to maintain the house and the grounds, He grew up near the Grand Canyon. I grew just a moment ago. I want to thank our Head up in Hot Springs, which actually is, I think, Usher, Gary Walters, who does a great job the only city in America, perhaps except this for us on so many events here. Where’s one, that actually has a whole national park Gary? There’s Gary back there. And I’d like within the city limits. And it was the first to ask Irv Williams, the Executive Grounds reservation set aside by Congress for a na- Superintendent—for nearly 40 years he’s tional reservation in 1932, in recognition of been here. Where are you, Irv? Stand up. the fact that in the 16th century, Hernando Thank you so much. Three decades ago, Mr. DeSoto came there and found the Indians Williams helped Jacqueline Kennedy rede- bathing in the hot sulphur springs. He was sign the First Lady’s Garden. It was later re- looking for the fountain of youth. I grew up named the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. It there and lost it. [Laughter] But Bruce and is just opposite the Rose Garden in the back I have been through these things for so many of the White House. It’s another of the won- years. And when we served as Governors, I derful legacies that this fine lady left our don’t know how many times I heard the country with the help of Irv Williams who’s Western Governors who cared about the en- given his life to this work, and we thank you, vironment say that there had to be some way sir. that Interior could push this country toward sustainable development, push this country Wallace Stegner said, ‘‘The National Parks toward maintaining its resources and still not are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely feel that we were violating the culture and democratic, absolutely American, they reflect the way of life of the people, especially in us at our best rather than our worst.’’ I could the West where the Interior Department say it no better. Let us try to live by the owns so much land. I think he has managed mottoes of the National Parks. Let us try to the tension between traditional culture and lift our spirits on a daily basis as we are all change better than any other person in the uplifted when we visit them. And let us for entire United States could have done it, in the rest of our lives rededicate ourselves to the only department that really still literally preserving and enhancing them. They are the affects the lives of more than half the people legacy of every generation. They’re our hope in many communities in this country. So I for the future, our tie to the past, our connec- am very grateful to him. I thank him for what tion to the land. They’re bigger than any of he’s done. And I know all of you will join us, and they make us all better. And we thank me in expressing your appreciation for his you all for your contribution to that end. brilliant leadership. Thank you.

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NOTE: The President spoke at 7 p.m. in the East time we talked about very difficult problems, Room at the White House. In his remarks, he and I’m happy to say that some of those prob- referred to George T. Frampton, Jr., Assistant lems have been resolved. Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and An issue that’s very important to the Baltic Parks; Roger Kennedy, Director, National Park Service; Ambassador Laurence W. Lane, Jr., Am- area is the whole question of troop patrols, bassador-at-Large to Japan; Steve W. Coleman, and that will occur after a few months. We founder and president, and Josephine Butler, vice have legally established a basis for the chair, Friends of Meridian Hill; Phyllis Cohen, Skrunda facility, and we have ensured that deputy superintendent, Dade County Public this will not be turned into a Russian military School District; Richard Gale, director, National base. Fire Center in Boise, ID; and Elizabeth Barlow This is a great achievement also for the Rogers, administrator, New York City Central United States, since we worked together on Park. this issue and were able to resolve it together. And today I have come here to talk about Remarks and an Exchange With the way we can work together in the future. Reporters Prior to Discussions With I want to ensure that in the future the Bal- President Guntis Ulmanis of Latvia tic area is not a victim of any kind of aggres- sion, that we establish a good—[inaudible]— May 24, 1994 stimulating the area and that we begin to de- President Clinton. Since we’re not going velop that area economically. to do a press availability—it’s late in the after- When I was speaking with the Pope re- noon—I’d like to make a brief statement cently, we talked about the fact that the Bal- about the purpose of this meeting and then tic area could be a key to peace in that area. ask President Ulmanis to say a few words. Now we can talk about various kinds of devel- First, I want to welcome him to the United opment in the area of agriculture and social States and express my appreciation for the fields, in economic area. But most impor- close working relationship we have had with tantly, we need to talk about how we can him during my tenure and his, which have help former Russian army personnel leave overlapped. the Baltic area voluntarily. Our administration has worked very hard Thank you. to support the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Baltics in general and from Latvia Russia and the Baltic Countries in particular. We have been very involved in Q. You’re sure they will pull out? And does trying to help resolve the dispute between that mean out of the entire Balkans area, out Russia and Latvia over the facility at Skrunda, of Estonia, Lithuania, wherever they are? and we have been very pleased at the resolu- President Ulmanis. He’s convinced that tion of that. And we have supported the re- that will be the case, and that’s why he’s settlement of Russian soldiers and the hous- here.1 ing program for them when they leave the President Clinton. Our preliminary—I Baltics and go back home. And so we look say it’s not preliminary with regard to Lithua- forward to the completion of that effort this nia and Latvia—but we think by the summer summer. And we are very, very pleased about that all the negotiations will be concluded. it. It’s an important part of our overall objec- The Yeltsin government and President tives and our long-term relationships with all Yeltsin himself have been personally—he’s the nations in the Baltics area and the CIS, been personally involved in this. I have been and particular with Russia. So I’m very personally involved in it. We discussed these pleased about that. matters in enormous detail when I was in I’m glad to have President Ulmanis here. Russia. I think it’s going in the right direc- And he, perhaps, has a word or two he’d like tion. to say. And the leadership of President Ulmanis President Ulmanis. I’m honored about and the leaders of all the Baltic States, I the progress that has been made since I have met with the American President. At that 1 As translated by an interpreter.

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think, has been quite key to this. So I feel Nomination for a Judge on the good about it. I think it’s going in the right United States Court of Appeals direction. And it clearly will be a force for May 24, 1994 stability and democracy in the years ahead in that part of the world. The President today nominated Judge Jose´ A. Cabranes to serve on the U.S. Court of China and Japan Appeals for the Second Circuit. Q. [Inaudible]—Secretary Christopher has ‘‘Judge Cabranes has an outstanding been consulting with Congress today. Have record of achievement in the legal profes- you got a better idea on what you plan to sion, in academia, and in public service,’’ the do about MFN for China and where that’s President said today. ‘‘I am confident that going, and could you share that with us? he will continue to serve with excellence and President Clinton. Yes, I have an idea of distinction on the appellate bench.’’ where it’s going. No, I’m not prepared to NOTE: A biography of the nominee was made share it with you, because we still have not available by the Office of the Press Secretary. only ongoing negotiations with Congress but with others as well, and there are a number of things that still have to be resolved. We’re Remarks at the United States Naval working through it as quickly as we can. We Academy Commencement will resolve it as quickly as we can. Ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland I do want to say that the United States May 25, 1994 announced some very good news today. Late last night we reached agreement with the Thank you very much, Secretary Dalton, Japanese on returning to our trade talks with for those fine remarks. Admiral Lynch, thank them. They are an important part of our you for your comments and your leadership long-term strategy for peace and stability and here at the Academy. Admiral Owens, Admi- democracy in Asia. And I think that will sup- ral Boorda, General Mundy, proud parents port what we hope will be a long-term, posi- and family members, faculty and staff of the tive relationship with China and our desire Academy, brigade of the midshipmen: It’s a to advance the cause of human rights within great honor for me to join you at this moment the country. I think Japanese—the break of celebration. I’m delighted to be back here there with the negotiations is a big plus. And on the eve of the Academy’s 150th year. we’ve been working hard on it. I talked to Since 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy has Prime Minister Hata today. I’m very encour- provided superb leadership for our Navy, for aged about that. And we’ll have the Chinese our Marine Corps, and for our entire Nation. decision as quickly as we can work through And I cannot imagine a more valuable con- it. tribution. Q. Before you go to Normandy? Before The last time I was here, I joined some you go to Normandy? of you for lunch at King Hall. And ever since then, whenever people have asked me what The Cabinet I liked best about my visit to the Naval Acad- Q. Is there going to be a Cabinet shakeup? emy I try to think of elevated things to say, President Clinton. Sometimes I’m the but part of my answer is always pan pizza last to know, but as far as I know there isn’t. and chicken tenders. [Laughter] In memory [Laughter] Unless you know something I of that luxurious meal—[laughter]—I have don’t, the answer is no. today a small graduation present. In keeping Well, the deadline’s June 3d. And I don’t with longstanding tradition I hereby grant expect to announce it in Europe. amnesty to all midshipmen who received de- merits for minor conduct offenses. [Laugh- NOTE: The President spoke at 5:16 p.m. in the ter] See, today the interest group is in the Oval Office at the White House. President stands, not on the field. [Laughter] Ulmanis spoke in Latvian, and his remarks were Next week I will have the proud respon- translated by an interpreter. sibility to represent our Nation in Europe in

