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March 6, 1996
MEMORANDUM FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
FROM:
Brenda Costello
SUBJECT:
Briefings for Thursday, March 7
Radio Interviews (Book)
-Briefing
-Attachment
International Visitors Reception (optional)
-Briefing
Project Children Dinner
-Briefing
-President Clinton's videotaped remarks
-"I Was Scared But He Gave Me a Hug and Said He Was Proud of Me," Daily Mirror,
12/ 1/ 95
Remarks
Project Children
01/17/1995 03:54
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PAGE 01
March 6, 1996
Memo to: The First Lady
From:
Sue Vogelsinger
Six radio interviews are set for tomorrow in connection with promotion of It
Takes a Village. They are as follows:
1:45 p.m.
LIVE
Interview with Tom Pope, TPT. Tom is
headquartered here in Washington but airs on stations in Detroit,
Youngstown, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Hartford and Raleigh, N.C.
Locally he is heard on WOL-AM. He is African American.
2:00 p.m.
TAPED
Interview with Tom Joyner. He is syndicated on
ABC and physically located in Austin, Texas. He has long been on
everyone's list as a "must do" interview for the book. He is
African American.
2:15 p.m.
TAPED
Interview with Diana Korda for "Book Talk," a
program that airs on KGNU, public radio in Boulder, Colorado.
The interview was originally scheduled to be done when you were
in Denver, but had to be cancelled.
2:30 p.m.
TAPED
Interview with Dave Cook for KMEL, San
Francisco. He is planning to use this interview on a broadcast he is
he is doing on youth issues that will air in two weeks. #1 FM
music station and #3 in the market. Audience is African
American/Hispanic/Asian.
2:45 p.m.
TAPED
Interview with Bob Law for WWRL, New York
City. His show, "Night Talk," is syndicated in 19 cities across
the country ranging from places like Chicago, to small cities in
Montana. He is African American.
3:00 p.m.
LIVE
Interview with Joe Soucheray for KSTP.
Minneapolis. He is the host of the afternoon drive time show. The
station is one of the top two in the market and Simon and
Schuster/NY have long had a request in to do an interview with
anyone at the station.
PROGRAMS AND INDIVIDUALS CITED IN IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Your radio interviews on Thursday will be aired in the following states:
Interview with Tom Pope, TPT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Children's Defense Fund/Marian Wright Edelman -- pp. 10, 27 - 28, 181
Every Child By Two -- pp. 113 - 114
Mazique Parent-Child Center -- p. 132
Iesha and Clendon Elmore -- p. 134
Fairlawn Coalition -- p. 139
MICHIGAN
Friend of the Court System -- p. 46
Dr. Leonard Eron (Ann Arbor) -- p. 275
OHIO
Parent Education Program (Columbus) -- p. 45
"Burning houses" couple -- p. 124
Mayor David Berger/dialogues about race relations (Lima) -- pp. 191 - 192
Ohio Family and Children First Initiative -- p. 236
Reading Recovery (Columbus) -- p. 249
Cleveland Plain Dealer -- p. 284
Finast (Cleveland) -- p. 300
PENNSYLVANIA
Lynn Gold-Bikin/Partners Project (Philadelphia) -- p. 42
Harris Wofford -- p. 194
CONNECTICUT
Yale-New Haven Hospital -- p. 53
Yale Child Study Center/Dr. Sally Provence -- p. 53 - 54, 89 - 90, 97
Dr. James Comer/Social Development Program -- p. 252
Child Development-Community Policing Program (New Haven) -- p. 141
NORTH CAROLINA
Dr. Craig Ramey/Abecedarian Project (Chapel Hill) -- pp. 60 . 61
Smart Start initiative -- pp. 235 - 236
Interview with Tom Joyner, ABC
(Note: Joyner's show is syndicated, but located in Austin, Texas)
TEXAS
Haggar Apparel Company (Dallas) -- p. 77
Avance -- p. 78
Mayor Bob Lanier/community policing -- pp. 138 - 139
Americorps volunteers -- p. 199
Fort Worth Star-Telegram -- p. 237
Robert E. Lee High School (Houston) -- p. 257
Interview with Diana Korda, KGNU
COLORADO
Promise Keepers (Denver) -- p. 42
Marilyn Van Derbur -- p. 142
Nora and Shantelle -- p. 122
Interview with Dave Cook, KMEL
CALIFORNIA
Levi Strauss (San Francisco) -- p. 77
Dr. Duncan Lindsey (Los Angeles) -- p. 143
Jaime Escalante -- p. 244
Family Math Program (Berkeley) -- p. 253
Kent Salveson/EEXCEL Apartments (L.A.) -- pp. 254 - 255
Long Beach School District -- p. 256
O'Farrell Community School (San Diego) -- p. 264
Oakland Health and Bioscience Academy (Oakland) -- p. 266
Dr. Carole Lieberman (L.A.) -- p. 276
Rep. Henry Waxman -- pp. 290 - 291
Business Enterprise Trust/Norman Lear and James Burke -- p. 300
Interview with Bob Law, WWRL
NEW YORK
Carnegie Corporation/Dr. David Hamburg -- p. 25, 167
Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner (Ithaca, NY) -- p. 38, 314
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- p. 40
Daniel Goleman -- pp. 62 - 66
Highbridge Communicare Center (South Bronx) -- p. 83
Morningside Gardens (Harlem) -- pp. 135 - 136
Colin Greer -- p. 148
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)/Joseph Califano -- pp. 164 - 166
Elie Wiesel -- p. 183, 197
Bessie and Sadie Delaney -- p. 185
Seward Park High School (New York City) -- pp. 190 - 191
YWCA (New York City) -- p. 237
HIPPY -- p. 246 - 247
Interview with Joe Soucheray, KSTP
MINNESOTA
University of Minnesota (study of attachment) -- p. 89
WCCO-TV (Minneapolis) -- p. 283
March 6, 1996
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS RECEPTION
(OPTIONAL)
DATE:
March 7, 1996
TIME:
6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Indian Treaty Room
FROM:
Brenda Costello
I.
PURPOSE
To drop-by a reception for the National Council for International Visitors and briefly
greet guests.
II.
BACKGROUND
The U.S. Information Agency and the National Council for International Visitors
(NCIV) together are holding a small reception honoring the community of volunteers
in the National Council for International Visitors. Approximately 120 people will
attend. The reception will be held in the Indian Treaty Room on Thursday, March 7,
from 6-7 p.m. The members of the National Council for International Visitors are
holding their national conference in the Washington area March 7-10, 1996.
During the President's tenure as Governor of Arkansas, you both met with many
USIA International Visitors through the Arkansas Council for International Visitors.
The Council is an active affiliate of the National Council for International Visitors, a
network of 102 not-for-profit organizations, contributing time, knowledge and
community resources to USIA's International Visitor Program. The NCIV network,
which recently celebrated its 55th Anniversary, has worked in partnership with the
Office of International Visitors for more than thirty years. Involving more than
800,000 American exchanges, the network is a vociferous supporter of public
diplomacy on Capitol Hill and with corporate and civic leaders in their own state
and local communities.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
-HRC
-Joseph Duffey, Director of the United States Information Agency
-Lula Rodriguez, E/ V Director
IV.
SEQUENCE
Drop-by only.
V. PRESS
Closed press.
VI. REMARKS
No formal remarks necessary.
MAR-06-1996 13:49
FROM USIA DIRECTORS OFFICCE
TO
94565340
P.04
Indian Treaty Room Reception
The White House
March 7, 1996
6 - 7 P.M.
Name
John P. Loiello
Maria Pilar (Lula) Rodriguez
Carmen Maria Marrero Doren
Olive Sampson
John Carlton Wichart
Dwight Darnell Somers
Ken Oliver-Mendez
Susan Reiner
John D'Andrea
James John Stockton
Linda J. Ortloff
Janet Elliott
Maria Wrigley
Irma Flores
Rolf Haas
Elizabeth J. Wallace
Karen Macy (Sarbeck) Robinson
Diana Lindersmith
Kerstin Margareta Lindblom
Dorothy Riddle
Marsha J. Routzon
Helen Maxie
Maria Condaxis
Alexander H. Miller
Carol B. Emmons
Jeannette Brown-Lesko
Tania Beil
MAR-06-1996 13:49
FROM USIA DIRECTORS OFFICCE
TO
94565340
P.05
Nancy F. Otte
Daniel E. Dauw
Linda Scott Barrett
Linda Dillard
Carol Deibert
Bette Lynn Emry
Ian Maclean Smith
Barbara Mathias
Thomas C. Smith
Dana Criswell Cruthirds
Monica Lawton
Barbara Elvira Cardullo
Terri C. Priest
Sue Carolyn Root
Robert Fisher
Brigitte Maassen
Julie Oldani
Bonnie Ghavami-Mameghani
Naomi Loper
Shirley McDaniel Williams
Mary E. Adie
Linda K. Leuckel
Judy Carver
Jack Newman
Marjorie W. Cate
Joseph A. Chimera
Rainy Freidag Becktell
Michael B. Smithee
Barbara Lawrence
Grace Mayes
Phyllis H. Layton
Virginia DiPadova
Resa Hendrix
Kay Bickham
Donna Briggs
Laurence F. Cotton
Nancy J. Gilboy
Gail Shrott
Roy Howard Callahan
Yvonne G. Shilling
Janine LeRoy
Russell B. Sugarmon
Mary Nell Bryan
Maria Elizabeth DeFerreire
Ross Edwin Brannian
MAR-06-1996 13:50
FROM USIA DIRECTORS OFFICCE
TO
94565340
P.06
David Burke Beall
Letricia B. Moore Herrick
Inna F. Reyes
Nan Williams
Arlene Jackson
Paul Schwabe
Vicki Lynn Jones
Alexander P. Durtka
Lisbeth S. Thompson
Tonette T. Long
Lynn Mitchell Harmon
Jean Berger
Kathleen Barros
Bruce Buckland
Richard Cook
Julie Denton
Margaret Dockery
Barbara Gumbiner
Marion Hook
Lisa Lazarczyk
Eleanor Lazarus
Christine E. R. Lucas
Ally Mack
Lilia Parsons
Ron Springwater
Dwight Williams
Sherry Mueller
William Carter
Elizabeth D. Rule
Gabriele Miniter
Gene Davis
Wendy Amin
Richard Rogers
March 6, 1996
PROJECT CHILDREN DINNER
DATE:
March 7, 1996
TIME:
8:30 pm
LOCATION:
Mellon Auditorium
Washington, D.C.
FROM:
Brenda Costello
I.
PURPOSE
To celebrate a reunion of the President's trip to Ireland and to highlight the
President's commitment to promoting the Irish peace process.
II.
BACKGROUND
Project Children
Project Children is a voluntary organization that brings Protestant and Catholic
children from Northern Ireland to the United States for six week summer visits with
American host families, away from the Irish "troubles". Children are exposed to
people of the opposite religion -- a first time experience for most of the participants.
Project Children was founded in 1975 by Denis Mulcahy, one of the National
Association of Police Officers (NAPO) 1995 Top Cops and a guest of the President on
the recent trip to Ireland. In the last 20 years, over 11,000 children from Northern
Ireland have visited thousands of American families as the guests of Project Children.
Funded through private donations, community fundraisers, and corporate
contributions, Project Children has no paid staff and relies solely on volunteers. Host
families provide room and board, while Project Children covers transportation and
insurance for its Irish participants.
Project Children works closely with teachers, clergy, and social workers in Northern
Ireland to identify youngsters who would benefit most from a summer in America.
the children range in age from 10-14 and come from neighborhoods in which the
conflict had taken an especially heavy toll. The organization has recently launched a
program with Habitat for Humanity and the AFL-CIO to train Catholic and
Protestant youngsters in the construction trades while they work to rebuild houses in
low-income neighborhoods.
Dinner
You will be addressing the Project Children Annual Dinner, an annual benefit for
Project Children. The theme of this year's dinner is "Reunion". Catherine Hamill and
David Sterrit, the children who introduced the President at the Mackie Plant in
Belfast, will attend the dinner and make very brief remarks. Approximately
400 Project Children participants and supporters, Irish-Americans, and members of
Congress are expected to attend.
Mark Gearan is hosting the program, and other speakers include Cong. Walsh,
Monsignor Duffy, Rev. Jones, and Theresa Gibson, a "Habitat" mother. Mark Russell
will perform.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
-HRC
-Catherine Hamill
-David Sterrit
IV.
SEQUENCE
HRC watches video backstage
HRC is announced offstage
HRC delivers remarks
HRC introduces two children for brief greeting
HRC departs
V.
PRESS
Open press.
VI.
REMARKS
Provided by Pam Cicetti.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN VIDEOTAPED REMARKS HONORING PROJECT CHILDREN
THE PRESIDENT: To everyone gathered to recognize the work
of Project Children, let me first say, "Cead Mille Failte" -- a hundred thousand
welcomes.
For 20 years, Project Children has brought Protestant and Catholic
children from Northern Ireland to the United States for the summer to live with
American families and to learn about one another. I'm proud that so many
Americans have opened their homes to these children, and especially proud of the
children for opening their hearts and minds to a future of peace and reconciliation.
Over the past year and half, the people of Northern Ireland have
come so far to make that future a reality. I saw that for myself during my visit
there last December. Hillary and I will never forget the outpouring of warmth
from people of all faiths who came together in Derry's Guild Hall Square and
outside Belfast's City Hall, the hope-filled faces that lined Shankill Road and the
lower Falls, and most of all, the extraordinary introduction I received at Mackie's
plant from two very special children -- Catherine Hamill and David Sterrit. With
their hands joined, this Catholic girl and Protestant boy told the world of their
hopes for the future -- a future without bullets and bombs, without the Troubles
that touched their own lives so terribly.
I know that the overwhelming majority of the people of Northern
Ireland share that hope. They have seen what violence has wrought. They know
what peace can bring. That's why all of us must continue to stand up for peace
when it's threatened. The recent terrorist attacks in London are aimed directly at
the growing prospects for peace. They must not succeed. Our administration is
determined to work with the parties to restore the cease-fire and move the peace
process forward.
Now, the work of Project Children is more vital than ever. It
reminds us that what we have in common matters much, much more than our
differences. Whether we're Protestants or Catholics, Jews or Arabs, Serbs or
Croats or Muslims, we all cherish family and faith, work and community. We all
want to live lives that are free from violence and full of possibility. Most of all,
we want our children to grow up in a world where the only barriers they face are
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the limits of their dreams.
Let me say how much I appreciate the new program you have
launched with Habitat for Humanity and the AFL-CIO to train Irish youngsters in
the construction trades while they work to rebuild houses in American low-income
neighborhoods. It is a wonderful way to share the hope you are bringing to
Northern Ireland with our own people here in America.
I want to salute your founder, Denis Mulcahy. Last November,
Denis joined me in the Oval Office where he was recognized as one of New York's
finest for his police work. Those of you who've worked with Denis at Project
Children already know that he is, quite simply, one of America's finest.
To all of you who've given your time, your love, your devotion to
Project Children - thank you. You are making a very real difference for thousands
of people. I'm proud of your efforts - and you should be, too.
