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SUNTUM_M@ A1 06/06/97 02:13:00 PM Record Type: Record To: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message CC: Subject: EMBARGOED TRANSCRIPT: Radio Address 6/7 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary Embargoed For Release Until 10:06 A.M. EDT Saturday, June 7, 1997 RADIO ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATION THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This morning I want to talk about one of America's greatest challenges and greatest opportunities - conquering the forces of hatred and division that still exist in our society so that we can move forward into the 21st century as one America. We are clearly the world's most diverse democracy, bound together across all of our differences by a belief in the basic dignity of every human being's life and liberty and the right of every American who lives by our laws and lives up to his or her responsibilities to share in the full promise of the greatest nation on Earth. Especially as we move into a new century with its global economic and its global society, our rich diversity is a powerful strength, if we respect it. We are clearly stronger as a nation when we use the full talents of all of our people, regardless of race or religious faith, national origin or sexual orientation, gender or disability. Much of America's story is really the stories of wave after wave of citizens struggling over our full history for full equality of opportunity and dignified treatment. We stand today in sharp contrast to the racial, ethnic,