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the ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary and there are no great deeds left to be done. of D-Day, the invasion of Italy, and World Well, this class, this very class is a rebuke War II. That war marked the turning point to those cynics of any age. of our century when we joined with our allies Look at the extraordinary effort you have to stem a dark tide of dictatorship, aggres- made to become leaders in service to Amer- sion, and terror and to start a flow of democ- ica: formation at dawn, classes at 8 a.m., rig- racy and freedom that continues to sweep orous mandatory PT, parading on Worden the world down to the present day. Field, summers spent aboard ship or down That war also marked an era of sacrifice at Quantico. Most college students never go almost unequaled in our entire history. Some through anything like it. It’s a routine that 400,000 of our fellow countrymen and turns young men and women into officers women lost their lives. Over half a million and that has taken your basketball team to more were wounded. Today we have among the NCAA Tournament. us many who took part at Normandy and the I deeply respect your decision to serve our other great battles of World War II, such as Nation. Your service may take many forms retired Commander Alfred McKowan, Acad- in the years ahead: commanding ships in emy class of 1942, who served aboard the combat, training aviators for flight, running U.S.S. Quincy off Utah Beach on D-Day. a business, perhaps one day even sitting in They’re a great reminder of what our armed the Oval Office. Your career, regardless of services have done for America. And I would its past, will require sacrifices, time away ask all the veterans of that war to stand now from loved ones, and potentially service in so that the rest of us might honor them. [Ap- the face of danger. But regardless of where plause] your careers take you, you clearly understand To the members of the class of 1994, my the imperative of civic duty. There’s no parents’ generation and your grandparents’ brighter badge of citizenship than the path generation did not end their work with the you have chosen and the oath you are about liberation of Europe and victory in the Pa- to take. cific. They came back to work wonders at You just heard Secretary Dalton speak of home. They created the GI bill so that free- President Kennedy’s wonderful speech here dom’s heroes could reenter civilian life and at the Naval Academy when he was here. succeed and build strong families and strong I read that speech carefully before I came communities. They built our interstate high- here. And among other things, President way system. They turned our economy into Kennedy said, along the lines that Secretary a global wonder. They forged the tools of Dalton quoted, that if someone asked you international security and trade that helped what you did with your life, there’s not a bet- to rebuild our former allies and our former ter answer than to say, ‘‘I served as an officer enemies so that we could ultimately win the in the United States Navy.’’ cold war. It brought us decades of peace and The challenge for your generation is to re- prosperity. member the deeds of those who have served Today we have come to celebrate your before you and now to build on their work graduation from this Academy and your com- in a new and very different world. The world mission as officers of the United States Navy wars are over; the cold war has been won. and Marine Corps. As we do, the question Now it is our job to win the peace. which hangs over your head is the question For the first time in history, we have the of what your generation will accomplish, as chance to expand the reach of a democracy the generation of World War II accom- and economic progress across the whole of plished so much. Europe and to the far reaches of the world. Lately, there have been a number of books The first step on the mission is to keep our written, not about you, of course, but about own Nation secure. And your very graduation your generation that says that so many people today helps ensure that. Today the American your age are afflicted with a sense of fatalism people have 874 new leaders, 874 new plates and cynicism, a sort of Generation X that be- of battle armor on our ship of state, 874 rea- lieves America’s greatest days are behind us sons to sleep better at night.

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The past 4 years have been a time of chal- careers to military service. Indeed, they cre- lenge and exertion for each of you, a time ate uncertainty for the United States. And of challenge and exertion, too, for the U.S. in this time of uncertainty they tempt some Navy and for this Academy. The Navy has to cut our defenses too far. had to confront the difficulty of the Tailhook At the end of the cold war it was right scandal. And this year the Academy had to to reduce our defense spending. But let us confront improper conduct regarding an aca- not forget that this new era has many dan- demic examination. These are troubling gers. We have replaced a cold war threat of events, to be sure, because our military rests a world of nuclear gridlock with a new world on honor and leadership. But ultimately, the threatened with instability, even abject test of leadership is not constant flawlessness. chaos, rooted in the economic dislocations Rather it is marked by a commitment to con- that are inherent in the change from com- tinue always to strive for the highest stand- munism to market economics, rooted in reli- ards, to learn honesty when one falls short, gious and ethnic battles long covered over and to do the right thing when it happens. by authoritarian regimes now gone, rooted I came here today because I want America in tribal slaughters, aggravated by environ- to know there remains no finer Navy in the mental disasters, by abject hunger, by mass world than the United States Navy and no migration across tenuous national borders. finer training ground for naval leadership And with three of the Soviet Union’s succes- then the United States Naval Academy. You sor states now becoming nonnuclear and the have my confidence. You have America’s tension between the U.S. and Russia over nu- confidence. clear matters declining, we still must not for- These are challenging times to be in the get that the threat of weapons of mass de- Navy because it’s a new era in world affairs. struction remain in the continuing disputes When this class entered the Academy in June we have over North Korea and elsewhere of 1990, think of this, Israel and the PLO with countries who seek either to develop were sworn enemies; South Africa lived or to sell or to buy such weapons. So we under apartheid; Moscow, Kiev, and Riga all were still part of the Soviet Union; and the must—we must do better. For this genera- United States and the Soviet Union still tion to expand freedom’s reach, we must al- pointed their nuclear weapons in massive ways keep America out of danger’s reach. numbers at each other. But now Nelson Last year I ordered a sweeping review— Mandela is the President of his nation. There we called it the bottom-up review—to ensure is genuine progress toward peace in the Mid- that in this new era we have a right-sized dle East between Israel and the PLO and Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force the other parties. Where the Kremlin once for the post-cold-war era. That is especially imposed its will, a score of new free states important for our naval forces. For even with now grapple with the burden of freedom. all the changes in the world, some basic facts And the United States and Russia at least endure: We are a maritime nation; over 60 no longer aim their nuclear weapons at each percent of our border is sea coast; over 70 other. percent of the world is covered by water; and These amazing transformations make our over 90 percent of the human race lives with- Nation more secure. They also enable us to in our Navy’s reach from the sea. Now, as devote more resources to the profound chal- long as these facts remain true, we need lenges we face here at home, from providing naval forces that can dominate the sea, jobs for our people to advancing education project our power, and protect our interests. and training for all of them, to making our We’ve known that lesson for over 200 years streets safer, to ensuring health care for all now, since the time Admiral John Paul Jones of our citizens, and in the end building an proclaimed, ‘‘Without a respectable Navy, economy that can compete and win well into alas, America.’’ The right-size defense costs the 21st century. less but still costs quite a bit. That is why But the world’s changes also can create un- this year I have resisted attempts to impose certainty for those who have committed their further cuts on our defense budget.