Thank you very much.
END
MORE
Copyright 1995 MGN Ltd.
Daily Mirror
December 1, 1995, Friday
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 2, 3
LENGTH: 2414 words
HEADLINE: I WAS SCARED BUT HE GAVE ME A HUG AND SAID HE WAS PROUD
OF ME;
INTERVIEW WITH CATHERINE HAMILL, 9, & MOTHER LAURA
BYLINE: John Kierans
BODY:
A LITTLE girl told yesterday how she melted the heart of the world's most
powerful man.
Nine-year-old Catherine Hamill read President Bill Clinton a letter she had
written, pleading for permanent peace in Ireland.
The visiting president, moved to the brink of tears, embraced her. And later
Catherine recalled her magical moment.
She said: "I was very scared, I just read what I wrote. The president was
really nice to me and said I had done very well.
"He gave me a hug and said he was very proud of me. I talked to him
afterwards and he's a really nice man.
"He wrote a message on my letter and thanked me for sending it to him."
Saddest
Catholic Catherine, whose father Patrick was killed by Loyalist gunmen,
joined hands with 10-year-old Protestant David Sterrit to greet the president at
the Mackies engineering factory in Belfast.
The two children, from opposite sides of the peace line, were chosen to meet
Mr Clinton after winning a Letter To The President competition.
Mr Clinton listened closely as they read out extracts from their lettters.
Catherine's said: "My name is Catherine Hamill. My daddy works as an
assistant at Stewarts Warehouse. I live in Belfast. I love where I live.
"My first daddy died in the troubles. It was the saddest day of my life. I
still think of him.
Peaceful
"Now it is nice and peaceful. I like having peace and quiet for a change
instead of people shooting and killing.
"My Christmas wish is that peace and love will last in Ireland for ever.
Please have a safe journey back to America. I hope you enjoyed your visit to
Ireland."
Afterwards she said: "I can't remember my dad but I love him dearly. I know
he was killed because of the troubles.
"We all want this peace to last and stop. I really wish my dad had seen me."
The president wrote a note to Catherine on the letter she had addressed to
him
He said: "Thanks for a lovely statement. Thank you for joining me."
Catherine never got the chance to know Patrick.
She was only 11 months old when he - at the age of 26 - was shot eight years
ago by a Loyalist death squad.
He was murdered because he was a Catholic.
Horrific
Mother Laura was feeding Catherine on her knee when two masked men burst
into the family's terrace house.
They shot him in the head in front of Laura as her other daughter Kelly -
then two years old - ran screaming around the kitchen.
Laura, who has since found happiness with another man Emanuel Donaghy, said:
"The horrific memory of that day will live with me until the day I die.
"Patrick was a wonderful father who loved his children.
"During our darkest days I made a vow that his name will never be forgotten.
"The children grew up without a father but they knew everything about him.
"We talked about him all the time and he was always with them spiritually
every day of their lives.
"Every night for years Catherine and Kelly would pray for peace.
"They also prayed for all the other people murdered in this country. They
always knew they weren't the only ones who lost a daddy. When the ceasefire was
called we couldn't believe it.
"All our prayers were answered. The most important thing in the world is as
Catherine said, the peace must last for ever.
Proud
"I know Patrick would have been very proud of our little girl.
"He was with her as she spoke every word.
"She is normally a very shy child. I couldn't believe she got up and did
what she did in front of all those TV cameras. Patrick was special but Catherine
like all our children in Northern Ireland is also special.
"Everyone was extremely moved by what she had to say. I just kept thinking
of everything we'd suffered when the president gave her a hug.
"He came up to her afterwards and spoke to her at length.
"Mrs Clinton even told her she was 'a cute little kid'."
Catherine was almost overwhelmed to find herself in the international
spotlight.
Her school was asked only on Wednesday to get its pupils to write a letter
to the president.
The teachers agreed that her letter was the best.
Then she was told that she would be teaming up with David to welcome the
United States VIPs. "After the fuss of the occasion was over, Laura took
Catherine back home to Forfar Street.
Holding Catherine's hand, Laura said: "It is a great tragedy her daddy isn't
alive so he could see her today."
Laura is now slowly rebuilding her life.
Mixed
She and Emanuel have a two-year-old son Brandan.
But Laura has no plans to marry. She said: "We will never forget Patrick.
"thanks to our Catherine the whole world knows who he is.
"Hopefully she will have persuaded people to see sense." Mr Clinton sat
among an audience of hundreds to hear what the two children had written.
David, from Clovelly Street off the Springfield Road, told the president
that he lived in a mixed area of Catholics and Protestants.
"We play football and races together," he said.
"I want to thank you for coming to Northern Ireland to help the peace
process.
"I think the peace is great because there is no shooting or bombing.
"It means I can play in the park without worrying about getting shot."
The youngsters' sentiments touched Mr Clinton.
He referred back to them time and again during his keynote speech on the
historic visit. When Mr Clinton began his own plea for a lasting peace he
declared:
"This is one of those occasions when I really feel that all that needs to be
said has already been said."
He added that a big part of peace was children growing up safely, learning
and growing together.
Warm
Children played a major part in his day in Belfast.
On his route into the city crowds of them gathered in the streets to wave
flags and streamers.
At Mackies several hundred more gave him a warm welcome.
And Catherine put all their thoughts into words.
LETTER: Catherine wrote of her love for peace to Mr Clinton
My name is Catherine Hamill. My daddy works as an assistant at Stewarts
Warehouse. I live in Belfast. I love where I live. My first daddy died in the
troubles. It was the saddest day of my life. I still think of him.
Now it is nice and peaceful. I like having peace and quiet for a change
instead of people shooting and killing. My Christmas wish is that peace and love
will last in Ireland forever.
Please have a safe journey back to America. I hope you have enjoyed your
visit to Ireland.
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
PROJECT CHILDREN ANNUAL DINNER
ANDREW MELLON AUDITORIUM
MARCH 7, 1996
Thank you, Mark. Members of Congress, Secretary Riley,
Administrator Browner, Ambassador and Mrs. Gallagher,
Representatives of the British government, Dennis Mulcahy,
visitors from Northern Ireland, and friends of Project Children.
It is a pleasure to be with you this evening to celebrate the
important work you are doing to enrich the lives of Northern
Ireland's children and to ensure a lasting peace.
As you could see in the film you just watched, our trip was
an enormously moving experience, and while it was my first trip
to Ireland, the hospitality and warmth of the Irish people gave
me a wonderful sense of deja vu. We will forever be grateful for
the welcome we received and especially from the children. They
reminded us over and over again that we seek peace most of all
for them. And while the setbacks of recent days anger and sadden
us, one only has to look at the promise of the future written on
their fresh young faces for the inspiration, will and courage to
move ahead in the peace process.
My husband remains fully committed to supporting the peace
process in which the people of Northern Ireland have invested so
much. Last week, he welcomed the announcement by the British and
Irish Governments of a firm date of June 10 for all-party peace
talks once the cease-fire is restored. And he called on those
who have resorted to violence to heed the voice of the people of
Northern Ireland, who so clearly want peace.
Because America's greatness flows from the wealth of our
diversity as well as the strength of the ideals we share in
common, we feel bound to support others around the world who seek
to bridge their own divides. This is an important part of our
country's mission on the eve of the 21st century, because we know
that the chain of peace that protects us grows stronger with
every new link that is forged.
21 years ago, with a prayer to St. Patrick, Dennis Mulcahy
founded Project Children and established one more link in the
chain of peace. 11,000 children have already participated in
the program. In a province of 1.5 million people, I would say
you have already had an important impact on the hearts and minds
of Northern Ireland.
Throughout our trip, I talked about what the cease fire
meant to people and I was struck by how grateful people were
merely for normalcy. To walk down the streets, to expect to go
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Christmas shopping without fear, to let their children play
outside -- the blessings of life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness that we sometimes take for granted.
I met with many citizen activists, mostly women like the
late Joyce McCarten, whose efforts to promote peace were born of
the senseless loss of loved ones to sectarian violence.
Catholics and Protestants, they get up everyday and face
realities we are lucky to have to only think about or see on the
television. Their efforts remind us that building peace is a
long and difficult task and the building blocks include
educational, recreational and employment opportunities;
counseling and assistance to the elderly; and the promotion of
economic development.
Project Children is one such building block and the kind of
grassroots commitment that will stand the test of time and will
make a difference. Project Children friends and host families
know that the work of peace is far too important to be left to
elected leaders alone. It is work that has to be done every
single day by everyone of us. In order to build peace, we must
change attitudes and values and dare to think differently. And
in this vain, I was struck by Dennis Mulcahy's description of the
Project Children phenomenon. He describes what a positive thing
it is to see children who have grown up in the same country with
the same culture, but who are unable to go into each other's
neighborhoods -- to see these young people come to the United
States in a group for the first time and automatically be drawn
together by the ties that bind them. Isn't this what we are all
working toward in Northern Ireland and here at home? To embrace
our common humanity?
We look forward to the day when Catholic and Protestant
children will have the freedom to play together on streets
cleared of barriers called "dragon's teeth" and armored personnel
carriers called "pigs". When they will have the freedom to
express the brotherhood that lies deep within their hearts and
the freedom to hope about a brighter future for themselves and
their countrymen. For six weeks every summer, Project Children
gives them this.
Tonight we celebrate a reunion. Many of the people who came
with us to Ireland are Project Children supporters and host
families and I am delighted to see so many of you here this
evening. I think we would all agree that the most memorable
moment and the one that captured the world's attention, was when
nine year-old Catholic Catherine Hamill and ten year-old
Protestant David Sterrit welcomed us to Belfast with their lovely
and moving letters to the President. They represent the hope of
the peace process in Northern Ireland and it gives me great
pleasure to present them to you tonight and to reiterate
2
Catherine's Christmas wish that peace and love will last forever
again in Ireland.
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FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
PROJECT CHILDREN ANNUAL DINNER
ANDREW MELLON AUDITORIUM
MARCH 7, 1996
Thank you, Mark. Members of Congress, Secretary
Riley, Administrator Browner, Ambassador and Mrs.
Gallagher, Representatives of the British government,
Dennis Mulcahy, visitors from Northern Ireland, and
friends of Project Children. It is a pleasure to be
with you this evening to celebrate the important work
you are doing to enrich the lives of Northern
Ireland's children and to ensure a lasting peace.
As you could see in the film you just watched, our
trip was an enormously moving experience, and while it
was my first trip to Ireland, the hospitality and
warmth of the Irish people gave me a wonderful sense of
deja vu. We will forever be grateful for the welcome
we received and especially from the children. They
reminded us over and over again that we seek peace most
of all for them. And while the setbacks of recent days
anger and sadden us, one only has to look at the
promise of the future written on their fresh young
faces for the inspiration, will and courage to move
1
ahead in the peace process.
My husband remains fully committed to supporting
the peace process in which the people of Northern
Ireland have invested so much. Last week, he welcomed
the announcement by the British and Irish Governments
of a firm date of June 10 for all-party peace talks
once the cease-fire is restored. And he called on
those who have resorted to violence to heed the voice
of the people of Northern Ireland, who so clearly want
peace.
Because America's greatness flows from the wealth
of our diversity as well as the strength of the ideals
we share in common, we feel bound to support others
around the world who seek to bridge their own divides.
This is an important part of our country's mission on
the eve of the 21st century, because we know that the
chain of peace that protects us grows stronger with
every new link that is forged.
21 years ago, with a prayer to St. Patrick, Dennis
2
Mulcahy founded Project Children and established one
more link in the chain of peace. 11,000 children have
already participated in the program. In a province of
1.5 million people, I would say you have already had an
important impact on the hearts and minds of Northern
Ireland.
Throughout our trip, I talked about what the cease
fire meant to people and I was struck by how grateful
people were merely for normalcy. To walk down the
streets, to expect to go Christmas shopping without
fear, to let their children play outside -- the
blessings of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
that we sometimes take for granted.
I met with many citizen activists, mostly women
like the late Joyce McCarten, whose efforts to promote
peace were born of the senseless loss of loved ones to
sectarian violence. Catholics and Protestants, they
get up everyday and face realities we are lucky to have
to only think about or see on the television. Their
efforts remind us that building peace is a long and
3
difficult task and the building blocks include
educational, recreational and employment opportunities;
counseling and assistance to the elderly; and the
promotion of economic development.
Project Children is one such building block and the
kind of grassroots commitment that will stand the test
of time and will make a difference. Project Children
friends and host families know that the work of peace
is far too important to be left to elected leaders
alone. It is work that has to be done every single day
by everyone of us. In order to build peace, we must
change attitudes and values and dare to think
differently. And in this vain, I was struck by Dennis
Mulcahy's description of the Project Children
phenomenon. He describes what a positive thing it is
to see children who have grown up in the same country
with the same culture, but who are unable to go into
each other's neighborhoods -- to see these young people
come to the United States in a group for the first
time and automatically be drawn together by the ties
that bind them. Isn't this what we are all working
4
toward in Northern Ireland and here at home? To
embrace our common humanity?
We look forward to the day when Catholic and
Protestant children will have the freedom to play
together on streets cleared of barriers called
"dragon's teeth" and armored personnel carriers called
"pigs". When they will have the freedom to express the
brotherhood that lies deep within their hearts and the
freedom to hope about a brighter future for themselves
and their countrymen. For six weeks every summer,
Project Children gives them this.
Tonight we celebrate a reunion. Many of the people
who came with us to Ireland are Project Children
supporters and host families and I am delighted to see
so many of you here this evening. I think we would all
agree that the most memorable moment and the one that
captured the world's attention, was when nine year-old
Catholic Catherine Hamill and ten year-old Protestant
David Sterrit welcomed us to Belfast with their lovely
and moving letters to the President. They represent
5
the hope of the peace process in Northern Ireland and
it gives me great pleasure to present them to you
tonight and to reiterate Catherine's Christmas wish
that peace and love will last forever again in Ireland.
###
6
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1996
FINAL*
Lead Advance:
Steve Bachar
202-456-5342
(office)
703-683-5181
(home)
WHCA pager
#4125
Scheduler:
Ron Books
202-456-5315
(office)
202-456-5340
(fax)
703-525-5457
(home)
WHCA pager
#4818
PREV RON
The White House
8:40 am
CONFERENCE CALL (OPTIONAL)
PARTICIPANTS:
- HRC
- Lisa Caputo
- Mark Fabiani
- Ann Lewis
- Jane Sherburne
- George Stephanopoulos
- Maggie Williams
1:40 pm-
3:10 pm
PHONE INTERVIEWS
West Sitting Hall
ON THE RECORD/LIVE
FORMAT:
1:45 pm-
1:55 pm
PHONE INTERVIEW W/ TOM POPE - TPT RADIO,
DETROIT, CLEVELAND, PHILADELPHIA, HARTFORD,
RALEIGH, WASHINGTON, DC
LIVE
2:00 pm-
2:10 pm
PHONE INTERVIEW W/ TOM JOYNER - SYNDICATED ON
ABC
TAPED
2:15 pm-
2:25 pm
PHONE INTERVIEW W/ DIANA KORDA FOR "BOOK
TALK" - KGNU RADIO, BOULDER, CO
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C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
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of gift.
