1918 Sept. 27 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1998 incident and Todorovic is now in the custody I’m proud of him for having the courage to of the International War Crimes Tribunal in run. I’m proud of him for not listening to The Hague. everybody, including me, who told him how Todorovic, who served as chief of police terrible and difficult it would be. I’m proud for Bosanski Samac in 1992, is accused by of him because his commitment in the face the Tribunal of being personally responsible of all the odds is the very kind of decision for some of the most heinous crimes that I now am trying to get the voters all over took place during the conflict in Bosnia. America to make in the coming election, and This brings to 35 the number of indicted that is to discard what we normally do in war criminals brought to justice. SFOR has good times—which is to just take a deep assisted in well over half of these cases. This breath and kick our feet back and relax— action by U.S. and other SFOR troops shows and instead make a commitment to the fu- our continued determination to bring to jus- ture of our country. tice those responsible for war crimes in Bos- He’s coming out here against stiff odds be- nia. This message should not be lost on those cause he thinks it’s a mistake for Texas to indicted war criminals still at large. sit back and relax and react to events but I wish to express my admiration for the to take no initiative to prepare for tomorrow. SFOR troops who were involved in this oper- It took a lot of courage. He made a very com- ation and who continue to work daily to con- pelling presentation and if you’ll help him, solidate the peace in Bosnia and if you’ll get him enough help to get that mes- Herzegovina. sage on television so that people can see what the real differences are, he’ll make a very Statement on the Election compelling presentation on election day in of Gerhard Schroeder as November as well. Chancellor of Germany I want to thank Lee and Sandra for having us in their unbelievably beautiful home and September 27, 1998 for doing so in a way that requires putting Today the German people have once again up a tent. I’d like to thank the people who exercised their democratic right to determine prepared and served the meal. I’d like to their national leadership. I extend my sincer- thank the musicians; the piano player and the est congratulations to Gerhard Schroeder. singer were wonderful, and the gospel group He and I had good discussions in Berlin this was amazing. And I think I’m in the right spring and in Washington this summer. I look frame of mind now to go back to Washington, forward to working closely with him. Ger- DC, and deal with it for one more week. And many is one of America’s closest allies. As I thank you for that. always, our two governments will be fully en- I would like to thank Ambassador gaged in a comprehensive policy agenda. McLelland and Ambassador Schechter— I also want to convey my gratitude and that boy, that sounds high-flown, doesn’t it?— of all Americans to Helmut Kohl. During his [laughter]—for being here tonight; my long- 16-year tenure, he has made historic con- time friend Senator Rodney Ellis. Molly Beth tributions to the unity of his nation, the Malcolm. Richard Raymond, thank you for strength of our Euro-Atlantic community, running for office this year. And I’d like to and to peace throughout the world. say a special word of appreciation to Con- gresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for her steadfast support of our agenda and work. Remarks at a Dinner Honoring The temptation when you’re with a bunch Gubernatorial Candidate Garry of old friends and some new ones, when you Mauro in Houston, Texas know you’re basically preaching to the saved, September 27, 1998 especially on this day, is to kind of give a rah-rah speech. But if you’ll forgive me, be- Thank you so much. I want to tell you cause of the present state of things and be- that—I’ll say a little more about this in a cause I think this election is so profoundly minute, but I’m very proud of Garry Mauro. important to the future of our country, I