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I want you to understand this clearly. It the Naval Academy, also here, and their col- is important for your generation and your leagues for their support for the C–17 vote children to bring down this terrible debt we and for their continuing support for an ade- accumulated in recent years. And I have quate military. This is a bipartisan issue; it asked the Congress to eliminate outright over knows no party. We have done all we should 100 programs, to cut over 200 others. We’ve do, and we now must support an adequate presented a budget that cuts discretionary defense. domestic spending for the first time since We are working to safeguard the quality 1969. That will give us 3 years of deficit re- of the most important defense asset of all, duction in a row for the first time since Harry you and the more than one million other men Truman was President of the United States and women in uniform, who stand sentry right after World War II. But we should not over our security. Today our Armed Forces cut defense further. And I thank the Con- are clearly and without dispute the best gress this week for resisting the calls to do trained, the best equipped, the best pre- so. pared, and the best motivated military on the That enables us to answer John Paul Jones’ face of the Earth. As long as I am President, cry. Today you can see the importance of that will continue to be the truth. our naval forces all around the world. Right The question of our security in this era now, at this very moment as you sit here, still ultimately depends upon our decisions the U.S.S. Saratoga and her battle group are about where to bring our military power to steaming in the Adriatic to help enforce the bear. That is what makes it possible for our no-fly zone and to protect the safe havens enormous economic strength to assert itself in Bosnia. At this very moment, the U.S.S. at home and around the world. And there Carl Vinson is in the Persian Gulf to help is no decision any President takes more seri- enforce sanctions on Iraq. Right now, the ously than the decision to send Americans U.S.S. Independence is patrolling the waters into harm’s way. of Northeast Asia to protect our allies and History teaches us that there is no magic interests in Japan, Korea, and throughout the formula, nor should a President ever try to Asian-Pacific region. draw the line so carefully that we would com- As we adjust our forces to a new era, our pletely rule out the use of our military in motto should still be: ‘‘Reduce where we circumstances where it might later become should, but strengthen as we must.’’ That’s important. After all, the mere possibility of why we’re investing in new weapons such as American force is itself a potent weapon all the next carrier, CVN–76; our new Sea Wolf around the world. But this is clear: We must attack submarine; new AEGIS ships, like the be willing to fight to defend our land and DDG–51; new air capabilities like F–18 up- our people, first and foremost. That’s why grades and the Joint Advanced Strike Tech- we responded forcefully when we discovered nology. It’s why we’re improving our weap- an Iraqi plot to assassinate former President ons systems and making the technology that Bush. And the Tomahawks we fired that day won Operation Desert Storm even better: were fired by the Navy. Tomahawk missiles with increased accuracy We must be willing to fight to protect our and target area and better night-fighting ca- vital interests. And that’s why we’ve adopted pabilities for our Harrier jump jets and other a defense strategy for winning any two major aircraft, so we can not only own the night regional conflicts nearly simultaneously. We today but dominate the night tomorrow. must be willing to fight to protect our allies. We have been able to afford a right-sized That’s why we deployed Patriot missiles to military at lower cost, but this year we must South Korea, and working with others— continue to fight any deeper cuts to defense. working with others—we must be willing to I want to emphasize how important it is that use force when other American interests are the House of Representatives and the Senate threatened. And that’s why we sought a do that. I want to thank Congressman stronger role for NATO in Bosnia. Gilchrest, who is here, and Congressman The hardest cases involved the many eth- Machtley from Rhode Island, a graduate of nic and religious conflicts that have erupted

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in our era. The end of the superpower stand- cured NATO enforcement of the exclusion off lifted the lid from a cauldron of long- zones around Sarajevo and Garazde, and as simmering hatreds. Now the entire global a result, the people of Sarajevo have experi- terrain is bloody with such conflicts, from enced over 3 months of relative calm, and Rwanda to Georgia. We cannot solve every Garazde is no longer being shelled. And by such outburst of civil strife or militant nation- stepping up diplomatic engagement, we have alism simply by sending in our forces. We worked with others to foster a breakthrough cannot turn away from them. But our inter- agreement between the Croats and the ests are not sufficiently at stake in so many Bosnians, signed here in Washington, which of them to justify a commitment of our folks. I believe eventually will lead to a broader Nonetheless, as the world’s greatest power, settlement. we have an obligation to lead and, at times One of the dreams of World War II was when our interests and our values are suffi- that after the war, through the United Na- ciently at stake, to act. tions and in other ways, the United States Look at the example of the former Yugo- might be able to cooperate with others to slavia. For centuries, that land marked a help resolve the most difficult problems of tense and often violent fault line between our age, not always to have its own way, not empires and religions. The end of the cold always to be able to prescribe every move, war and the dissolution of that country into but in order to help resolve the problems so many new republics surfaced all those an- of the world without having to commit the cient tensions again, triggering Serb aggres- lives of our own soldiers where they should sion, ethnic cleansing, and the most brutal not be committed and still being able to play European conflict since the Second World a positive role. That is what we are attempt- War. ing to work out in Bosnia. And if it can be Whether we get involved in any of the done—if it can be done—we’ll be on the way world’s ethnic conflicts in the end must de- to managing some of this incredible chaos pend on the cumulative weight of the Amer- that has threatened to engulf the world in ican interests at stake. Now, in Bosnia, we which you will raise your children. clearly have an interest in preventing the Today I want to acknowledge the out- spread of the fighting into a broader Euro- standing contributions of Admiral Mike pean war, in providing that NATO can still Boorda which were made to our efforts in be a credible force for peace in the post- Bosnia. His stunning leadership there, his cold-war era in this first-ever involvement of clarity of thought, and resolve of purpose is NATO outside a NATO country, in stem- one of the key reasons I named him to be ming the incredibly destabilizing flow of ref- our new Chief of Naval Operations. Thank ugees from the conflict and in helping to stop you, Admiral Boorda. the slaughter of innocents. At every turn, we have worked to move These interests do not warrant our unilat- the parties there toward a workable political eral involvement, but they do demand that solution. This is one of those conflicts that we help to lead a way to a workable peace can only end at the negotiating table, not on agreement if one can be achieved, and that the battlefield. They can fight for another if one can be achieved, we help to enforce 100 years and not resolve it there. At every it. Our administration is committed to help turn we have rejected the easy-out of simplis- achieve such a resolution, working with oth- tic ideas that sound good on bumper stickers ers such as NATO, the United Nations, and but that would have tragic consequences. Russia. The newest of these is that we should simply Those efforts have not been easy or unilaterally break the United Nations arms smooth, but we have produced results. By embargo on Bosnia and the other former securing NATO enforcement of the no-fly Yugoslav states. zone over Bosnia, we kept the war from esca- I do not support that arms embargo, and lating into the air. We initiated humanitarian I never have. We worked with our allies and air drops and have now participated in the tried to persuade all them that we should longest humanitarian airlift in history. We se- end it. Now some say we should simply vio-