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PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
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RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1996
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2:30 pm-
2:40 pm
PHONE INTERVIEW W/ DAVE COOK - KMEL RADIO,
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
TAPED
2:45 pm-
2:55 pm
PHONE INTERVIEW W/ BOB LAW - WWRL RADIO, NEW
YORK, NY
TAPED
3:00 pm-
3:10 pm
PHONE INTERVIEW w/ JOE SOUCHERAY - KSTP
RADIO, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
LIVE
PARTICIPANTS:
- HRC
- Sue Vogelsinger
- Lisa Caputo
6:00 pm-
7:00 pm
DROP-BY NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL
VISITORS RECEPTION (OPTIONAL)
Indian Treaty Room
CLOSED PRESS
FORMAT:
-- Lula Rodriguez, Mistress of Ceremony,
welcomes and introduces Joseph Duffey.
-- Joseph Duffey, USIA Director, makes
remarks.
-- Mix and mingle.
PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 150 people to
attend.
7:15 pm
[001]
(b)(6)
Contact: Lydia Bensimmon
301-409-2556 (pager)
8:30 pm
DEPART White House South Portico
EN ROUTE Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
[drive time: 10 minutes)
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1996
PAGE 3
MANIFEST:
LIMO: HRC
STAFF VAN: VERVEER, RYAN, FARMER
8:40 pm
ARRIVE Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
NOTE: Steve Bachar will meet HRC curbside.
Greeters:
- Kitty Higgins, White House Secretary of Cabinet
- Denis Mulcahy, Project Children Founder
- Carol Wheeler, Project Children Area Coordinator
- Pat Troy, Habitat for Humanity
- Bernadette Troy, Habitat for Humanity
- Ciaran Walsh, Habitat for Humanity worker
- Thomas Elliot, Habitat for Humanity worker
NOTE: The two Belfast Children and their mothers will hold
backstage.
NOTE: HRC to view Ireland video (3 minutes) via monitor
backstage.
8:45 pm-
9:00 pm
PROJECT CHILDREN ANNUAL DINNER
Andrew Mellon Auditorium
HRC Hold: Backstage
Phone: N/A
Fax: N/A
OPEN PRESS
FORMAT:
-- Upon conclusion of video, HRC is
announced offstage.
-- HRC proceeds to podium.
-- HRC delivers remarks and intros David
Sterrit and Catherine Hamill, children
from Belfast, Ireland.
-- David and Catherine will join HRC on
stage.
-- Children make brief remarks.
-- HRC and children proceed backstage.
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1996
PAGE 4
-- HRC departs.
PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 400 people to
attend.
9:05 pm
DEPART Andrew Mellon Auditorium
EN ROUTE White House
[drive time: 10 minutes]
MANIFEST:
LIMO: HRC
STAFF VAN: VERVEER, RYAN, FARMER
9:15 pm
ARRIVE South Portico
RON
The White House
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WASHINGTON, DC:
- Cloudy with rain showers and thunderstorms. Wind east at 15 to
25 knots. Low 48 to 53. High 58 to 63.
WASHINGTON, DC EVENTS:
KENNEDY CENTER:
- Joseph Kalichstein
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Shear Madness
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
WOLF:
- Buckwheat Zydeco
FORDS:
- The Magnificent Yankee
NATIONAL THEATER:
- Les Miserables
WARNER:
- He Say, She Say
ARENA:
- The Dance of Death
ECIAL
DOUBLI
ISSUE
my
se
friends
white
House
true. Dreams
DECEMBER 25,1995
JANUARY-1 996
weekly
InD.C Magellan
MOST
posed with the Wash-
Monument and
sacked out in the
White House's Lin-
coln Bedroom.
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR!
MARK USCIAK: INSET PENNY WIEDEKE
Eat my space dust, Paddington!
Magellan the traveling bear is a beast with a mission
Boldly going where no blue bear has
tell kids that Magellan had a dream,
gone before, Magellan T. Bear soared
and their dreams can come true too,"
into space with the shuttle Discovery in
says Wiedeke, who, together with for-
February, orbiting Earth 129 times. It
mer Elk Creek principal Jerry
was only one high point for Magellan,
Williams, shows a Magellan slide show
who has been impressively beari-
at schools around the country. There
patetic in the 32 months since
are shots of the cuddly traveler helping
Penny Wiedeke, then a library
to inaugurate Denver's new airport,
media specialist at Elk Creek
baking bread in Vice President Al
Elementary School in Pine,
Gore's kitchen and even lounging at the
Colo., decided a bear on the go
White House, where he spent a night
would make geography and science
last fall. Next month, Magellan is off to
come alive for her students. Named
the South Pole with NASA scientists.
after the 15th-century Portuguese
"Wherever we go," says Wiedeke, "we
explorer, Magellan has covered many
introduce him as Colorado's ambas-
more miles than his namesake-and
sador of friendship."
racked up more photo ops as well. "We
Take that, John Denver!
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DATE
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002. form
Travel Voucher (partial) (1 page)
n.d.
b(6)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Maggie Williams (Subject Files)
OA/Box Number: 10233
FOLDER TITLE:
[Schedules, etc.] [2]
2013-0359-S
ry1519
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA|
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRAJ
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
[002]
TRAVEL VOUCHER (Temporary Duty Travel)
SECTION A- IDENTIFICATION
1. TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION NO.
2. SOCIAL SECURITY NO.
3. NAME (Last)
(First)
(Middle Initial)
4. AGENCY
896
(b)(6)
EVAN
CODE
RYAN
79
5. ORIGINATING OFFICE NUMBER
6. DATES OF TRAVEL EXPENSES
7. TYPE CLAIM (Indicate one type only)
8. RECLAIM
9. LEAVE TAKEN
FROM
THRU
DM = Domestic
AMOUNT
Month
Day
Year
Month
Day
Year
FG = Foreign
INCLUDED
ST79792043
FG
OC - Outside Cont. U.S.
Y Yes
GR - Escorted Group
$
N No
10. TRAINING DOCUMENT NO. (For
11. ORGANIZATION
12. OFFICIAL DUTY STATION (City and State)
13. RESIDENT CITY AND STATE (If other than official
Purpose of Travel Code 3 Only)
station)
STATE
Washington, DC
SECTION B - TRAVEL VOUCHER MAILING ADDRESS OPTIONS
14. SALARY
16. SPECIAL ADDRESS
ADDRESS
A/TSS, Rm. 3800
1. (35)
US Department of State
15. T&A CONTACT
2. (35)
POINT ADDRESS
2100 C St., NW
3. City (20)b
Washington. DC
State (2)A
Zip Code (9)-
20520
SECTION C - TRANSPORTATION COSTS
SECTION D - CLAIMS
17.
18.
19.
20. CAR RENTAL
21.
23. SUMMARY OF SUBSISTENCE
METHOD OF
VENDOR/CARRIER
IDENTIFICATION
PAYMENT
DAYS
AMOUNT
NUMBER
MILES
TDY LOCATION
NO. OF
AMOUNT
$
CITY/COUNTY
STATE
DAYS
6657000 MANAGUA
NU
$
If payment was made by traveler,
complete Section G on reverse.
TOTALS
$
24. PER DIEM
NFC USE
22. AIRLINE ACCOMMODATIONS:
(Insert
4Excess Fare (Check If Applicable)
4Non-contract
No. of Days I
$
Code)
SECTION E - ACCOUNTING CLASSIFICATION
25. ACTUAL SUBSISTENCE
39. AUTHORIZATION ACCOUNTING (Check this block
PURPOSE OF TRAVEL CODES
No. of Days 1
I
if accounting and purpose of travel code(s) from travel
1 = Site visit
26. MILEAGE Rate(
c)
authorization are to be charged for the total voucher claim.)
2 - Information meeting
Total Miles[
I
3 = Training attendance
40. DISTRIBUTED ACCOUNTING (Check this block
4 = Speech or presentation
5 = Conference attendance
27. PARKING. TOLLS. ETC.
distribute total claim from Section D to the applicable
7 = Entitlement travel
Purpose of Travel Code and Accounting Classification line.)
8 = Special mission travel
9 = Emergency travel
28. PLANE. BUS. TRAIN
10 = Other travel
(Paid by Traveler)
PURPOSE
CLAIM
CODE
ACCOUNTING CLASSIFICATION
AMOUNT
29. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
8
1950113 2043 500 201020/6105 21:5
30. MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
31. CAR RENTAL
41. THIS AMOUNT MUST AGREE WITH TOTAL CLAIM AMOUNT
$
32.
TOTAL CLAIM
SECTION F- CERTIFICATIONS
(Blocks 24 thru 31)
FRAUDULENT CLAIM. Falsification of an item in an expense account will result in a forfeiture of the claim
33. TRAVEL ADVANCE
(28 USC 2514) and may result in a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more
AMOUNT OUTSTANDING
500
-
than 5 years or both (18 USC 287; i.d. 1001).
34. AMOUNT OF VOUCHER (Block 32)
CLAIMANT'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND SIGNATURE. I hereby assign to the United States any rights I
TO BE APPLIED TO OUT-
500
1
may have against other parties in connection with any reimbursable carrier transportation charges described
STANDING ADVANCE (Block 33)
herein. 1 have received no payment for claims shown herein. All travel and reimbursable claims were incurred on
35. AMOUNT OF VOUCHER (Block 32)
official business of the United States Government. All tickets, coupons, promotional items and credits received in
TO BE APPLIED TO OUTSTAND-
connection with travel claimed on this voucher have been accounted for as required by FPMR 101-7 and other
ING BILL FOR COLLECTION
regulations. I have reviewed this voucher and certify it to be correct.
BILL NO.
42. CLAIMANT'S SIGNATURE
43. DATE
36. ADDITIONAL ADVANCE
X
Evau lyan
Month
Day
Year
AMOUNT REPAID
(Check or money order attached)
APPROVING OFFICER'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND SIGNATURE. In approving this voucher, I have
37. REMAINING ADVANCE BALANCE
determined that: (1) Reimbursement is claimed for official travel only: (2) Use of rental car, taxicab, or other special
(Block 33 Minus Block 34 and Block 36
conveyance for which reimbursement is claimed is to the Government's advantage; and (3) Long distance phone
calls and supplies or equipment purchased are necessary and in the interest of the Government. Note: To approve
38.
NET TO TRAVELER
long distance phone calls, approving officer must have written authorization from Agency Head or his/her designee
(Block 32 Minus
(31 USC 1348).
Block 34 and Block 35)
$
44. APPROVING OFFICER'S SIGNATURE
45. SOCIAL SECURITY NO.
AUDITED BY (Examiner's Initials)
TOTAL DIFFERENCE
46. NAME AND TITLE (Type or Pont)
47. DATE APPROVED
48. TELEPHONE (Area Code and Number)
FTS
COMM
Month
Day
Year
Jeannie Bull, Chief, A/TSS
202-647-7531
XX
Upon completion and approval, submit original voucher to:
A/TSS, Rm. 3800
FORM AD 616 (USDA) (Rev. 4/88
US Department State,ception
to 6F 1012 approved by GSA/IRMS s-u
2100 C St., NW
Washington, DC 20520
DED 5/93
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ
IMPORTANT
The Department of State funds the transportation, lodging,
official phone calls and per diem of White House Staff during
pre-advances, advances and actual segments of overseas travel of
the President and the Vice President. Because these costs are
funded by the US Government (USG), the traveler is responsible for
compliance with certain USG regulations, one of which cites the
necessity for prompt travel voucher submission within 5 working
days after completion of the trip. (FTS 301-11.4)
THE TRAVELER'S RESPONSIBLILITIES
1. Pay all incidental charges before leaving the trip site. This
includes all phone calls. To receive reimbursement for
official calls, return hotel bill with phone numbers
highlighted and converted to U.S. Dollars along with travel
voucher.
NOTE: It is imperative that all incidental charges incurred in
the hotel, including meals, drinks, personal phone calls, laundry,
etc
be paid by the traveler before departure from the-trip
site. Failure to do so will result in the withholding of all
future advances.
WITHIN 5 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF TRAVEL THE TRAVELER MUST:
2. Sign and date the Travel Voucher (Form AD-616) in the
"claimants signature" box. The form is located in the
envelope with your advance money. Social security number
should also be verified. Please leave the rest of the voucher
blank.
3. Provide the detailed itinerary of your travel on the form
included in your envelope along with the voucher.
4. Provide all airline receipts, unused tickets and taxi
receipts. If a receipt cannot be submitted, a signed
statement explaining why must be included.
5. Make a copy for your personal records.
6. Forward the above package to:
A/TSS, Room 3800
US Department of State
2100 C St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
Please understand that in order to attain future travel advances
vou must submit travel vouchers from all previous travel.
If there are any further questions, please do not hesitate to call
A/TSS on 202-647-7531.
THANK YOU!!
Evan Ryan
Trip:
Nicaragua
Address:
478 Naylor Place
office of the First Lady
Alexandria, VA 22304
Room 100 CEUB
Washington, DC 20502
Phone:
202-456-6266
TRAVEL ITINERARY
Depart Residence - Date/Time:
Depart Home Airport - Date/Time:
Carrier/Ft:
Arrive Trip Site - Date/Time:
Depart Trip Site - Date/Time:
Carrier/Ft:
Arrive Trip Site - Date/Time:
(if you worked a second stop)
Depart Trip Site - Date/Time:
Carrier/Ft:
(if you worked a second stop)
Arrive Home Airport - Date/Time:
Arrive Residence - Date/Time:
Tom-
Please itemize misc. reimbursement
per our conversation,
please put David
Beaubaire's flight
information on my
Travel Ittherary
TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS:
- Thanks, Evan Ryan
IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REIMBURSEMENT CHECK WITHIN
2 MONTHS OF SUBMISSION, PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE. 202-647-7531
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
VIDEOTAPED REMARKS FOR THE YWCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
25TH ANNIVERSARY LEADERLUNCHEON
SEPTEMBER 23, 1996
It is a privilege for me to welcome you today to the 25th
anniversary of the YWCA LeaderLuncheon. I only wish I could be
with you in Chicago. Gathered before you are seven of Chicago's
most accomplished women. Not only have they excelled in their
chosen fields, their contributions have left an indelible mark in
their community. Each of them offers proof that when women get
involved, communities thrive.
For generations, the YWCA has been instrumental in assisting
women as they climb the ladder of success. Educational programs,
day care, and counseling are all staples of the YWCA philosophy.
The organization has worked to help women become more
economically self-sufficient and to show that there are no
boundaries to their achievements.
Twenty-five years ago, the first YWCA LeaderLuncheon was a
rather daring concept because many barriers still existed for
women seeking to fulfill their professional aspirations.
Thanks to the support of the YWCA and the trailblazing of
exceptional women like the ones being honored today, not only
have we overcome those barriers, but the path has been cleared
for future generations of women and the dreams they hold.