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late the embargo on our own because it was lead those Armed Forces. As you take your a bad idea to impose it in the first place. place in the Navy and the Marine Corps, al- Well, if we did that, it would kill the peace ways bear in mind the heroism, the sacrifice, process; it would sour our relationships with the leadership of those who have served be- our European allies in NATO and in the fore you. U.N.; it would undermine the partnership we I think, in particular, of one of the stories are trying to build with Russia across a whole that comes out of D-Day, June 6th, 1944. broad range of areas; it would undermine our On that gray dawn, as U.S. Rangers ap- efforts to enforce U.N. embargoes that we proached Pointe du Hoc, they were raked like, such as those against Sadaam Hussein, by German fire from the cliff above. One Colonel Qadhafi, and General Ce´dras in landing craft was sunk; others were endan- Haiti. gered. But then, an American destroyer, the We simply must not opt for options and U.S.S. Satterlee, along with a British de- action that sound simple and painless and stroyer, came to the rescue. They came in good but which will not work in this era of perilously close to the shore, and opened fire interdependence where it is important that with all their guns at the Germans who were we leverage American influence and leader- raining fire down on the Rangers. By its ac- ship by proving that we can work with others, tions, the Satterlee saved American lives and especially when others have greater and enabled the Rangers to carry out their now- more immediate stakes and are willing to put famous mission. Forty-eight years later, a their soldiers in harm’s way. Ranger Platoon leader said, ‘‘Someday I’d Our administration will not walk away love to meet up with somebody from from this Bosnian conflict. But we will not Satterlee so I can shake his hand and thank embrace solutions that are wrong. We plan him.’’ to continue the course we have chosen, rais- ing the price on those who pursue aggression, The valor of those who proceeded you is helping to provide relief to the suffering, and the stuff of inspiration. A great country must working with our partners in Europe to move always remember the sacrifices of those who the parties to a workable agreement. It is not went before and made our freedom possible. quick. It is not neat. It is not comfortable. But even greater accomplishments lie ahead But I am convinced in a world of inter- if you can make them happen. For remember dependence, where we must lead by working this: When our memories exceed our dreams, with others, it is the right path. It is the one we have begun to grow old. It is the destiny that preserves our leadership, preserves our of America to remain forever young. treasure, and commits our forces in the prop- As the guardians of your generation’s free- er way. dom and our future, may you never know The world’s most tearing conflicts in Bos- directly whose lives you have saved—you nia and elsewhere are not made in a day. may not—whose future you have improved. And one of the most frustrating things that You may never hear their thanks or get to you may have to live with throughout your shake their hands. But they’ll be out there. life is that many of these conflicts will rarely We’ll all be out there, aware of your courage, submit to instant solutions. But remember impressed by your dedication, grateful for this, it took years after D-Day to not only your service to God and country. You can end the war but to build a lasting peace. It keep America forever young. took decades of patience and strength and Good luck, and God bless you. resolve to prevail in the cold war. And as with generations going before, we NOTE: The President spoke at 10:28 a.m. at the must often be willing to pay the price of time, Navy/Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. In his re- sometimes the most painful price of all. marks, he referred to Rear Adm. Thomas C. There is no better source of the courage and Lynch, USN, Superintendent, U.S. Naval Acad- constancy of our Nation that we will lead in emy; Adm. William A. Owens, USN, Vice Chair- this era than this Academy and our Armed man, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Gen. Carl E. Forces. This Academy has prepared you to Mundy, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps.

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Notice on Continuation of Message to the Congress on the Emergency With Respect to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (Serbia and Montenegro) May 25, 1994 May 25, 1994 To the Congress of the United States: On May 30, 1992, by Executive Order No. Section 202(d) of the National Emer- 12808, President Bush declared a national gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for emergency to deal with the unusual and ex- traordinary threat to the national security, the automatic termination of a national emer- foreign policy, and economy of the United gency unless, prior to the anniversary date States constituted by the actions and policies of its declaration, the President publishes in of the Governments of Serbia and Montene- the Federal Register and transmits to the gro, blocking all property and interests in Congress a notice stating that the emergency property of those Governments. The Presi- is to continue in effect beyond the anniver- dent took additional measures to prohibit sary date. In accordance with this provision, trade and other transactions with the Federal I have sent the enclosed notice, stating that Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montene- the emergency declared with respect to the gro) by Executive Orders Nos. 12810, 12831, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and and 12846, issued on June 5, 1992, January Montenegro) is to continue in effect beyond 15, 1993, and April 25, 1993, respectively. May 30, 1994, to the Federal Register for Because the Government of the Federal Re- publication. public of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montene- The circumstances that led to the declara- gro) has continued its actions and policies in tion on May 30, 1992, of a national emer- support of groups seizing and attempting to gency have not been resolved. The Govern- seize territory in Croatia and Bosnia- ment of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Herzegovina by force and violence, the na- (Serbia and Montenegro) continues to sup- tional emergency declared on May 30, 1992, port groups seizing and attempting to seize and the measures adopted pursuant thereto territory in the Republics of Croatia and Bos- to deal with that emergency, must continue nia-Herzegovina by force and violence. The in effect beyond May 30, 1994. Therefore, actions and policies of the Federal Republic in accordance with section 202(d) of the Na- of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) pose tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), a continuing unusual and extraordinary I am continuing the national emergency with threat to the national security, vital foreign respect to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia policy interests, and the economy of the (Serbia and Montenegro). United States. For these reasons, I have de- This notice shall be published in the Fed- termined that it is necessary to maintain in eral Register and transmitted to the Con- force the broad authorities necessary to apply gress. economic pressure to the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and William J. Clinton Montenegro) to reduce its ability to support The White House, the continuing civil strife in the former Yugo- May 25, 1994. slavia. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Reg- ister, 2:38 p.m., May 25, 1994] William J. Clinton The White House, NOTE: This notice was published in the Federal Register on May 27. May 25, 1994.

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Proclamation 6694—Pediatric and As a people, we must see to it that those Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week, among us living with HIV and AIDS are al- 1994 lowed to enjoy productive lives for as long as possible. We must put aside our dif- May 25, 1994 ferences and recognize the necessity of work- By the President of the United States ing together to defeat our common enemy— of America HIV. I challenge all Americans to join the fight. And we must educate people about the true nature of HIV so that the discrimination A Proclamation and fear born of ignorance and translated Ten thousand children in the United into ostracism and discrimination can be States today are living with the human im- stopped. munodeficiency virus (HIV). Ten million Many communities across the country children worldwide will become infected have already realized the grave dangers with HIV before the millennium. Over 5,000 posed to our society by HIV and have re- cases of pediatric AIDS and 1,500 cases of sponded by reaching out to battle the dis- AIDS in adolescents ages 13 through 19 have ease. More people must become involved been reported in this country alone. The now, or many more lives will be needlessly tragedy is magnified for our youth, as the lost. This Administration, through the Office epidemic reaches far beyond those actually of National AIDS Policy and its Cabinet infected—it will leave up to 125,000 children agencies, has joined with community-based and teenagers orphaned in this country by AIDS organizations, families, businesses, the end of this decade. By the year 2000, professional associations, churches, schools, AIDS will be one of the five leading causes and universities to fight HIV and AIDS. of death among American children ages one Early intervention and educational resources to four. must be made available, especially to youth It is agonizing to watch our young suffer and other high-risk groups. One in five of and die. It is all the more painful because all reported AIDS cases is diagnosed in the we have been frustrated thus far in our ef- 20–29 year old age group, meaning that these forts to find a cure. But we must not give people were adolescents when they became up hope nor stand by idly. With hard work, infected. we will find that cure. Moreover, HIV and The single most important step taken by AIDS are preventable. Americans can stop my Administration in the fight against HIV AIDS with targeted, linguistically specific, and AIDS is the introduction to the Congress and culturally based prevention education for of the Health Security Act of 1993. All people people in all age groups. If we are to over- living with HIV and AIDS, especially our come the HIV epidemic, communities must children, must often fight not only the dis- address difficult and controversial issues sur- ease, but also a health care system likely to rounding sexuality, drug abuse, and health deny them coverage in their moment of care delivery. greatest need. This Administration is abso- The effects of infection by HIV are dif- lutely committed to ensuring every American ferent in children than in adults. Infected in- adequate health care coverage that will never fants get sicker faster, their immune systems be taken away. To do any less in a nation may deteriorate more rapidly, and treatments as resourceful as ours would be unaccept- that are helpful to adults may not be helpful able. for children. Remembering that every person living It is imperative to continue the research with HIV and AIDS is someone’s child, we now being done to study ways to prevent must work together tirelessly to find a cure. transmission of HIV from mother to infant. We must distribute our human and financial We must also develop and refine treatments resources across the Nation to strengthen that increase the survival time and quality and expand programs for HIV and AIDS of life of HIV-infected infants, children, and education, treatment, research, and preven- adolescents. tion.