Across this country I have seen women in business, law, the
arts, social services, and education, contribute to their fields
and communities -- just as today's honorees have. Women also
have been leaders in advancing our progress on matters of racial
and gender bias. They are heroes in the eyes of their
communities and especially in the eyes of our children, who will
reap the benefits of their dedication.
I would like to thank the Outstanding Achievement Award
winners, and Dr. Height [HITE], the winner of the Racial Justice
Award for making their communities a better place, for showing us
that hard work and dedication do indeed make a difference, and
for letting it be known that for women, the sky is the limit.
Thank you.
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FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
VIDEOTAPE REMARKS FOR THE YWCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
25TH ANNIVERSARY LEADERLUNCHEON
OCTOBER 4, 1996
It is a privilege for me to welcome you today to the 25th
anniversary of the YWCA LeaderLuncheon, I only wish I could be
with you in Chicago. Gathered before you are seven of Chicago's
most accomplished women. Not only have they excelled in their
chosen fields, their contributions have left an indelible mark in
their community. Each of them offers us one more example of how
when women get involved, communities thrive.
For generations, the YWCA has been instrumental in assisting
women as they climb the ladder of success. Educational programs,
daycare, counseling are all staples of the YWCA philosophy. The
organization has worked to help women become more economically
self-sufficient and to show that there are no boundaries to their
achievements.
Twenty-five years ago, the first YWCA LeaderLuncheon was a
rather daring concept because many barriers still existed for
women seeking fulfillment I know from my own experience how
far we've come. As a teenager, I wrote to NASA to inquire about
my future prospects in the space program. I remember how
disappointed I was when I received a letter back saying that
women weren't allowed.
Thanks to the support of the YWCA and the trail blazing of
exceptional women like the ones being honored today, not only
have we overcome those barriers, the path has been cleared for
future generations of women and the dreams that they hold.
Across this country I have seen women in business, law, the
arts, social services, and education, contribute to their fields
as today's honorees have. Women also have been leaders in
advancing our progress on matters of racial and gender bias.
They are heroes in the eyes of their communities and most
especially in the eyes of our children, who will reap the
benefits of their dedication.
I would like to thank the Outstanding Achievement Award
winners, and Dr. Height, the winner of the Racial Justice Award
for making their communities a better place, for showing us that
hard work and dedication do indeed make a difference, and for
letting it be known that for women, the sky is the limit. Thank
you.
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
VIDEOTAPE REMARKS FOR GIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS CITY
"TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS TO WORK" DAY LUNCHEON
APRIL 23, 1996
Thank you for including me as you celebrate the Fourth
Annual "Take Our Daughters to Work" Day. I'm sorry I can't be
with you in Kansas City, but I very much appreciate the
opportunity to speak to you about a program that is important to
the future of girls and young women across America. Like you, we
are celebrating "Take Our Daughters to Work" Day at the White
House and I'm looking forward to seeing many young faces here
today.
In the nearly 85 years since Juliette Low founded the Girl
Scouts, this organization has always put girls first, and
literally millions of young women have benefitted from
participating. As a former Girl Scout, I know I did.
It is particularly fitting that Sally Ride is with you
today. Not so many years ago, girls could only dream of being
astronauts. I know this from my own experience. As a teenager,
I wrote to NASA to inquire about my future prospects in the space
program. I remember how disappointed I was when I received a
letter back saying that women weren't allowed.
Because of trail blazing women like Sally Ride,
organizations like the Girl Scouts and programs like "Take Our
Daughters to Work," this is no longer true. For all of you girls
in the audience, and for girls across our country, the sky really
is the limit of what you can achieve in your lives and your
career. Today we are celebrating your futures.
The Girl Scouts' goal has always been to help all girls
realize their God-given potential through responsibility,
teamwork and leadership. I'm proud to be your honorary
President, and I thank all of you for inviting me to be a part of
this very special occasion.
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October 9, 1994 Sunday, CHICAGOLAND FINAL EDITION
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HEADLINE: YWCA'S LEADERLUNCHEON SALUTES 8 FOR EXCELLENCE AND INSPIRATION
BYLINE: By Sharon Honaker. Special to the Tribune.
BODY:
In Chicago's oldest salute to working women, the YWCA of Metropolitan
Chicago will recognize the achievements of eight local women Thursday at its
annual LeaderLuncheon.
For 23 years the Outstanding Achievement Award has been presented at a
luncheon to women who have made significant contributions in their career
fields, who have been outstanding role models for other women and who have gone
beyond excellence on behalf of racial and economic justice.
"The luncheon is a wonderful opportunity to recognize women in the work force
who have achieved incredible things," said Audrey Peeples, the YWCA's executive
director.
Seven awards are given in a variety of fields, from professions to community
leadership to business, and a Racial Justice Award is presented to a woman who
has shown a commitment to eliminating racism.
Each year, new winners are selected by women who have won in previous years.
"The fact that I was selected by peers of my gender makes the award very
special, said Rita Fry, recipient of the 1994 Outstanding Achievement Award for
Professions. In 1992, Fry became the first woman chief executive of the Office
of the Cook County Public Defender.
The other recipients are Rev. Yvonne Delk, of Community Renewal Society; Jean
Butzen, Lakefront SRO Corp.; Merri Dee, of WGN-TV; Judith Sprieser, Sara Lee
Bakery North America; Helen Valdez, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum; Barbara
Williams, Center for School Improvement at the University of Chicago, and Leslie
Hindman, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.
The public is welcome to attend the luncheon, which will begin at noon
Thursday at the Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Tickets are $125
and can be purchased by calling 312-372-6600.
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Washington, DC 20500
Dear Nicole:
Thank you so much for your prompt response to the YWCA's request for a video greeting
by the First Lady to the over 2000 Chicagoans gathered together to celebrate the 25th Anniversary
of the YWCA-Chicago. The luncheon takes place at the Chicago Hilton Hotel on October 4th,
exactly one month before the election. Considering the agenda of care and change for women and
children which the First Lady shares with the YWCA, this luncheon is particularly appropriate for
the First Lady's greeting.
The awardees are listed in the brochure which is attached. I am proud to be among such
impressive company. Hedy Ratner, Co-chair of the Women's Business Development Center, who
has been working with the Office of Women's Initiatives on several projects, also shares the day.
The YWCA will be responsible for the cost of approximately $500 and will provide a draft
script at your request.
Thank you for your consideration of our request. The YWCA is thrilled at the possibility
of receiving the First Lady's support on the special occasion of their 25th Anniversary.
Cordially
Laurel aurel G. Bellows
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September 4, 1996
CHAIR. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Joan F Neal
YWCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mrs. Hillary Rodliam Clinton
Margaret A. Cartier
President
The White House
Office of the First Lady
YWCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
Old Executive Office Building
Audrey R. Peeples
Chief Executive Officer
Washington, D.C. 20500
TEAM CAPTAINS
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
Carold Anderson
TTX Company
On October 4, 1996, the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago will honor seven women for
Joan B. Beugen
outstanding achievements in their professions and one woman for her work in the arena
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of racial justice. This marks the occasion of the 25th anniversary of LeaderLuncheon,
Margaret i. Cartier
Chicago's oldest and most prestigious salute to working women. i am writing this letter
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to request a "welcome" video from you to be presented at the start of the Luncheon.
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LeaderLuncheon, which draws over 1,500 attendees from over 300 companies,
Janet K. Cooper
The Quaker Oats Company
recognizes women's achievements in the face of seeming insurmountable odds. The
mission of the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago is to help all women reach their
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Harris Investment
potential regardless of race, gender or socio/economic status. This is accomplished with
Management
diverse programs and services:
Cheryl 1. Francis
quality child development centers for the children of low-income women
R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Company
advocacy and counseling for sexual assault survivors
non-traditional employment training with a "welfare to work" goal
llene S. Gordon
Tenneco inc.
In addition. the mission of the YWCA includes its One Imperative: "the elimination of
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racism by any means necessary." This Imperative was adopted 25 years ago by the
YWCA of the USA, and was crafted by Dr. Dorothy I. Height, our award recipient for
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Racial Justice.
William M. Mercer. inc
F. Rachei Huban
Your endorsement of the work of the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago and of the 25th
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who attend the Luncheon and the corporations who support the Luncheon. but to the
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Thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
M. Kathleen McVav
Bank of America
Sincerely,
Linda P. OTHare
The Bridge Organization inc.
Jane Okarski
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Bank of America
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180N WARASH CHICAGO, IL 60601
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DATE:
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1EAM CAPTAINS
Carold. Anderson
TTN Campany
Jam B. Beugen
Thank you for all of your help. The video greeting from the First Lady, Mrs.
The Cresta Group
Clinton will add a wonderful dimension to our program. Mrs Clinton will be
Margaret A. Carner
introduced by Betty F. Elliott, chair of LeaderLuncheon25. Enclosed you will
Altschuter. Melvoin &
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find the list of honorees, information about the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
laner K. Cooper
and the history of LeaderLuncheon.
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R.R. Donnelley & Note:
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Bank of Aincraca
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Bank of America
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Sears, Rochuck and Co.
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YWCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
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ONCA BOARD OF DIRECTORE
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President
MEDIA CONTACT:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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September 19, 1996
YWCA or METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
Andrey R Peoples
Sara Wood (312) 372-6600
Chief Executive Officer
TEAM CAPTAINS
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The YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago's largest annual fundraising event,
The Quaker One Company
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LeaderLuncheon, will celebrate the achievements of Chicago's foremost women on
Harris Investment
Management
Friday, October 4 from noon to 2 p.m., at the Chicago Hilton and Towers International
Cheryl A. Francis
R.R. Donnelley & Sans
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Seven Chicago-area women will be honored with Outstanding Achievement
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Tennech Inc.
Awards for their exceptional professional achievements and one woman will receive the
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sixth annual YWCA Racial Justice Award. The 25th anniversary luncheon is expected
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William M. Mercan Inc.
to draw over 1,200 people, including more than 200 companies who will honor
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outstanding women employees at the luncheon.
Rachel's Bus Company, Inc.
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LeaderLuncheon25 honorees are:
Arthor Andersen & Co.
Joyce (.. Knauff
Arts: Lois Weisberg, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Cultural
lovert... Knouff & Assoc.
Affairs-engineered the renaissance of Chicago's Cultural Center and
M. Kathleen McXay
Bank ... America
championed Gallery 37 with Maggie Daley.
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The Bridge Organization Inc.
Business: Barbara R. Allen, Executive Vice President of International Quaker Food
Jane Okaski
Bank of America
Products-the highest ranking female within Quaker and the first female
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Communications: Carol Marin, NBC-Channel 5 Reporter/Anchor-winner of several
Emmy's; noted for her strong commitment to Chicago's diverse racial and
ethnic communities and most recently, her interviews with death row inmate
Guin Garcia.
Community Leadership: Marca Bristo, Founder and Director of Access
Living-established Chicago's only nonresidential independent living program
for people with disabilities; Chairperson of the National Council on Disability.
Education: Adela Coronado-Greeley, Teacher-one of the founders of the Chicago
School District's Inter-American Magnet School and Illinois Teacher of the
Year.
Entrepreneurship: Hedy M. Ratner, founding Co-Director of the Women's Business
Development Center-the organization has provided entrepreneurial training to
20,000 Chicago-area women, helped to create over 1,000 businesses owned by
women and helped over 2,000 women receive help in financing their businesses.
Professions: Laurel G. Bellows, Partner, Bellows & Bellows-second woman
president of the 22,000 member Chicago Bar Association and founder of the
CBA's Alliance for Women, which brings women's issues to the attention of the
general bar.
Racial Justice: Dorothy I. Height, Ph.D., President of the National Council of Negro
Women-pioneer in civil rights activities, crafted the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s
"One Imperative" to eliminate racism, and established the Black Family Reunion
Celebration which attracts over 4 million people a year.
Chair of LeaderLuncheon25 is Betty F. Elliot, most recently vice president and
comptroller of Ameritech. Joan F. Neal, most recently vice president of the Office of
Public Affairs at Harris Trust and Savings Bank, will chair the luncheon's Circle of
Friends, a corps of over 90 fundraising volunteers who are expected to raise a record
$400,000 for YWCA programs.
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The YWCA pioneered the concept of honoring outstanding working women
when it began LeaderLuncheon in 1972. Since then, a total of 158 women have been
honored for their outstanding achievements in the areas of the arts, business,
communications, community leadership, education, entrepreneurship, professions and
racial justice. To be chosen, a woman must demonstrate excellence in her field of
endeavor, serve as a role model for other women, and work on behalf of racial or
economic justice, equal opportunity or enhancement of the quality of life.
LeaderLuncheon helps support programs which serve more than 65,000 women
and their families a year in Chicago, south suburban Cook and DuPage counties. The
YWCA provides quality child care services, crisis intervention and counseling for
victims of sexual assault, prevention education programs in the areas of child abuse and
dating violence, employment preparation and senior adult day care. The YWCA Harris
Center in the Woodlawn community offers recreation programs for all ages.
The YWCA is dedicated to the empowerment of women and the elimination of
racism.
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LeaderLuncheon 1972-1996
LeaderLuncheon, the Chicago area's oldest and most prestigious salute to working women, is a
celebration of women's successes. The women we honor today stand out both for their career
achievements and as reminders of what is possible when women define their potential by their
dreams.
Twenty-five years ago, the idea that women should be publicly recognized as leaders and
creators was a bold, pioneering concept. Responding to the movement for equal rights for
women and to the YWCA's tradition of helping women become self-sufficient, our volunteers
and staff determined that women's contributions in the workplace must be acknowledged.
This year the YWCA celebrates three Silver Anniversaries. Chicago's first LeaderL uncheon on
September 29, 1972 started a tradition now emulated by more than 50 YWCA's in cities and
towns throughout the country. The opening of the YWCA Harriet M. Harris Center reaffirmed
our long tradition of serving the city's South Side. The National YWCA added to its mission
statement, the One Imperative: to eliminate racism.
LEADERLUNCHEON25 AWARDS
Outstanding Achievement Awards
As an organization committed to the empowerment of women, the YWCA of Metropolitan
Chicago established the Outstanding Achievement Award Leadership Academy to recognize
local women distinguished by notable achievements in their field, exemplary service to their
communities and a willingness to take leadership positions on issues that have an impact on
women's lives. Members are appointed for life and serve as role models for women aspiring to
personal career success. In twenty-five years, 167 women have been inducted into the
Leadership Academy.
Racial Justice Award
Recognizing the significance of the YWCA's One Imperative, "To thrust our collective power
toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists and by any means necessary," the YWCA of
Metropolitan Chicago Board of Directors established the Racial Justice Award in 1991. It is
presented annually to a woman who has demonstrated commitment to promote racial justice and
work toward the elimination of racism. This year's recipient will receive Inge Hardison's
sculpture of Sojourner Truth.
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YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago Mission
In advancement of our mission to empower women and their families, YWCA programs help
constituents gain independence, economic self sufficiency and proactively seek to eliminate the
racism and violence which acts as a barrier in the lives of women and children. The YWCA
operates eleven centers throughout Metropolitan Chicago, helping more than 55,000 women and
their families create a stable and secure future, through a broad scope of programs and services.