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We can stop the terrible harvest of chil- Thank you for coming, and you’re welcome dren and adolescents wrought by HIV and here today. AIDS. Working together we have the power Enacting this bill to provide freedom of to stop this plague. access to clinics has been a priority because Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, protecting the freedoms of our citizens is President of the United States of America, surely chief among the responsibilities of the by virtue of the authority vested in me by President of the United States. This bill is the Constitution and laws of the United designed to eliminate violence and coercion. States, do hereby proclaim the week of May It is not a strike against the first amendment. 29 through June 4, 1994, as Pediatric and Far from it, it ensures that all citizens have Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week. I call on the opportunity to exercise all their constitu- the people of America, the Governors of the tional rights, including their privacy rights 50 States and the Commonwealth of Puerto under the Constitution. Rico, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, Our people have genuine and deeply felt and officials of other areas under the flag of differences on the subject of abortion, even the United States of America, to join with if abortion is safe, legal, and rare. But we me in the continuing fight against HIV and must all agree that as a nation we must re- AIDS and to remember especially during this main committed to the rule of law. It is what week children and young people living with keeps us civilized. It is what enables us to HIV and AIDS and their families. live together. It protects our liberties as indi- In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set viduals and as a nation. It gives us the free- my hand this twenty-fifth day of May, in the dom at election time to try to elect those year of our Lord nineteen hundred and nine- who agree with us and defeat those who ty-four, and of the Independence of the don’t. It gives us a way to carry on as one United States of America the two hundred nation from many people with many different and eighteenth. views. We simply cannot, we must not continue William J. Clinton to allow the attacks, the incidents of arson, the campaigns of intimidation upon law-abid- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:40 p.m., May 26, 1994] ing citizens that has given rise to this law. No person seeking medical care, no physician NOTE: This proclamation was released by the Of- providing that care should have to endure fice of the Press Secretary on May 26, and will harassments or threats or obstruction or in- be published in the Federal Register on May 31. timidation or even murder from vigilantes who take the law into their own hands be- cause they think they know what the law Remarks on Signing the Freedom of ought to be. Access to Clinic Entrances Act of What happened to the father of Wendy 1994 and David Gunn should not have happened. May 26, 1994 The shooting attack that wounded Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas, should not Thank you very much, General Reno, for have happened. Now with this legislation we your leadership on this issue. Thank you, Mr. will have a law with teeth to deal with those Vice President. Senator Kennedy, Chairman who take part in unlawful activities, who put Brooks, Congressman Schumer, Congress- themselves above and beyond the law. Be- woman Schroeder, Congresswoman Morella, cause of the violence it will curb, the lives thank you all for your leadership. I thank the and property it will protect, and the constitu- Republicans as well as the Democrats in the tional rights of women it will uphold, the Congress. I think it is important to point out Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act that this bill had bipartisan support. I’d also becomes law today. like to acknowledge the presence here today Let me say again that the awful cir- among us of David and Wendy Gunn, the cumstances which gave rise to this law are children of Dr. David Gunn from Florida. the most extreme example of a trend running

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in this country that I think is very bad for The President’s News Conference us as a democracy. I treasure and would fight May 26, 1994 and indeed die to protect the rights of people to express their views on this issue, no matter China how different they may be from mine. I be- The President. Good afternoon. Today I lieve deeply that our country is strengthened would like to announce a series of important by people whose religious convictions on this decisions regarding United States policy to- issue may be different from mine or from ward China. yours. But the implication that people who Our relationship with China is important differ about what rights should be accorded to all Americans. We have significant inter- to women in our society are somehow enthu- ests in what happens there and what happens siastic about abortion is just downright between us. China has an atomic arsenal and wrong. a vote and a veto in the U.N. Security Coun- There is so much we have to talk about, cil. It is a major factor in Asian and global so much we could be doing together to dif- security. We share important interests, such fuse the intense anger and animosity and to as in a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and listen to one another, to help the lives of chil- in sustaining the global environment. China dren who have been born, to get them into is also the world’s fastest growing economy. good adoptive homes more quickly, more Over $8 billion of United States exports to readily, often across racial lines—things that China last year supported over 150,000 aren’t available today. A lot of this could be American jobs. done. I have received Secretary Christopher’s But it will never be done if people who letter recommending, as required by last think they have a right to take the law in year’s Executive order, reporting to me on their own hands, to misrepresent the posi- the conditions in that Executive order. He tions of their opponents, and to wreak vio- has reached a conclusion with which I agree, lence in this country and verbal extremism, that the Chinese did not achieve overall sig- and to distort the tenor of public debate have nificant progress in all the areas outlined in their day. It is time for us to turn away from the Executive order relating to human rights, that. All the people in this country without even though clearly there was progress made regard to their position on abortion, I think, in important areas, including the resolution would say that parents have fundamental re- of all emigration cases, the establishment of sponsibilities to raise their children. The peo- a memorandum of understanding with re- ple who gave rise to this act denied Dr. David gard to how prison labor issues would be re- Gunn the right to be a parent throughout solved, the adherence to the Universal Dec- his lifetime. That was not a pro-life position. laration of Human Rights and other issues. Let us take the opportunity in signing this Nevertheless, serious human rights abuses not only to speak out against the extremism continue in China, including the arrest and and the vigilante conduct which gave right detention of those who peacefully voice their to this law but to ask the American people opinions and the repression of Tibet’s reli- once again to reach across these awful bar- gious and cultural traditions. riers and start listening to each other again The question for us now is, given the fact and talking with each other again and trying that there has been some progress but that to honestly deal with these problems again. not all the requirements of the Executive Thank you very much. order were met, how can we best advance the cause of human rights and the other pro- NOTE: The President spoke at 12:10 p.m. in the found interests the United States has in our Roosevelt Room at the White House. In his re- relationship with China? marks, he referred to Dr. David Gunn, who was killed outside a clinic in Pensacola, FL, on March I have decided that the United States 10, 1993, and Dr. George R. Tiller, who was should renew most-favored-nation trading wounded outside a clinic in Wichita, KS, on Au- status toward China. This decision, I believe, gust 19, 1993. S. 636, approved May 26, was as- offers us the best opportunity to lay the basis signed Public Law No. 103–259. for long-term sustainable progress in human

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rights and for the advancement of our other best chance of success on all fronts. We will interests with China. Extending MFN will have more contacts. We will have more trade. avoid isolating China and instead will permit We will have more international cooperation. us to engage the Chinese with not only eco- We will have more intense and constant dia- nomic contacts but with cultural, edu- log on human rights issues. We will have that cational, and other contacts and with a con- in an atmosphere which gives us the chance tinuing aggressive effort in human rights, an to see China evolve as a responsible power, approach that I believe will make it more ever-growing not only economically but likely that China will play a responsible role, growing in political maturity so that human both at home and abroad. rights can be observed. I am moving, therefore, to delink human To those who argue that in view of China’s rights from the annual extension of most-fa- human rights abuses we should revoke MFN vored-nation trading status for China. That status, let me ask you the same question that linkage has been constructive during the past I have asked myself over and over these last year. But I believe, based on our aggressive few weeks as I have studied this issue and contacts with the Chinese in the past several consulted people of both parties who have months, that we have reached the end of the had experience with China over many dec- usefulness of that policy and it is time to take ades. a new path toward the achievement of our Will we do more to advance the cause of constant objectives. We need to place our human rights if China is isolated or if our relationship into a larger and more produc- nations are engaged in a growing web of po- tive framework. litical and economic cooperation and con- In view of the continuing human rights tacts? I am persuaded that the best path for abuses, I am extending the sanctions imposed advancing freedom in China is for the United by the United States as a result of the events State to intensify and broaden its engage- in Tiananmen Square, and I am also banning ment with that nation. the import of munitions, principally guns and I think we have to see our relations with ammunition from China. I am also pursuing China within the broader context of our poli- a new and vigorous American program to cies in the Asian-Pacific region, a region that, support those in China working to advance after all, includes our own Nation. This week, the cause of human rights and democracy. we’ve seen encouraging developments, This program will include increased broad- progress on resolving trade frictions with the casts for Radio Free Asia and the Voice of Japanese, and possible progress towards stop- America, increased support for nongovern- ping North Korea’s nuclear program. mental organizations working on human I am determined to see that we maintain rights in China, and the development with an active role in this region in both its dy- American business leaders of a voluntary set namic economic growth and in its security. of principles for business activity in China. In three decades and three wars during this I don’t want to be misunderstood about century, Americans have fought and died in this: China continues to commit very serious the Asian-Pacific to advance our ideals and human rights abuses. Even as we engage the our security. Our destiny demands that we Chinese on military, political, and economic continue to play an active role in this region. issues, we intend to stay engaged with those The actions I have taken today to advance in China who suffer from human rights our security, to advance our prosperity, to abuses. The United States must remain a advance our ideals I believe are the impor- champion of their liberties. tant and appropriate ones. I believe, in other I believe the question, therefore, is not words, this is in the strategic, economic, and whether we continue to support human political interests of both the United States rights in China but how we can best support and China, and I am confident that over the human rights in China and advance our other long run this decision will prove to be the very significant issues and interests. I believe correct one. we can do it by engaging the Chinese. I be- Q. Mr. President, most of the conditions, lieve the course I have chosen gives us the the aspects of this problem were prevalent