These services includes the ENCORE Plus program, the Young Parents Program, seven Child
Development Centers, Rape Crisis Intervention, and the new Family Violence Prevention
Program.
The YWCA is the only agency in the Chicagoland area involved in the national ENCORE Plus
Breast and Cervical Cancer Detection Program.
Child care is an important issue for every working mother, whether she is single mother or not.
The YWCA's seven Child Development Centers provide quality, affordable child care for 700
Chicago area children and allow low-income mothers to continue working and stay off welfare.
Because teens who become pregnant are 30% less likely than their peers to finish high school
(limiting their employability and financial security), the Young Parents Program encourages
teen mothers to complete their education and achieve financial independence for their families.
The Young Parents Program also provides a supportive environment for teen moms to gain
critical life skills and knowledge regarding subjects such as nutrition, stress management, and
emotional and physical child development.
The YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago is the largest provider of sexual assault services for
women and children in Illinois. Four YWCA Rape Crisis Centers throughout Chicago counsel
child and adult survivors of assault and abuse and their families, ensure they receive timely
support and information about their options, and educate the community to raise awareness and
sensitivity about the causes and effects of sexual assault.
The YWCA's new Family Violence Prevention Program involves the individuals with the
most influence over young children, parents and teachers, in preventing children from becoming
victims and aggressors of violence as they develop and grow. The program seeks to increase
parent and teacher involvement in reducing their children's risk of violence at school, in the
neighborhood, and at home, and improves access to family violence education and counseling in
under served communities.
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Percentage of the promises President Clinton "meant to keep" that he has kept, according to George Stephanopoulos : 100
Ratio of the amount the independent counsel's office has spent on Whitewater to the amount it spent on Watergate : 6:5
Farm subsidies received since 1985 by the Montana Freeman whose ranch became the group's stronghold last March : $676,082
Percentage by which federal funding of legal services for the poor was cut last April : 30
Number of class-action suits that the federally funded Legal Services Corporation will be allowed to represent next year : o
Chances that a Normal, Illinois, Mitsubishi worker who the E.E.O.C. believes was sexually harassed has filed suit : 1 in 7
Percentage of the plaintiffs whose gynecological and psychological medical records Mitsubishi has since requested : 100
Number of states in which employees are guaranteed access to their personnel files : 18
Chances an American believes "the next generation will enjoy less personal freedom" : 1 in 2
Number of the 33 McDonald's in Washington, D.C., that the city has equipped with community policing stations : 33
Number of German police officers who will live with immigrants in Bonn for a week this year for "sensitivity training" : 10
Fine levied on a Swedish couple in March for naming a son Brfxxcccxxmnnpcccelllmmnprxxvvclmncksolb11 : $746
Days in jail to which a British retiree was sentenced in February for excessive pigeon feeding 56
Average amount of food an American woman would have to consume each day in order to eat like a bird, in pounds : 134
Ratio of the circulation of Weight Watchers Magazine to that of the New York Times : 1:1
Chances that a cartoon in The New Yorker's Women's Issue was drawn by a man : 5 in 6
Chances that an American with a 1994 B.A. in journalism works in public relations, advertising, or is unemployed : 1 in 3
Number of cards on exhibit at the Business Card Museum in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania : 50,000
Ratio of professional jobs available in Mexico in the 1980s to the number of Mexicans who graduated from college then : 1:4
Estimated cost of sealing the U.S.-Mexican border with a replica of the Great Wall of China : $45,000,000,000
Percentage change since 1991 in the personal income of the Chinese : +50
Number of the world's ten most air-polluted cities that are in Asia : 5
Rank of cigarette butts among the most common debris found on U.S. shores during 1995's International Coastal Cleanup : 1
Ratio of Americans who die from smoking-related illnesses each year to those who die as a result of illegal-drug use : 21:1
Average number of neuro-active drugs Timothy Leary has ingested each day this year, according to his Web site : 8
Average number of hours per week Bob Dole spends tanning : 3.5
Amount of sunscreen Bob Dole uses : 0
Percentage of American voters who say "there is no chance whatsoever" that they will vote for Bob Dole : 49
Number of people who accessed "The Definitive UNABOM Page" during its first month on the Web : 2,602
Cost per minute to hear the Bill of Rights read over the phone "in a provocative manner" by a woman named Bambi : $1.98
Rank of "intelligent," "smart," and "bitch" among the words Americans believe best describe Hillary Rodham Clinton : 1,2,3
Rank of "rich," "crazy," and "idiot" among the words Americans believe best describe H. Ross Perot : 1,2,3
Number of missiles designed for the Pentagon by Jack Ryan, a designer of the first Barbie Doll : 2
Number of months Ryan was married to Zsa Zsa Gabor : 9
Seating capacity of the Menage à Trois Chair, from Kinky Joe's Erotic Furniture of New York City : 5
Number of bathing suits sold in the U.S. per second : 4
Number of months before the Summer Olympics that the planners began manufacturing ice for the event : 3.5
Number of Elvis impersonators the Olympic Committee has hired to entertain in the Olympic village : 3
Gallons of chewing gum scraped up each year by the maintenance crew at the Statue of Liberty : 39
Figures cited are the latest available as of May 1996. Sources are listed on page 79.
"Harper's Index" is a registered trademark.
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BYLINE: JANE CRAWFORD, POST-GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
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They call him The Mayor of the White House.
Craig Livingstone strolls from one corner of America's most famous residence
to another, greeted with waves and ''hi's'' from staffers and security people.
Every 10 minutes or so he stops - - sometimes in mid-sentence to respond to
his beeper, usually beckoning him to put out one sort of fire or another as he
carries out his duties as Director of Personnel Security at the White House.
The buzz word in his conversations is 'situation'' as in ''yesterday's
situation, 'today's situation'' and ''the other situation.
Following him around the White House is a lesson in navigation in exclusive
waters. Keep your eyes and ears open, know when to keep your mouth closed,
recognize the players, get the picture quickly, be nice and smile are the
lessons learned early on.
Livingstone, a former Indiana University of Pennsylvania student and 1977
graduate of Beaver High School, is a member of the White House's 'second tier
of staff'' as he puts it. Among his duties are doing background investigations
on staffers and checking out those requesting press credentials, being the
liaison with the Secret Service and the FBI on personnel security and helping
stage events attended by President Clinton, such as the recent signing of the
Middle East Peace Accord.
'Basically my job is to stay out of the way and be invisible. If I'm around,
something's wrong. At only 35, he's a political veteran with major
responsibilities and access to the power brokers in the White House. It's not
unusual for him to confer with senior policy adviser George Stephanopoulos
(''he's brilliant, Livingstone says), chief of staff Mack McLarty and other
big guns from the president's inner circle. He sees the president almost daily
and -- along with other staffers sits in on an occasional meeting with him.
Livingstone, who lives in suburban Maryland, leaves this week for London
where he will do preliminary work in coordinating the June presidential visit to
mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day. He oversaw the burial of Virginia Kelley,
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the president's mother, and was asked to coordinate the president's role at
Richard Nixon's funeral, which he was unable to do because of a personal
commitment elsewhere.
Stephanopoulos, who has worked with Livingstone since Clinton's presidential
campaign, gives him high marks. ''He does a terrific job. All I know is that
anything that has anything to do with security or logistics -- Craig's going to
take care of it. You don't have to tell him how to do it, when to do it. Just
that it needs to be done, and he does it. And he knows how to cut through the
bureaucracy and get things done.
There are sometimes problems attached to getting things done. Livingstone
readily admits ''we had been remiss in the quickness of getting people cleared''
for some jobs, especially early on. He explains that the hiring and
investigation process hit a lot of snags due to staff transition and unexpected
kinks in the system.
This past March Livingstone's venue was Pittsburgh as a member of the team to
plan the visit of Clinton and British Prime Minister John Major. Arriving days
in advance he ensconced himself at the Tin Angel restaurant on Mount Washington
where the leaders were to dine. Then the work began. Checking out exits and
people, directing the installation of 17 phone lines, even opening stuck doors
and later, checking to see that the bill for dinner had been paid (it had) were
among his tasks.
'He and 15 people on the advance team showed up with business cards and
credentials. Craig was real businesslike and pleasant but I wouldn't want to be
on his bad side, said Maria Kyros, the restaurant's co-owner.
Kyros got a taste of Livingstone's access to the president when ''one night
at 11 o'clock his private phone rang. Only the president's office calls him on
that phone and when it rang he said, 'that's the big guy' and left the room to
take the call. It was the president's operator asking a question for Clinton.
In April, Livingstone was back in the area (his grandfather still lives in
Ellwood City though his parents have moved to Maryland) to speak at an education
conference at IUP. Not one to forget where he came from, he recently set up a
White House internship program for an IUP student.
''He had a great deal of poise and was well-versed in terms of what's going
on at the White House and administration policy, said Robert McGowan, acting
associate dean, College of Fine Arts, at the college. He remembers Livingstone
well and has kept in touch with him off and on over the years.
Teachers tend to recall the bright students but McGowan said Livingstone was
''persistent, not intimidated by authority,' as well as smart. ''He had some
sense of vision for himself and a passion for politics. So I wasn't surprised
when he called me about six months ago about the intern program, McGowan said.
That passion has been simmering for years. ''When I was 15 I said I wanted to
work in the White House. People laughed but I developed strong political skills
like getting people to work together who don't like each other but are
exceptionally good at what they do.''
As a student leader (national vice president of the U.S. Student Association)
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he went to Poland during the initial push for Solidarity and was invited to
address students there and meet Lech Walesa.
Livingstone now has an office in the Old Executive Office Building across
from the White House. But in his student days he was often on the other side of
the fence literally carrying a picket sign. He did his share of
demonstrating at the White House ''many times'' against President Reagan's
financial aid policies, education issues and in support of organized labor.
His professional career in Democratic Party politics began when he worked on
the personal staff of Geraldine Ferraro (''I took care of the bags'') during her
vice presidential campaign and on Gary Hart's staff during his presidential bids
in 1984 and 1988. In addition to doing whatever was needed on campaign stops
Livingstone said, ''I always had a clean shirt or blouse for them. Every
politician likes to get into a clean shirt. Those are the things they
remember.
In between campaigns he held jobs as diverse as doing public relations for a
casino in Atlantic City and the film "The Last Temptation of Christ, serving
as assistant to Washington City Council member Charlene Jarvis and training
Angolan guerrilla soliders in democratic politics in advance of an election
there. He was also director of operations for the Democratic Convention in
Atlanta in 1988.
Impressing the right people in the right way got Livingstone the job as
director of security for Clinton's inaugural celebration. Al Gore had 'known
about me through the grapevine. Gore asked Livingstone to put together his
announcement to run for the presidency in 1988. He was on Gore's advance team in
1992. And on solid ground with Clinton and Gore high-level staffers.
Livingstone's beeper was working overtime while on the job with former
Arkansan/current Hollywood producer Harry Thomason during the inaugural
festivities, and got his current job one week after the swearing in.
''He's very level-headed
patient and professional. You need those
attributes in a job like his. He's someone who excels when it's a crisis
situation, said deputy press secretary Ginny Terzano.
Although there is not a crisis every day, one suspects Livingstone would like
there to be one. In the meantime, he's popping in and out of the White House
senior staff dining room (''the mess'' as regulars call it), walking by the Oval
Office, criss-crossing the Rose Garden and arranging special White House tours
and other hard-to-get tickets for appreciative friends and acquaintances.
McGowan and his parents were the recipients of this generosity on a recent
trip to Washington. They sat in the presidential box at the John F. Kennedy
Memorial Center for Performing Arts, compliments of Livingstone. 'My parents
actually sat in president and Mrs. Clinton's seats, McGowan said. To say they
were all thrilled is putting it mildly.
Also in the D.C. area, is Livingstone's brother, Steven, an engineer, a
political appointee in the Department of Energy working on hazardous environment
issues. He, like his parents, is a Republican.
Livingstone tries to squeeze in time for bicycling and going to movies -- his
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passion. And while he's winning friends and influencing people in the nation's
capital, he's gearing up for another campaign -- to find someone in the
girlfriend/ wife/mate/date category.
''I'm ready, it's my next project after I leave this job, he said. Working
12 and 15 hours a day, six and seven days a week isn't the best arrangement for
building a social life. ''I meet women just like me. They put themselves and
their careers first, they're goal-oriented. Most of us are here because we
believe in the president's agenda.
That agenda is presently focused on dealing with the latest round of sexual
misconduct charges not to mention Whitewater and cattle futures trading. Do
these charges discourage Livingstone?
''I am a presidential staffer and I understand that role. I believe in the
fundamental vison he has for America and there will always be distractions
associated with any president. I see him daily and while I'm concerned about
(the charges), I believe in the president 100 percent.
Livingstone, having observed the president up close for more than two years,
says Clinton ''is very focused, caring and impassioned. He has an amazing
ability to remember people's names. You don't dare meet with him without being
prepared because very often he'll know more about the subject than you.
Livingstone knows he's existing in a unique environment that won't last
forever. After this stint in Washington, he believes his next direction will be
due west -- as a producer in Hollywood. If that happens, he'll no doubt arrive
with enough experience to make a new niche for himself -- beeper required.
GRAPHIC: PHOTO (2), Craig Livingstone checks pager on South Lawn of White
House/'
my job is to stay out of the way
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Evan --
I'd greatly appreciate it if your office could send an official reply by fax (0-11-33-1 42 84 17 89)
to my friend Laure Boulay, editor in chief of the French magazine Point de Vue (a glossy,
"People" -like magazine that does a lot of royalty.) She requested an interview/photo session with
Chelsea. I forwarded the request to Baer weeks ago but have not managed to get him to send a
response. I just want her to know I passed the request along, so if Neel could send an official
"No" saying he got the request from Baer or me, that would be great.
Thanks.
Torry
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Sorry to bother you again.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(New York, New York)
For Immediate Release
July 25, 1996
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Hangar 12
JFK International Airport
New York, New York
2:10 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Hillary and I have
just met with the families of those who lost their lives on TWA
Flight 800. I'd like to talk a little about that meeting and
describe for you the immediate steps I have ordered to improve
airline safety and security.
These families had suffered enormous pain -- the
loss of a parent, a child, a husband, a wife, a brother, a
nephew, a niece. They were still in a great deal of pain, and I
know that we can all understand not only their pain, but the
frustration that they feel at the time it is taking to recover
their loved ones and to get answers.
I also want you to know, however, that an awful lot
of them expressed gratitude to me for the efforts that are being
made by the government personnel, the TWA personnel assigned to
the families, and the many volunteers who are working hard to
make this awful experience at least bearable for them.
We have listened to the victims' families. While
much has been done by many to assist them, they believe, and I
agree, that there should be in place in the federal government a
specific office that has the responsibility and the capability to
assist victims' families in tragedies like this one. That is the
case where FEMA does the work when there are natural disasters;
it was the case in Oklahoma City. That is not the case today
with regard to airline crashes. And I intend to work with
Congress to see that it does happen.
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We do not yet know what caused Flight 800 to crash
whether it was mechanical failure or sabotage. But we will
find out. Just last night the divers who were braving the waters
of the Atlantic to search for answers recovered both flight data
recorders. Our experts are analyzing their contents at this very
moment. This is a major step toward unraveling the mystery of
Flight 800.
In the meantime, let me again ask every American not
to jump to conclusions. This investigation is moving forward
with great care and even greater determination. While we seek
the cause of the disaster, let us all agree that we must not wait
to alleviate the concerns of the American people about air safety
and air security.
In the wake of the ValueJet crash and TWA 800, that
concern has increased. The safety record of the United States
aviation is unmatched in the world, and air travel remains the
safest means of transportation. But that is of no consolation
when a single crash, whatever its cause, can take so many lives.
Beginning in 1993, our administration took steps to
improve aviation safety and security. We proposed a detailed
plan to overhaul and modernize the Air Traffic Control System.
We worked with the airline industry to identify and correct
safety problems. We hired more than 200 safety inspectors, and
we're budgeted for 258 more. We've issued uniform safety
standards. We began testing -- field testing new high-tech
explosive detection machines in San Francisco and Atlanta. And
we very much hope we can work through the problems with those
machines and bring them on-line in all airports in the near
future. We significantly increased security vigilance at our
airports. And the FAA created a new government and industry
panel to review and improve airport security and airline
security.
Today, I'm announcing new measures to increase the
safety and security of air travel. First, I have ordered the
Secretary of Transportation to issue new directives on airline
security that cover international and domestic flights, and apply
to passengers and to cargo. From now on, we will hand-search
more luggage and screen more bags. And we will require preflight
inspections for any plane flying to or from the United States
--Every plane, every cabin, every cargo hold, every time.
Second, I have asked Vice President Gore to take
charge of a commission to review aviation safety, security and
the pace of modernization of the Air Traffic Control System -- a
subject that he and his Reinventing Government Task Force have
been working on for more than three years now. The Gore
commission will work with the National Transportation Safety
Board, the Departments of Transportation and Justice, industry
advisory groups and concerned nongovernmental organizations. The
Vice President will report his initial findings of aviation
security to me in 45 days, including an action plan to deploy new
high-technology inspection machines that can detect the most
sophisticated explosives.
I want to stress again, we do not know why TWA
Flight 800 crashed. If it proves to be a mechanical failure,
additional safety measures may be required. If it proves to be a
criminal act, other security steps may be required. Whatever
needs to be done, we will do it. I will use the full powers of
the presidency. And if congressional authorization is required,
I am certain we will have full bipartisan congressional support.
The steps we are taking today and others we may take
in the future could increase the inconvenience and the expense of
air travel. I want the American people to know that up front.
We'll do everything we can to minimize these costs, but the
safety and security of the American people must be our top
priority.
We're privileged to live in a time of great
possibility and great opportunities for mobility for our people
and people throughout the world. But we know that these times
are not free of peril. Our responsibility now as Americans is to
pull together and work together to solve the problems of
tragedies like TWA Flight 800; to support their families with our
thoughts, our prayers, and where we can, our tangible support;
and to do whatever is necessary to look out for the security and
the safety of the American people and its aviation system.
Thank you very much.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
July 27, 1996
RADIO ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT
TO THE NATION
The Briefing Room
10:06 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.
The bombing at Centennial Olympic Park this morning
was an evil act of terror. It was aimed at the innocent people
who were participating in the Olympic Games and in the spirit of
the Olympics; an act of cowardice that stands in sharp contrast
to the courage of the Olympic athletes.
On behalf of all Americans, let me extend my
condolences to the families of those who lost their lives, and
our prayers to those who were injured. I want to thank the brave
security personnel who were on the scene. They saw the package.
They alerted the bomb squad; they cleared the crowd; they
prevented a much greater loss of life.
I also want to compliment the medical personnel at all
the hospitals, those who were operating the ambulances, they and
the volunteers who were helping people who were down at the
scene. Those of us who watched it throughout the night last
night could not have been failed to be impressed by their
courage, their competence, their real heroism under pressure.
Last night I was awakened by Mr. Panetta shortly after
the explosion, and I continued to receive reports and follow
events until the press conference early this morning. Then this
morning the Vice President and I spoke to the President of the
International Olympic Committee, the President of the Atlanta
Committee for the Games, the Governor of Georgia, the Mayor of
Atlanta, the Attorney General, and the Director of the FBI.
I want to make clear our common determination. We
will spare no effort to find out who was responsible for this
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murderous act. We will track them down. We will bring them to
justice. We will see that they are punished. In the meanwhile,
we are all agreed the games will go on. We will take every
necessary step to protect the athletes and those who are
attending the games.
I know that the people who have worked so hard to put
on these Olympics, the people of Atlanta, the thousands of
volunteers, are more determined than ever to see them to a
successful conclusion. Already we see the spirit at work this
morning. The Mayor spoke about the significant numbers of people
in the streets in Atlanta. President Samaranch reported to me on
the events that are already taking place and said there were
large crowds of spectators at them and that the people were
clearly determined to go forward and attend the games and follow
them.
Let me say finally that an act of vicious terror like
this is clearly directed at the spirit of our own democracy. It
seeks to rip also at the spirit of the Olympics. We are doing
everything in our power to prevent these attacks. There's been
an enormous effort made to establish security at the sites of all
the events. At the park itself, the investigation will continue
today and then there will be additional security measures taken
there.
But we must not let these attacks stop us from going
forward. We cannot let terror win; that is not the American way.
The Olympics will continue; the games will go on; the Olympic
spirit will prevail. We must be firm in this -- we cannot be
intimidated by acts of terror.
Thank you very much.
Q Mr. President, do you think this reflects on the
United States in terms of its ability to protect the people?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, actually, I believe, first of
all, that there's -- everyone says, including all the people who
have participated in Olympics for decades, that this is the best
and most extensive security effort ever undertaken at all the
events. I think they would all say that there was more concern
about the Olympic Park than any other place because it was
thought that there had to be some place where the general public
could congregate -- people who did not have tickets to the games,
but were there in town, wanted to participate, wanted a place
where they could go and swap the pins and do all the things that
they can do. And they wanted to make some entertainment
available to the public for free.
Now, I would point out that even there, a place that
was more open, someone spotted that suspicious package last night
and alerted the bomb squad and helped to clear the area and
dramatically minimized the loss that would otherwise have
occurred.
So they are looking now at what else can be done to
secure that particular area when it can be reopened after the
investigation has been completed.
&
Would you support the death penalty for whoever is
found to have done this?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I support the death penalty for
terrorism that leads to murder; I always have. And we -- if you
look at what we did in the Crime Bill you know that. I believe
that people who deliberately kill each other -- kill other
people, excuse me -- particularly under circumstances
demonstrating this kind of cowardice, and designed to intimidate
and cower large numbers of others deserve capital punishment. I
certainly do.
Q
Mr. President, can you definitively eliminate the
possibility of any type of attack at the Olympic Games?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't think anyone has ever been in
a position to definitively eliminate an attack anywhere in
America, you know, or anyplace in the world. But I can say this
-- I will say what I have said before: If you talk to anybody
associated with these Olympics they will tell you that the
security effort is the most extensive ever made. And if you talk
to anyone involved in American law enforcement where there are
many different agencies at different levels of government, I
think they will tell you this is by far the best coordinated
effort that had ever been made.
And let me say again, as much as I grieve that this
incident occurred at all, I want to reiterate the fact that
people on the spot there were alert enough to see this package,
to call the bomb squad, to clear people out, and to save a lot of
lives. As much as we grieve for the injuries that were there, I
think that is important.
So I would say that they have done as good a job as
could be done, particularly at the events. They were always
concerned about any open area where you have so many people
operating in an open area. And they are examining what can be
done, what should be done there during this period when the
criminal investigation is going on.
Q Mr. President, Chelsea has been at the Olympics
all this past week. Speaking as a father, what is your own
personal reaction to this? Would you not feel some sense of
anger that more might have been done to prevent this tragedy, but
what is your first personal reaction to this?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, my first personal reaction was
--I thought about it last night, of course, because she was in
the park quite often and visited the pin exchange place there.
And I was -- my first personal reaction was that I hope nobody
else's children get hurt down there.
But I would say to you that these people have done a
very good job planning and bringing off this Olympics. And I
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don't think anyone believes that we live in a risk-free world.
And I think it's important not to jump to any conclusions about
who did or didn't do what here. We'll look into this, and we
will find who's responsible.
But, on balance, I still would say to you I feel good
about the efforts they have made there. They have worked very,
very hard. And we are -- we just have to keep working. And they
are examining, even as we speak -- you know, the Vice President's
been heavily involved in this. And we talked about it last night
when he and I both were awakened, and then we had a visit, we
talked about it again this morning. There examining even as we
speak whether there is some way to increase the security at the
Centennial Park and still make it a place where a larger number
of people who cannot either obtain or could not afford tickets to
the events themselves can come and go. Everyone always knew that
was the most open and most vulnerable place.
Thank you.
Q
Any clues as to who did it, Mr. President?
Q
Will you go back to the Olympics yourself, Mr.
President?
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10:16 A.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 2, 1996
PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENT,
HIS MAJESTY, KING HUSSEIN,
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
AND CHAIRMAN YASSIR ARAFAT
The East Room
2:45 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Please be seated.
The four of us have agreed that I will speak about our two days
of meetings, and then do my best to faithfully answer questions
that you have about it. And of course, the other three leaders
will have a chance to be heard after the press conference.
I'd like to begin by thanking King Hussein, Prime
Minister Netanyahu, and Chairman Arafat for coming here to
Washington at this critical and very difficult moment for the
Middle East peace process. Their journey reflects a true
commitment to peace, and an understanding that there is no
alternative to the path of peace their people have traveled so
far along in the last few years.
I invited them here with three urgent goals in mind:
First, to seek to curb the terrible violence and death that we
saw last week. Second, to get the Israelis and Palestinians
talking again at the highest levels. And, third, to help both
parties return to the hard work of building peace through
negotiations.
Today I can report progress on these goals. First,
the Israelis and Palestinians clearly are talking again at the
highest levels. I believe the calm, constructive, face-to-face
meetings Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chairman Arafat have had
here will help to build trust between them and promote progress
on the issues that still divide them. The Prime Minister and the
Chairman agree that they are partners in peace, understand that
it is vital to take each other --take into account each other's
needs and concerns, and realize the importance of removing the
frictions between them.
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Second, the Prime Minister and Chairman Arafat have
recommitted themselves to a nonviolent future, to renouncing
violence in the resolution of their disputes.
Third, they are ready to renew and intensify
negotiations on implementing the Interim Agreement, with Hebron
as the first priority. They are committed to engaging
immediately in talks and to achieving tangible progress quickly.
To assist them in this effort I am sending Dennis
Ross, our special Middle East coordinator, to the region now.
The very first meeting will take place on Sunday morning at Erez.
They want to resolve the problem of Israeli redeployment from
Hebron, and they want to achieve this as soon as possible. I
might point out that these talks will be occurring continuously,
and these will be the first continuous peace talks that have been
held since the Prime Minister assumed office with the
Palestinians.
Finally, the leaders also understand the need to make
arrangements between their security forces so that cooperation is
more reliable and the situation on the ground is stabilized.
They are prepared to do what is needed to achieve that as well.
All of us should put the meetings we have had over the
last two days into the proper perspective. The peace process did
not start today and it will not be finished tomorrow. For three
years now the Israelis and the Palestinians have been moving
forward along the path to a lasting peace. Every step is hard.
It requires both sides to make difficult decisions and to keep
their eyes fixed on the prize of lasting peace. But the progress
they have made has proved to the world that progress is possible
and peace is possible. Both sides know there is no turning back.
Just as there can be no peace without security, there can be no
true security without peace.
I believe Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chairman Arafat
understand the choice they face every day. It is the choice
between cooperation and conflict, between progress and
regression, between hope and fear. The Israeli and Palestinian
people have chosen to strive for cooperation, progress and hope.
Now it falls to their leaders to guide them toward those goals,
to help them stay true to their choice, and ultimately, to
succeed.
In this effort, we are all profoundly privileged to
have a partner in King Hussein. He has shown the world equal
parts courage and wisdom; and he has especially shown that here
this week. I thank him for being here. I rely on his counsel.
The peace process has no better friend.
Most of all, let me again thank Prime Minister
Netanyahu and Chairman Arafat, who came here at very difficult
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times with tensions high. I am convinced they both want a more
peaceful, prosperous future for their people. I am convinced
they both want a more secure future for their people, and I
believe they are both prepared to do the hard work that is
necessary to achieve their goals.
For our part, the United States will always be there
to help. We remain committed to our common goal - - a just,
lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East. We
recognize our special responsibility to protect the peace process
at moments of extreme difficulty, to help move it forward. We
have embraced this responsibility because those who take risks
for peace must be able to count on the United States.
I
Mr. President, after these marathon negotiations
we're told they went nonstop through the night -- was there
any narrowing of differences on the fundamental disputes? You
mentioned Hebron, as well as the tunnel in East Jerusalem. Or
are the problems that exploded last week in violence still
festering?
THE PRESIDENT: I would say that the problems that
exploded last week in violence that the problems are still
there, the differences are still there. But I believe there is a
higher level of understanding and a higher level of trust than
existed before these talks began. They were not able to resolve
their differences here, but, to be fair, when we came together,
there were no advance guarantees that there would be large-scale
substantive negotiations. We knew we only had about a day and a
half to work here. And they got the most out of it. I think
that a lot of people on both sides have hardly slept.
And frankly, the agreement that was made here to
immediately restart these negotiations and to do them on a
full-time basis until agreement is reached on the critical
issues, including Hebron, is encouraging to me. And I think that
it comes out of the different feeling that they have about
dealing with one another I hope it does and also a sense of
urgency, given with has happened in the region in the last
several days.
Yes, sir, in the back.
Q Mr. President, is there a target date for ending
the negotiations on the question of Hebron and also on other
outstanding questions between Israel and the Palestinian
Authority? Or is it negotiation without a target date?
THE PRESIDENT: There was no specific date set, but I
think it's important to point out that what they did agree to do
was to start immediately on a full-time basis with a priority on
speed and a priority on Hebron. This is not -- this is the
first negotiations that these parties have undertaken since Mr.
Netanyahu became Prime Minister that have been on a full-time, in
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effect, basis. And I am convinced that both sides want as quick
as possible resolution.
I Mr. President, you said one of your goals was to
end the cycle of violence in the Middle East. But today, Israeli
troops shot to death one Palestinian and wounded five others, and
the negotiations will take place on issues that were supposedly
settled a year ago here in Washington. Have you even -- you
spoke about progress, but it would seem you're back at square
one.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I wouldn't say that. There's
been a clear commitment not to renegotiate agreements by which
both sides are bound, but instead, to talk about the
implementation steps necessary to implement those agreements.
And I think that there is a clear distinction there -- first.