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last year when you made very strong threats incentive is there for China to improve of a cutoff of human rights. Aren’t you really human rights? bowing to big business and backing off of The President. Well, let me turn it on human rights in terms of the world percep- its head, first of all. China is a very great tion? and important nation. What gave rise to this The President. No. No, I don’t think so. MFN in the first place, this issue? Why did And if you’ve seen the statements of recent anyone believe human rights should be tied days by many others—Senator Bradley and to MFN in China as opposed to other nations many other Members of the Senate, other in the world? The MFN law basically is tied members of the American political commu- to emigration, and we have—I haven’t said nity who have also evolved in their view, I that, I don’t think, today—we have success- think most people believe, number one, that fully resolved all outstanding emigration conditions have changed. cases with the Chinese. Why was it extended I think it’s very important to say that under to involve human rights here? Because of the the terms of this agreement some progress frustration in the Congress that the previous has been made. Some important political dis- administration had reestablished relation- sidents have been released. We’ve gotten in- ships too quickly after Tiananmen Square, formation on Tibetan prisoners for the first and there seemed to be no other aggressive time. We have a process now with operable human rights strategy. deadlines for looking into these disputes over The United States has pursued the cause prison labor matters. We have at least an ad- of human rights around the world in many, herence, an explicit adherence by the Chi- many ways without tying it to MFN with nese to the Universal Declaration of Human those countries. I have had, for example, sev- Rights. We have an ongoing set of negotia- eral conversations on this subject with one tions now on how to deal with the jamming of our Nation’s most dedicated human rights we’ve suffered on our Voice of America advocates, President Carter, who strongly be- broadcast. So there have been some changes. lieves that the decision I have taken today And interestingly enough, many of the is the right one and more likely to produce most vocal human rights advocates have ar- human rights progress. Because, let me an- gued that—not that we should lift MFN sta- swer your question precisely, every nation, tus but that instead we should have some in- every great nation makes some decisions and termediate sanctions which cover a bigger perhaps most decisions based on what is in section of the economy. But things have the interest of the nation at that moment in changed to the point, both in terms of what time internally. But no nation likes to feel has gone on in China and in terms of the that every decision it makes for the good, other strategic issues—the situation in Korea, to do something that’s right, that makes for example, I think everyone would admit progress, is being made not because it’s the is somewhat different than it was a year right thing to do but only because of external ago—that I believe, that everybody believes pressure from someone else. we should do something differently. And I believe, based on my—and this is The question is, should we delink, or the root of this judgment, and all of you and should we continue to do this on an annual all of the American people will have to draw basis? I believe the answer to that is no. And your own conclusions about whether I’m I believe the answer to what we should do right or wrong, but I’m prepared to fight for is to pursue a broader strategy of engage- my position in the Congress and elsewhere, ment. I think that is where we are now. And because I believe it’s right. I believe, based I think that it is far more likely to produce on intensive efforts over the last few weeks, advances in human rights as well as to sup- that we are far more likely to have human port our strategic and economic interests. rights advances when it is not under the Q. Mr. President, how do you answer cloud of the annual question of review of those who say you are—using your own MFN. That is what I believe. words now—coddling tyrants? And with the That is not to say that there will not con- leverage of linkage now moved away, what tinue to be human rights abuses in China,

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that there won’t be ups and downs in this. I asked Mr. McLarty to look into it, and I But I believe that over the long run we’re can tell you that, number one, I was very more likely to make advances if there’s more upset about it when I heard about it. Mr. contact with the Chinese, not less; if there’s Watkins has resigned, and the taxpayers will more economic growth, not less—we saw be fully reimbursed. That’s the most impor- that in Taiwan and Korea—and if we are free tant thing to me. The Treasury will not be to explicitly and aggressively pursue our out one red cent for whatever happened human rights agenda, as we would with any there. Now, I don’t think there’s anything other country. That is the conclusion I have else for me to say about it. drawn. I think it’s the correct one. Q. Will he pay that himself, or will you Q. On the first question, aren’t you cod- be paying that money from—— dling tyrants just as you accuse—— The President. Well, I haven’t resolved The President. No, because I do believe that yet. Like I said, I didn’t even know about what happened—what has happened since it. All I can tell you is when I found out about then? Has there been any progress? There’s it, I asked Mr. McLarty to look into it. Some- been so much progress that even the people body else can give you more facts and more who have supported these strong resolutions, background. I’ve been working on this all the legislation in the past, are now arguing day. I just know that Mr. Watkins offered for a different course. I’m not the only person his resignation and I insisted that the tax- arguing that the time has come to take a dif- payers be reimbursed. Some way or another ferent path. It’s that they will say, well, I they will be, and we’ll tell you how when should have done something else. But vir- we do it. tually everyone says the time has come to Q. Can I follow on that? Do you expect move out of the framework now. that there will be resignations from the two We obviously have something going on in other individuals involved? Is that up to the this relationship now. We obviously have a Pentagon since they are in the military? broader and deeper relationship, and we ob- The President. No, I don’t know enough viously are going to see some changes here. about the facts. I just haven’t had time. I’ve So I think everybody acknowledges that been working on this China issue all day. I’m there is some dynamism in this relationship just telling you what I know; the taxpayers now which warrants a change. The question will be made whole. There is a resignation, is what tactical path should we take. And I more facts to follow. expect that many people who criticize my de- cision will say, ‘‘Well, he should have put China stiffer tariffs on something or another or Q. May I ask you a question about China, should have had a bigger section of the econ- sir? Senator Bradley and others wanted you omy affected or gone after the military enter- to do nothing that would restrict trade. Do prises or something like that.’’ But I think you expect now that there will be some retal- nearly everybody recognizes that there has iation from China because of the ban on been some real change in this and that we weapons imports or some other lack of co- have the chance to move it to a different and operation in our efforts to restrain the North better plane. And I think what I’m doing is Koreans, for instance? the right thing to do. The President. I would hope not. I think this was an appropriate thing to do because Misuse of Government Helicopters it was discreet, it recognizes that there has Q. Mr. President, on another topic, do you not been complete compliance, it is plainly have anything to say about some of your staff- enforceable in ways that many of the other ers who apparently used a Government heli- suggestions may not be. And I think that copter for a golf outing? there are corollary benefits to the United The President. Yes, I do. First of all, I States in this which I think should be well knew nothing about it until something during understood by the Chinese. the business day. As you know, I’ve been Many people have said, and I noticed it working on this for the last couple of days. was reported in a news article in the Wall