Second, the level of violence at least, thank God, has
declined in the last several days, and they are committed to
taking it down as close to zero as they can. I believe you will
see progress on that as they go back home. But we when we
compare where we are today with where we were a week ago, are we
in better shape? Yes. Are we where I'd like to be? No. But we
will get there I think if we keep working.
I Mr. President, will you please tell us if Mr.
Netanyahu has pledged to remove the tanks and soldiers inside
Palestinian territory that has been liberated, if you will, and
is now the Palestinian Authority, as well? Because the
Palestinians are choked to death financially, economically. And
if there is quiet now, will you, Mr. Netanyahu, will your offices
remove these tanks and these soldiers and create a harmonious,
self-confidence-building measures to facilitate for the
Palestinians to live like the rest of human beings around the
world?
THE PRESIDENT: Let me say that that and many other
issues were discussed. Every issue that you would like to know
was discussed was discussed in the last two days. But I believe
that anything that was not in my statement, I feel bound to let
the leaders speak for themselves on. And I ask you, and I ask
the people of the Middle East, I ask the Palestinians and others,
to give us a few more days to let this thing unfold. Give us a
few more days to see whether these negotiations start, whether
they're proceeding in good faith, whether progress can be made.
I guess the message I want to send out across the
Middle East is, I'm convinced that this process and that these
parties are in better shape in their relationship to one another
than they were two days ago. And please, please give us a chance
to make this thing work in the days ahead.
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Q Mr. President, as Gene mentioned earlier, some of
these things were thought to be agreed upon before. And I'm
wondering whether you think it is fair to say, not that the
process has broken down, but that there has been a major setback
here from which you have not yet at least fully recovered?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, what I think has happened is
that we have not made as much progress as I wish we had. But the
Israeli government has made it very clear that they have no
intention of renegotiating the Oslo Agreements, the Interim
Agreement. Everything that the government is bound by by
previous action they intend to honor. But we are now in a stage
which we would have been in anyway, talking about how to
implement this. And then there are the security questions which
have been raised, which the parties have agreed to talk about to
try to resolve between the two of them as a result of the events
of the last several days.
But I do not expect there to be an effort to undermine
the agreements which have been made. The question is, can we get
the negotiations on a track so that they can be implemented in a
hurry. That is the issue.
Q Sir, you mentioned the statement about the issue
of Jerusalem and the tunnel that started the whole situation.
Has there been any talk or any agreement that Israel will not do
anything to change the status of Jerusalem before the final
status negotiations start? Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, there might be a -- let me say,
first of all, the tunnel was discussed at some length by the
parties and all the aspects of it, all the various elements of
the controversy were discussed. No agreement was reached between
them about that issue, and that's why it's not in my statement.
But I think there were some significant discussions held. And
again, the other question you asked me I think is part of the
terms of the agreement by which all parties are bound; that is,
to not do anything to upset the balance of issues that have to be
part of the final status negotiations.
Q Mr. President, you're showing a lot of trust in
the word of Israel to keep these commitments in terms of the
status of Jerusalem, pulling troops out of Hebron -- they were
supposed to be done last March. What has restored your trust?
And haven't you really struck out in getting any kind of firm
commitment on anything?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we never agreed there was
never an agreement when these parties came here to have
substantive negotiations. Nothing would make me happier if we
had I wish we had resolved everything in two days. But I
didn't expect to do it. What I'm trying to do is to get people
together and say: We'll stop the violence. We will immediately
begin to talk -- immediately about Hebron and the other
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issues. We will immediately begin to try to resolve these
disputes over the security matters which are preventing more
rapid progress.
I am very pleased by the agreement that was reached,
actually, today before we came out to start the negotiations on
Sunday morning and to do it on a full-time continuous basis, with
a mutual commitment to resolve these things as quickly as
possible.
I'm not asking any of you to trust anybody about
anything. I'm saying give us some time now to let the thing cool
down and to let these full-time negotiations get underway, and
look at what results are produced and make your judgments based
on what actually happens. Let's don't -- let's don't overreact
now. We're in better shape than we were two days ago. We still
have a huge amount of work to do, but the parties have to resolve
that between themselves and I think they have committed
themselves to a process which makes that possible.
Yes, sir.
I Mr. President, you called the parties here because
there was a crisis. Do you really feel an assessment that this
crisis is over and the two parties that came here did the best
they could to avoid further bloodshed in the region? Are you
satisfied with their effort?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I am satisfied -- I don't know
that the crisis is over. What I am satisfied is, is that the
level of I hope the level of violence has been brought lower
and will be maintained lower, at a lower level, while all the
people in the Middle East watch as these talks unfold.
Keep in mind -- keep in mind - - let me ask you this.
When you try to evaluate whether we did the right thing or not,
or whether this has been worth doing, imagine what we would be
reading in the press or seeing on the news if Chairman Arafat and
King Hussein and Prime Minister Netanyahu had not come here, and
if everyone has withdrawn sort of to their respective positions
and the turbulence that we were seeing in the region kept welling
up. Imagine where we would be then. And keep in mind, too, that
everybody who is here made a good-faith effort to address every
single issue in the interim agreement, all the issues that they
are bound to resolve, and to full-time negotiations beginning
Sunday morning.
So I'm just saying I think that they worked very hard
- - and their teams hardly slept at all and they didn't sleep
much. They worked very hard to put all these issues out, to see
where they were, to identify the points of difference. I think
when they start these full-time negotiations they know a great
deal about where they are now, and they should be given a little
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bit of time here to see if they can't produce some results.
That's the only thing I'm saying. And I think they have all
earned the right to that by coming here and proceeding in a
good-faith manner.
Q Mr. President, in the past when you have had the
leaders here, just about any leaders from any countries, we have
always heard from them in the White House even if they go off
and have their own news conferences later. Why can't we hear
from them here, today? And doesn't it seem to send a message
that things really have broken down, the fact that they're not
going to be able to speak within the auspices of the White House?
THE PRESIDENT: They're certainly free to speak. It
was my understanding that they thought it would be better if I
spoke and answered the questions and I'll tell you why. Keep in
mind consider the commitment they have made. They have come
here after a period of days when the entire peace process could
have been wrecked; when many, many people, innocent people, died;
when there was no communications. And they have agreed to
restore the peace, to commit themselves to a nonviolent future
and a way of resolving their differences and to begin immediate
talks on a full-time basis to deal with these issues. That's
what they've agreed to do.
Now, think of all the questions you're asking me here
today about all the things we didn't do. We didn't do them.
Think of the questions you asked all the things we didn't
agree to. Then you can ask them all the things we didn't do.
And if one of us talks instead of four, the chances that we will
say something that will make our work harder Sunday morning are
less than if all four of us answer all these hard questions about
what hasn't been done yet. Let's don't kid around. What we're
trying to do is to avoid saying anything that will make our
progress more difficult. We want to enhance the chances that
will actually get something done.
Q Mr. President, are you satisfied with the level of
good faith on both sides, and are there any American assurances
to the sides about are there any American assurances to both
sides about the involvement of the United States and the good
faith of the other side?
THE PRESIDENT: I can only tell you how I feel, first
of all. All these things are matters of feeling and trust, which
is why you shouldn't minimize the hours that these leaders have
spent with each other. I personally feel that the prospects for
progress are more likely than I did two days ago. And I have
told both parties that the United States will do whatever we can
to support the peace process and to support the parties, and to
make it a profitable thing to move forward in a constructive way,
and to minimize the risks of peace. This is a risky business.
And so, yes, I think I made that clear, and I'll do my best to be
there every step of the way.
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Yes, Wolf. Last question.
Q Mr. President, with all due respect, can I follow
up on Rita Braver's question? When we see the three leaders
sitting here behind you, you say you want to urge everyone in the
Middle East to be reassured, to calm down, to take this process
seriously, but this news conference is being seen in the Middle
East, all over the world, and when we don't hear your guests
describe their feelings, we can only assume that they SO disagree
on these fundamental issues that these two days of negotiations
have been a failure. So why not let them speak?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I'll tell you what I'll do.
I'll tell you what I'll do. I'm telling you, the only reason
that they asked me to do this is because you've asked me some
very interesting and difficult questions, some of which would be
even more difficult for them to answer than for me. So they
wanted me to answer it so we wouldn't, any of us, say anything
that would wreck what we're trying to do Sunday morning. But if
they would like to come up - - and since I've answered my last
question, if they would -- if any of them would like to come up
and make a brief statement, or all of them would, I would be
happy to have them make a brief statement.
Your Majesty, would you like to start? Anybody want
to go?
So, now this is a miracle. (Laughter.) I didn't part
the waters, but I have silenced the voices. (Laughter.)
Thank you very much. Thank you.
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July 31, 1996
The Honorable William Clinton
President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500-2000
Dear Mr. President:
If someone tried to hurt Joshua, Jonah, or Ezra I would not
hesitate a second before acting -- even if it cost me my life. I'm
sure you would do the same for Chelsea. And I think we both would
act if a child in our immediate presence was endangered.
Throughout my sons' childhood I asked God to bless me to see
them grow up. He has done so and I am grateful. So grateful I
want other parents to have the same chance to see their children
grow up. So I struggle to live now in such a way that my children
and grandchildren will be proud of what I stood for and know that
I loved them enough to do everything I could to leave them a legacy
of a country that values and protects them and young people like
them.
So with great sadness and reluctance I write you still another
letter after a lot of prayer and struggle. So much is at stake for
so many children, and for our nation's deepest principles of
fairness with current "welfare reform" legislation. The millions
of children you will jeopardize and impoverish, if you sign the
pending spurious Senate/House "welfare reform" legislation, don't
have any way to influence the election year game of political
chicken at their expense. The extreme act of abolishing the 61
year old national income safety net for poor children -- even when
their families play by the rules and try to find work that is not
guaranteed in this legislation -- profoundly violates common and
moral sense and the legacy you inherited from Roosevelt and
Kennedy. The disrespectful affront to children and to child
advocates who, in a four month period mobilized over 200,000 people
of all faiths, races, incomes, and ages to show you and other
political leaders in this last national election year of the 20th
century that there is a broad-based and growing constituency for
leaders who act to protect children, cannot go unanswered. And
pro-child rhetoric, whether by design or effect, to obfuscate the
most profound threat to children in my lifetime is simply too much
to go unchallenged.
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I am saddened but not surprised that Newt Gingrich, Dick
Armey, Jesse Helms, Trent Lott, Lauch Faircloth, and even Bob Dole
seek to enact a national policy of child abandonment and to leave
millions of children out in the cold through block grants and
massive budget cuts directed only at the poor, including children.
That you, a friend and professed fellow child advocate, have
brought our children to the political brink of disaster is
inexcusable, unnecessary, and heartbreaking.
Even if vetoing this unjust anti-child welfare bill posed a
serious threat to your re-election, I would ask you to stand up and
protect children by vetoing this bill as you rightly did with two
very similar previous bills. But at a time when you hold a
significant lead in the polls over Bob Dole, and when political
analysts and a new labor poll indicate you would not be hurt by
vetoing the current awful welfare bill, I am baffled and deeply
disappointed that you have not stood up and made clear to your
Senate and House colleagues -- who await your leadership -- that
you will not sign a bill that impoverishes more than a million new
children, slashes nutrition and other vital support from millions
of additional already needy families and legal immigrants, and
eradicates the national income safety net for poor children and
families.
Your signature on pending "welfare reform" legislation would
make a mockery of your pledge not to hurt children and will leave
a moral blot on your presidency and our nation that will never be
forgotten. Protection of children should be the norm in the
richest and most powerful nation on earth. This ethos must be
honored by you as President.
The Gingrich-Dole-Lott Congress have crossed a line I never
expected to see -- one I do not want my children and grandchildren
to see. I hope you will not add a Clinton name to a welfare bill
erasing six decades of national commitment to children.
Sincerely yours,
W----
Marian Wright Edelman
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Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
August 5, 1996
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON AMERICAN SECURITY IN A CHANGING WORLD
George Washington University
Washington, D. C.
10:26 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. President Trachtenberg, I
was in the neighborhood SO I thought I'd drop by. (Laughter.) Dean Harding,
members of the George Washington University community, Congressman Cardin,
Congressman King, Congressman Matsui. Senator McGovern, thank you for coming,
sir. (Applause.) And by the way, thank you for writing your brave book about
your daughter and for going around the country and talking about her. Thank
you SO much. (Applause.)
I want to thank the family members of the victims of Pan Am
flight 103 who are here with me to day, as well as two of those who were
held hostage in Iran back in 1980 who are here today -- and '79. Thank you
for coming. (Applause.)
I'm pleased to be back here at George Washington, especially as
you celebrate your 175th anniversary. President James Monroe signed the
congressional charter establishing GW. I can only applaud his wisdom and hope
that 175 years from now our administration will be associated with a similarly
proud legacy. I think he would be very proud if he could see what GW has
become.
Last night the Centennial Olympics came to an end. It was a
great Olympics for America not only because of the triumphs of our athletes,
but also because of the magnificent job done by the city of Atlanta and all
the other hosts. But, in a larger sense, it was a great event not just for
Americans, but for people everywhere who believe in peace and freedom, who
believe in individual achievement and common effort.
I believe we love the Olympics because they work the way we think
the world ought to work. They are possible because all different kinds of
people come together in mutual respect and mutual acceptance of the rules of
the games. No one wins by breaking their opponents legs or by bad-mouthing
their opponents in a public forum. Instead, victory comes from doing well in
a good way. And all who strive are honored, as we saw when our volunteers
cleared the track for the brave, injured marathon runner who was the very last
finisher in the race.
Most individuals and teams from the 197 competing nations did not
win any medal, but they all had their chance, did their best and were better
for their efforts. That is what we want for our country and the world at the
edge of a new century and a new millennium.
In the world of the 21st century, the Olympic way will become
possible in the lives of more people than ever before. More people than ever
before will have the chance to live their dreams. The explosion of knowledge,
communication, travel and trade will bring us all closer together in the
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global village. But as we saw in that terrible moment of terror in Centennial
Park, this new openness also makes us more vulnerable to the forces of
destruction that know no national boundaries.
The pipe bomb reminded us, as did the murder of 19 fine American
service men in Saudi Arabia and the still unresolved crash of TWA 800, that if
we want the benefits of this new world we must defeat the forces who would
destroy it by killing the innocent, to strike fear and burn hatred into the
hearts of the rest of us. This is a lesson and a responsibility every
American must accept. As the Mayor of Montoursville, a town of just 5,000
people in Pennsylvania that lost 21 of its brightest hopes of the future on
TWA Flight 800, said, "No matter how secluded and how innocent we are, once we
leave our community we're subject to the troubles of the outside world."
America faces three great challenges as we enter the 21st
century: keeping the America Dream alive for all who are willing to work for
it; bringing our own country together, not dividing it; and making sure
America remains the strongest force in the world for peace and freedom,
security and prosperity.
I come to this place of learning and reason, a place so focused
on the future, to explain why we cannot meet our own challenges of opportunity
and responsibility and community unless we also maintain our indispensable
role of leadership for peace and freedom in the world.
The worldwide changes in how people work, live and relate to each
other are the fastest and perhaps the most profound in history. Most of these
changes are good: The Cold War is over; our country is at peace. Our economy
is strong. Democracy and free markets are taking root on every continent.
The blocks, the barriers, the borders that defined the world for our parents
and grandparents are giving way, with the help of a new generation of
extraordinary technology. Every day millions of people use laptops, modems,
CD ROMs and satellites to send ideas and products and money all across the
planet in seconds. The opportunities to build a safer world and a more
prosperous future are enormous.
But for all the promise of our time, we are not free from peril.
Fascism and communism may be dead or discredited, but the forces of
destruction live on. We see them in the sudden explosions of ethnic, racial,
religious and tribal hatred. We see them in the reckless acts of rogue
states. We see them especially in the dangerous webs of new threats of
terrorism, international crime and drug trafficking, and the continuing threat
that weapons of mass destruction might spread across the globe. These forces
of destruction find opportunity in the very openness, freedom and progress we
cherish.
We must recognize that modern technologies by themselves will not
make for us a new world of peace and freedom. Technology can be used for good
or evil. American leadership is necessary to assure that the consequences are
good. That is why we have worked SO hard to seize the opportunities created
by change and to move swiftly and strongly against the new threats that change
has produced.
To seize the opportunities, we are strengthening our alliances,
dramatically reducing the danger of weapons of mass destruction, leading the
march for peace and democracy throughout the world, and creating much greater
prosperity at home by opening markets to American products abroad.
Our alliances are the bedrock of American leadership. As we saw
in the Gulf War, in Haiti, and now in Bosnia, many other nations who share our
goals will also share our burdens. In Europe we have supported the forces of
democracy and reform in the former Soviet Union, the removal of Russian troops
from the Baltics, and led the way to opening NATO's doors to Europe's new
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democracies through the Partnership for Peace, as Europe, the main
battleground for the bloodiest century in history, is finally coming together
peacefully.
In Asia we have revitalized our security alliance with Japan,
joined with South Korea to promote lasting peace on the Korean
Peninsula, and worked steadily to encourage the emergence of a strong, stable,
open China. The end of the Cold War has also allowed us to lift the dark
cloud of nuclear fear that had hung over our heads for 50 years. Today not a
single Russian missile is pointed at our citizens or cities. We are cutting
Russian and American arsenals by two-thirds from their Cold War height. We
helped Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan to give up their nuclear weapons which
were left on their land when the Soviet Russian dissolved.
We are working with Japan and Korea, and we have persuaded North
Korea to freeze the dangerous nuclear program it had been developing for over
a decade. We have advanced the struggle for peace and freedom. When people
live free and at peace, we are more secure because they are less likely to
resort to violence or to abuse human rights, and more likely to be better
trading partners and partners in our common struggle against terrorism,
international crime and drug trafficking, environmental degradation.
Because America is taking those risks for peace and democracy,
the dictators are gone from Haiti. Democracy is back and the flow of
desperate refugees has stopped. In Bosnia the snipers' killing fields have
become children's playing fields once again. In Northern Ireland and the
Middle East, though difficulties remain, conflicts that once seemed unsolvable
are moving closer to resolution.
None of these struggles is easy. There is no guarantee of
success. But we will continue to work for success and we will make a
difference.
Finally, we have seized the opportunity to better our people's
lives at home by opening markets abroad. The true measure of our security
includes not only physical safety, but economic well-being as well. Decades
from now people will look back on this period and see the most far-reaching
changes in the world trading system in generations. Changes that are good for
the American people. Changes that include 200 new trade agreements, including
GATT and NAFTA, the Summit of the Americas, the Asian Pacific leaders'
commitment to bring down trade barriers. Because of these changes America is
the world's number one exporter again, and we have a million new high-paid
jobs as a result.
Now, none of these achievements just happened. They came about
because we work with others to share the risk and cost of engagement, because
we use the power of our example and, where necessary, the example of our
power. They happened because we were willing to make tough choices today
knowing they would pay off for you tomorrow. Above all, they happen because
we refuse to listen to those who said that with the Cold War over America
could choose escapism over engagement. Had we done SO we would have weakened
the world's reach for freedom and tolerance and prosperity and undermined our
own security and prosperity.
The fact is America remains the indispensable nation. There are
times when America, and only America, can make a difference between war and
peace, between freedom and repression, between hope and fear. Of course, we
can't take on all the world's burden. We cannot become its policemen. But
where our interests and values demand it and where we can make a difference,
America must act and lead.
Nowhere is that responsibility more clear or more urgent than in
the struggle against terrorism. No one is immune, whether you're riding a
subway in Tokyo or a bus in Tel Aviv, whether you're window shopping in London
or walking the streets in Moscow, whether you're doing your duty in Saudi
Arabia or going to work in Oklahoma City. Terrorism has become an equal
opportunity destroyer, with no respect for borders.
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Whether we like it or not, in ways both good and bad we are
living in an interdependent world. That's why we must break down the walls in
our mind between foreign and domestic policy. And I might say, Mr. President,
on this 175th anniversary, that is one of the intellectual objectives that I
hope our great universities will commit themselves to.
The reality is our personal, community and national prosperity
depend upon our policies on economics in trade at home and abroad. Our
personal, community and national well-being depends upon our policies on the
environment at home and abroad. Most dramatically, our personal, community
and national security depend upon our policies on terrorism at home and
abroad. We cannot advance the common good at home without also advancing the
common good around the world. We cannot reduce the threats to our people
without reducing threats to the world beyond our borders. That's why the
fight against terrorism must be both a national priority and a national
security priority.
We have pursued a concerted national and international strategy
against terrorism on three fronts: First, beyond our borders, by working more
closely than ever with our friends and allies; second, here at home, by giving
law enforcement the most powerful counterterrorism tools available; and,
third, in our airports and airplanes by increasing aviation security.
This will be a long, hard struggle. There will be setbacks along
the way. But just as no enemy could drive us from the fight to meet our
challenges and protect our values in World War II and the Cold War, we will
not be driven from the tough fight against terrorism today. Terrorism is the
enemy of our generation, and we must prevail.
First, on the international front, stopping the spread of
terrorism clearly requires common action. The United States has a special
responsibility to lead in this effort. Over the past four years, our
intelligence services have been sharing more information than ever with other
nations. We've opened up a law enforcement academy in Budapest which is
training people from 23 nations, an FBI office in Moscow, and just last
Friday, Congress gave us the funding for FBI offices in Cairo, Islamabad, Tel
Aviv and Beijing.
We've requested more money for intelligence in 1997. This focus
is making a difference. As the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded in its
1996 report on the Intelligence Authorization bill, the work of U.S.
intelligence agencies against terrorism has been an example of effective
coordination and information sharing.
I've also worked to rally other nations to the fight against
terrorism -- last year at the U.N. General Assembly; this spring at the
historic Summit of Peacemakers at Sharm el-Sheikh, where 29 nations, including
13 Arab nations for the first time condemned terrorism in Israel and anywhere
else it occurs in the Middle East and throughout the world; at the G-7 Summit
in Lyon and the recently held follow-on conference we called for in Paris,
where we were represented ably by the Attorney General.
Now, the point of all these efforts with other countries is not
to talk, but to act. More countries are acting with us. More countries are
taking the "no sanctuary" pledge and living up to their extradition laws so
that terrorists have no place to run or hide. More countries are helping us
to shut down the gray markets that outfit terrorists with weapons and false
documents.
Last week in Paris, the G-7 nations and Russia agreed to pursue a
sweeping set of measures to prevent terrorists from acting, and to catch them
if they do. And we set timetables with specific dates by which progress must
be made. We're also working with Saudi Arabia to improve the security of our
forces stationed there, so that we can continue to deter aggression by rogue
states and stand against terrorism in the Middle East.
After Khobar Towers I immediately ordered investigation by the
FBI and a commission headed by General Wayne Downing, which is to report to me
later this month. While it's too early to reach conclusions, these
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investigations are moving aggressively in cooperation with our host. And we
are working with the Saudi government to move almost all our troops to other
bases to better protect them from terrorist attacks.
Even though we're working more closely with our allies than ever,
and there is more agreement on what needs to be done than ever, we do not
always agree. Where we don't agree, the United States cannot and will not
refuse to do what we believe is right. That's why we have maintained or
strengthened sanctions against states that sponsor terrorism: Iran, Iraq,
Libya, and Sudan. You cannot do business with countries that practice
commerce with you by day while funding or protecting the terrorists who kill
you and your innocent civilians by night. That is wrong. I hope, and expect,
that before long our allies will come around to accepting this fundamental
truth.
This morning I signed into law the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act. It
builds on what we've already done to isolate those regimes by imposing tough
penalties on foreign companies that go forward with new investments in key
sectors. The act will help to deny them the money they need to finance
international terrorism or to acquire weapons of mass destruction. It will
increase the pressure on Libya to extradite the suspects in the bombing of Pan
Am 103.
With us today, as I said before, are some of those families and
the loved ones of other victims of terrorism sponsored by Iran and Libya. Let
me repeat the pledge I made to them earlier. We will not rest in our efforts
to track down, prosecute and punish terrorists, and to keep the heat on those
who support them. And we must not rest in that effort.
The second part of our strategy is to give American law
enforcement officials the most powerful tools available to fight terrorism
without undermining our civil liberties. In the wake of Oklahoma City, I
strengthened the terrorism bill I had previously sent to Congress, but which
had not then been passed. Despite the VOW of Congress to act quickly, it took
a year before that bill came to my desk to be signed.
The bill had some very good points. It made terrorism a federal
offense, expanded the role of the FBI, imposed the death penalty for
terrorism. As strong as it was, however, it did not give our law enforcement
officials other tools they needed and that they had asked for, including
increased wiretap authority for terrorists to parallel that which we have for
people involved in organized crime now, and chemical markers for the most
common explosives so that we can more easily track down bomb makers.
After the bombing in Atlanta, Congress said it would reconsider
these and other measures. I immediately called the congressional leadership
to the White House and urged them to put together a package and vote it into
law before they left for the August recess last Friday. I am disappointed
and, more importantly, the America people are disappointed that that job was
not done. These additional measures would save lives. They would make us all
more secure. When the Congress returns from the August recess, we will take
them up again and we must get the job done.
There is more I will ask Congress to do. Next month I will
submit to Congress the international crime control act that our Justice, State
and Treasury Departments drafted at my request, because more and more,
terrorism, international organized crime and drug trafficking are going hand
in hand. This bill expands our fight against money laundering, so criminals
and terrorists will have a tougher time financing their activities. It
strengthens our extradition powers and border controls to keep more criminals
and terrorists out of America. It increases the ability of American law
enforcement to prosecute those who commit violent crimes against Americans
abroad. Congress should pass it.
And, once again, I urge the Senate to ratify the Chemical Weapons
Convention, SO that we can eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles and give our
law enforcement new powers to investigate and prosecute people planning
attacks with such weapons. We have seen the terrible, destructive impact of
sarin gas in the Tokyo subway. Within a month of that attack, Japan's Diet
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ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, but we still have not done SO. If
the Chemical Weapons Convention were in force today, it would be much more
difficult for terrorists to acquire chemical weapons. They are not waiting,
and we shouldn't either.
Finally, the third front of our struggle against terrorism at the
airports and airplanes that bring us all closer together. Air travel remains
the safest form of transportation. And our airlines have the best safety
record and security record in the business. But that's a small consolation
when a single attack can take SO many lives.
Last year we began field testing new high-tech explosive
detection machines in Atlanta and San Francisco. We significantly increased
security at our airports, and the FAA created a new government and industry
panel to review airline security.
After the TWA crash, I ordered new measures to increase the
security of air travel. As any of you who have flown in recent days will have
noticed, we're doing more hand searches and machine screening of luggage.
We're requiring preflight inspections for every plane flying to or from the
United States -- every plane, every cabin, every cargo hold, every time. The
Vice President is leading a commission on aviation security that is to report
back to me within 45 days with an action plan to deploy machines that can
detect the most sophisticated explosives and other needed changes.
Now, I know all this has led to some extra inconvenience for air
travelers, and it may lead eventually to a modest increase in the cost of air
travel. But the increased safety and peace of mind will be worth it.
so, greater international cooperation, stronger American law
enforcement, safer air travel -- these are the fronts of our concerted
strategy against terrorism. Much of this work by law enforcement,
intelligence and military professionals goes unheralded, but we are getting
results. For example, we prevented attacks on the United Nations and the
Holland Tunnel in New York. We thwarted an attempt to bomb American passenger
planes from the skies over the Pacific. We convicted those responsible for
the World Trade Center bombing and arrested suspects in the Oklahoma City and
Unabomber cases. We've tracked down terrorists around the world and
extradited more terrorists in four years than in the previous 12.
But I want to make it clear to the American people that while we
can defeat terrorists, it will be a long time before we defeat terrorism.
America will remain a target because we are uniquely present in the world,
because we act to advance peace and democracy, because we have taken a tougher
stand against terrorism, and because we are the most open society on Earth.
But to change any of that, to pull our troops from the world's trouble spots,
to turn our backs on those taking risks for peace, to weaken our opposition
against terrorism, to curtail the freedom that is our birth right would be to
give terrorism a victory it must not and will not have.
In this fight, as in so many other challenges around the world,
American leadership is indispensable. In assuming our leadership in the
struggle against terrorism we must be neither reluctant nor arrogant, but
realistic, determined, and confident. And we must understand that in this
battle we must deploy more than police and military resources. Every one of
you counts; every American counts.
Our greatest strength is our confidence. And that is the target
of the terrorists. Make no mistake about it: The bombs that kill and maim
innocent people are not really aimed at them, but at the spirit of our whole
country and the spirit of freedom. Therefore, the struggle against terrorism
involves more than the new security measures I have ordered and the others I
am seeking. Ultimately, it requires the confident will of the American people
to retain our convictions for freedom and peace and to remain the
indispensable force in creating a better world at the dawn of a new century.
Everywhere I travel on behalf of our country I encounter people
who look up to us because of what we stand for and what we're willing to stand
against. I have said this before, but when Hillary and I visited the Olympic
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Village I was so moved by the athletes who came up to me and talked about what
America had meant to their country: a young Croatian athlete who thanked me
for our efforts there, not long after Secretary Brown's plane crashed and
Secretary Kantor had finished the mission; an Irish athlete who thanked me for
our efforts to bring peace in Northern Ireland; a Palestinian athlete who said
that he had -- he came from a very old people, but they never had an Olympic
team until they made peace with Israel, and that many people wanted to keep
that peace.
This responsibility is great, and I know it weighs heavily on
many Americans. But we should embrace this responsibility because at this
point in time no one else can do what we can do to advance peace and freedom
and democracy -- and because it is necessary at this point in time for our own
peace and freedom and prosperity.
As we remember the Centennial Olympics the weeks of courage and
triumph, the wonder of the world's youth bound together by the rules of the
game in genuine mutual respect, let us resolve to work for a world that looks
more like that in the 21st century, to stand strong against the moments of
terror that would destroy our spirit, to stand for the values that have
brought us so many blessings, values that have made us at this pivotal moment
the indispensable nation.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
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