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Street Journal this morning that many of the the trade could be linked to emigration. If manufacturers believe that a lot of these guns the Chinese violate the Jackson-Vanik law, have come in below cost, anyway, in ways well, that’s something they’re still subject to. that almost simulate high-tech Saturday I can’t repeal the law. Night Special phenomenon. Q. So barring action by Nancy Pelosi or So I think it is the right thing to do. I George Mitchell or someone else in Con- do not expect that to occur. I am plainly of- gress, next year at this time you will not have fering to build the basis of a long-term, stra- to certify that China has met these basic tegic relationship with the Chinese. We can human rights conditions in order to go for- work together when our interests demand it, ward with MFN? and if there is progress on the human rights The President. That is correct. But next front, we can actually develop the kind of year at this time we’ll still be discussing this, friendship that our relationship has seemed and you will see that we have a very aggres- to promise at various times since the opening sive and, I think, more successful approach. of China over a century ago. But that remains That is not about forgetting about human to be seen. rights. This is about which is the better way I want to make it clear to you, I do not to pursue the human rights agenda. do this with rose-colored glasses on. I know Q. What is your analysis of why the Chi- there will be—no matter which approach we nese leadership is going slower in [inaudi- take, if we had taken another approach, there ble]—on human rights than you would like would have been continuing human rights them to? And the foreseeable future, what problems. A great society, so large and with such built-in habits does not change over- kind of timetable and standards will you use night. Just as I hope I can dramatically re- to decide whether any change in policy is duce the climate of crime and violence in necessary if they’re not making, in your view, this country I know it won’t happen over- sufficient progress? night. So there will be problems regardless. The President. I think there are three fac- I simply think this is the best way to approach tors involved in why are they going slower. it. First of all, I think that this is a time of con- Q. Mr. President, in revoking and siderable political tension in China, that is, delinking human rights with trade, can you tension between the center and the prov- do that on your own given the fact there is inces, tension because of the inevitable trans- a law, the Jackson-Vanik law, that does this? formations of leadership that the passage of Will this require congressional action? time will bring about in the—not, at least, The President. Well, the Jackson—no, it in the foreseeable future. And in times of will permit congressional action. That is, if a transition like that, it tends to be more dif- the Congress chooses to disagree with me, ficult to effect change of any kind. I think of course, they can offer an alternative path. that’s the first thing. And then we will—or some in Congress The second thing, I think, is that we see can—then we will debate it. There are many in the culture of China, and in many other good people who disagree with me. Asian societies, a desire to preserve order in Q. But you won’t have to—— the interest of the group often at the expense The President. No, I can do what I have of the individual. We saw a variant of that done today under the Jackson-Vanik law be- in the discussion that I had, you know, with cause the Jackson-Vanik law, which was a the Government of Singapore over the case product of the cold war, says basically that of the Fay caning. And many believe that countries with controlled economies have to in a world that is tumultuous like ours is, meet certain criteria in order for annual re- you have to have more order, even at the newal of MFN. We will have to continue to expense of individual rights. My answer to certify that they meet those criteria. But they that, obviously, is that what we asked them relate to emigration. So that’s different from to do was not to become like us but to honor trade and different from the broader human universally recognized standards of human rights questions that we seek. In other words, rights. But you asked me the question.

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The third thing, I think, is that a country Executive Order 12918—Prohibiting with 1.2 billion people and the third largest Certain Transactions With Respect economy in the world, conscious of all the to Rwanda and Delegating Authority cross currents of change in the difficulties With Respect to Other United it is facing, is going to have, inevitably, an Nations Arms Embargoes reluctance to take steps which are right if it looks like every step that is taken, is taken May 26, 1994 under the pressure of the United States, some outside power making them do it. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the And the fourth thing I would say is that United States of America, including section this was something, a step we took not in 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of cooperation with the international commu- 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), the Ex- nity. No other nation agreed with us. So it port Administration Act of 1979, as amended wasn’t like there was a big multinational coa- (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.), the Arms Ex- lition; it’s not like sanctions on Iraq, for ex- port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), ample. and section 301 of title 3, United States Now, I think of the most important things Code, and in view of United Nations Security is the third point I made. Every one of you Council Resolution 918 of May 17, 1994, it should put yourselves in that position. Would is hereby ordered as follows: you move forward if you thought no matter Section 1. Arms Embargo. The following what you did and how good it was every time activities are prohibited, notwithstanding the you did it, it would be interpreted that you existence of any rights or obligations con- were doing because someone from outside ferred or imposed by any international agree- your country were pressuring you to do it? ment or any contract entered into or any li- But I don’t want to minimize the fact that cense or permit granted before the effective there are still serious rights problems there. date of this order, except to the extent pro- We are going to continue to work on them, vided in regulations, orders, directives, or li- but I believe doing this in the context of our censes that may hereafter be issued pursuant national security interests, our economic in- to this order: (a) The sale or supply to Rwan- terests, and the opening of China, both eco- da from the territory of the United States nomically and in many other ways, and being by any person, or by any United States per- able to have an explicit and open human son in any foreign country or other location, rights agenda not hobbled by timetables or using any U.S.-registered vessel or aircraft, which may be artificial, is the right way to of arms and related materiel of all types, in- go. I predict that it will be successful, more cluding weapons and ammunition, military successful on human rights than the alter- vehicles and equipment, paramilitary police native would have been, and it is my judg- equipment, and spare parts for the afore- ment—I am absolutely convinced that’s the mentioned, irrespective of origin. This prohi- right thing, that it’s in the interest of the bition does not apply to activities related to United States, and I have done it for that the United Nations Assistance Mission for reason. Rwanda or the United Nations Observer Thank you. Mission Uganda-Rwanda or other entities permitted to have such items by the United Nations Security Council; and NOTE: The President’s 58th news conference (b) Any willful evasion or attempt to violate began at 5:10 p.m. in the Briefing Room at the or evade any of the prohibitions set forth in White House. this order, by any person.

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Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this nation of licenses or other authorizations in order, the term: (a) ‘‘Person’’ means a natural effect as of the date of this order. person as well as a corporation, business asso- Sec. 5. Delegation of Authority. The Sec- ciation, partnership, society, trust, or any retary of State and the Secretary of Com- other entity, organization or group, including merce in consultation with the Secretary of governmental entities; and State are hereby authorized to promulgate (b) ‘‘United States person’’ means any citi- rules and regulations, and to employ all pow- zen or national of the United States, any law- ers granted to the President by section 5 of ful permanent resident of the United States, the United Nations Participation Act and not or any corporation, business association, part- otherwise delegated by Executive order, as nership, society, trust, or any other entity, may be necessary to carry out the purpose organization or group, including govern- of implementing any other arms embargo mental entities, organized under the laws of mandated by resolution of the United Na- the United States (including foreign tions Security Council, consistent with the al- branches). location of functions delegated under section 3 of this order. The Secretary of State or the Sec. 3. Responsibilities. The functions and Secretary of Commerce may redelegate any responsibilities for the enforcement of the of these functions to other officers and agen- foregoing prohibitions are delegated as fol- cies of the United States Government. lows: (a) The Secretary of State is hereby au- Sec. 6. Judicial Review. Nothing con- thorized to take such actions, including the tained in this order shall create any right or promulgation of rules and regulations, and benefit, substantive or procedural, enforce- to employ all powers granted to the President able by any party against the United States, by section 5 of the United Nations Participa- its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers tion Act and other authorities available to the or employees, or any other person. Secretary of State, as may be necessary to Sec. 7. Effective Date. This order shall carry out the purpose of this order, relating take effect at 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight to arms and related materiel of a type enu- time on May 26, 1994. merated on the United States Munitions List William J. Clinton (22 C.F.R. Part 121). The Secretary of State may redelegate any of these functions to The White House, other officers and agencies of the United May 26, 1994. States Government; and [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, (b) The Secretary of Commerce, in con- 11:06 a.m., May 27, 1994] sultation with the Secretary of State, is here- by authorized to take such actions, including NOTE: This Executive order will be published in the promulgation of rules and regulations, the Federal Register on May 31. and to employ all powers granted to the President by section 5 of the United Nations Statement on the Death of Timothy Participation Act and other authorities avail- West able to the Secretary of Commerce, as may May 26, 1994 be necessary to carry out the purpose of this order, relating to arms and related materiel Hillary and I were heartbroken when we identified in the Export Administration Reg- learned that Timothy West, the 4-year-old ulations (15 C.F.R. Parts 730–799). The Sec- boy with leukemia who hugged me so close retary of Commerce may redelegate any of when I visited him, died this morning in these functions to other officers and agencies Houston. This precious boy carried the bur- of the United States Government. dens of his illness with courage and a sense Sec. 4. Authorization. All agencies of the of warmth that touched me deeply. Our pray- United States Government are hereby di- ers are with Timothy’s parents, Chris and rected to take all appropriate measures with- Lisa West, and we especially want to thank in their authority to carry out the provisions the doctors, nurses, and staff of the M.D. of this order, including suspension or termi- Anderson Cancer Center for pouring so

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much of themselves into Timothy’s treatment Congress to discuss the 50th anniversary of and care. On such a sorrowful day, I hope D-Day and the President’s trip to Europe. they will feel healed by Timothy’s strength The President announced the appoint- and the knowledge that he is now with God. ment of the following 14 members to the 20- member President’s Council on Physical Fit- ness and Sports: Statement on the Whale Santuary —Elizabeth Arendt; Agreement —Jeff Blatnick; May 27, 1994 —Ralph Boston; —Don Casey; We are pleased that we were able to get —Rockne Freitas; so many other countries to agree to a sanc- —Zina Garrison-Jackson; tuary. The United States will continue to ex- —Calvin Hill; ercise leadership in seeking international —Jimmie Huega; agreement on the conservation of whales. —Judith Pinero Kieffer; —Deborah Slaner Larkin; NOTE: This statement was part of a statement by —Ira Leesfield; the Press Secretary on the International Whaling Commission agreement to create a sanctuary for —Jack Mills; whales. —Kevin Saunders; —Amber Travsky. The President announced his intention to nominate Sandra Stuart to be Assistant Sec- retary of Defense for Legislative Affairs and Digest of Other Judith A. Miller to be General Counsel for White House Announcements the Department of Defense.

May 25 The following list includes the President’s public In the late afternoon, the President went schedule and other items of general interest an- to Capitol Hill where he attended a Demo- nounced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue. cratic leadership meeting on health care and met with members of the House Democratic Caucus. He then attended a fundraiser for May 21 Senator John Glenn at the Corcoran Gallery In the afternoon, the President attended of Art. a Democratic Congressional Campaign Com- The President announced the selection of mittee fundraiser at a private residence in 20 projects for negotiation as part of Sacramento, CA. MARITECH, the administration’s program to improve the international competitiveness May 22 of the U.S. shipbuilding industry. In the early morning, the President re- turned to Washington, DC. May 26 May 23 The President announced that he has In the afternoon, the President and Hillary asked Administrator J. Brian Atwood, Agency Clinton attended a reception at Hickory Hill, for International Development, to be his per- the Kennedy estate in McLean, VA. sonal representative and to lead a delegation The President announced his intention to to visit Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Kenya to exam- nominate Delissa A. Ridgeway as Chair and ine life-threatening disaster conditions. John R. Lacey as Commissioner of the For- The President announced the appoint- eign Claims Settlement Commission. ment of Les Aspin as member and Chair of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory May 24 Board. In the evening, the President hosted a din- The President announced the appoint- ner for historians, veterans, and Members of ment of Veronica Goldberg as a member of

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the President’s Council on Physical Fitness Submitted May 25 and Sports. Walter Baker Edmisten, May 27 of North Carolina, to be U.S. Marshal for In the morning, the President met with the Western District of North Carolina for U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- the term of 4 years, vice Jessie R. Jenkins. Ghali. The President appointed Fred F. Woerner and F. Haydn Williams as members of the Becky Jane Wallace, American Battle Monuments Commission. of North Carolina, to be U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of 4 years, vice George L. McBane.

Nominations Submitted to the Senate Checklist of White House Press Releases The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- The following list contains releases of the Office eign Service officers. of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as items nor covered by entries in the Digest of Other White House Announcements. Submitted May 24

Harriet C. Babbitt, Released May 20 1 of Arizona, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Founda- Transcript of remarks by the First Lady on tion for a term expiring September 20, 2000 the death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (reappointment). Released May 24 Patricia Fry Godley, Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of En- retary Dee Dee Myers ergy, Fossil Energy, vice James G. Randolph, resigned. Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor on resump- Michael Marek, tion of the framework negotiations with of Illinois, to be U.S. Alternate Executive Di- Japan rector of the International Bank for Recon- Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee struction and Development for a term of 2 Myers on the President’s meeting with Presi- years, vice Mark McCampbell Collins, Jr., re- dent Guntis Ulmanis of Latvia signed.

Larry Reed Mattox, Released May 25 of Virginia, to be U.S. Marshal for the West- Transcript of a press briefing on the 50th an- ern District of Virginia for the term of 4 niversary of D-Day and the President’s trip years, vice Wayne B. Beaman. to Europe by Brig. Gen. Harold Nelson, Capt. Dennis Linton, Lt. Gen. Harry Jose A. Cabranes, Kinnard, and Col. John Sullivan of Connecticut, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, vice Richard J. 1 This release was not received in time for inclu- Cardamone, retired. sion in the appropriate issue.

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Released May 26 the President’s trip to France to commemo- Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- rate the 50th anniversary of D-Day retary Dee Dee Myers Briefing by Director of Communications Transcript of a press briefing on most-fa- Mark Gearan on misuse of Government heli- vored-nation trade status for China by Na- copters tional Security Adviser Anthony Lake, Assist- ant Secretary of State for Human Rights John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary of State for Asian and Pacific Affairs Winston Lord, and Acts Approved Assistant to the President for Policy Bob Rubin by the President Statement by the Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the summary of Secretary of State Approved May 25 Warren Christopher’s report to the President on most-favored-nation trade status for H.R. 2868 / Public Law 103–256 China To designate the Federal building located at 600 Camp Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee as the ‘‘John Minor Wisdom United States Myers on the incident involving White Court of Appeals Building,’’ and for other House staff use of a military helicopter purposes Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the availability of emergency funds H.R. 303 / Public Law 103–257 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric To designate June 6, 1994, as ‘‘D-Day Na- Administration to provide assistance to fish- tional Remembrance Day’’ ermen in Washington, Oregon, and Califor- nia S.J. Res. 168 / Public Law 103–258 Designating May 11, 1994, as ‘‘Vietnam Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Human Rights Day’’ Myers on the President’s decision to send a delegation to the Horn of Africa to examine Approved May 26 disaster conditions Statement by Lisa Caputo, Press Secretary S. 636 / Public Law 103–259 to the First Lady, on the availability of Hillary Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act Clinton’s commodities transaction records of 1994 Released May 27 S. 2024 / Public Law 103–260 Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Airport Improvement Program Temporary Myers on the President’s meeting with U.N. Extension Act of 1994 Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali S. 2087 / Public Law 103–261 Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee To extend the time period for compliance Myers on the whale sanctuary agreement with the Nutrition Labeling and Education White House announcement on the availabil- Act of 1990 for certain food products pack- ity of new communications technologies for aged prior to August 8, 1994

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