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Proclamation 6752--The Year of Gospel Music, 1994
October 28, 1994
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
Born in the soul of America's churches, Gospel music is an integral
part of liturgy and spirituality in parishes from Atlanta to Dallas,
Detroit to Baton Rouge, the heart of New York City to the smallest
hamlets of our country. It is a music of the people, one that has
provided hope and inspiration for generations of Americans.
Gospel music has come to influence singers and composers of all
popular forms, including jazz, the blues, and soul music. The rhythm and
expressiveness--the very feeling--has become an important part of our
culture and a vital part of our heritage.
Our Nation owes a great debt of gratitude to those who preserve and
bring to life Gospel music in our churches, in recordings, in concerts,
and through the media. It is in our national interest to promote and
support Gospel music so that generations to come may enjoy and
appreciate it. In so doing, we will gain a greater understanding of the
breadth and vitality of the human spirit and its indomitable faith as it
is expressed through the beauty of song.
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 157, has designated the
year of 1994 as ``The Year of Gospel Music'' and has authorized and
requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this
year.
Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim the year of 1994 as The Year of
Gospel Music. I urge all Americans to celebrate Gospel music with
appropriate ceremonies and activities and to reflect on the role that
this music has in reinvigorating and renewing our souls and our
communities.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth
day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-
four, and of the independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and nineteenth.
William J. Clinton
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 1:40 p.m., October 28,
1994]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on
November 1. This item was not received in time for publication in the
appropriate issue.
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Monday, November 7, 1994
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Middle East
October 29, 1994
Thank you very much, and good morning. Less than 24 hours ago, I
stood with the brave men and women of our Armed Forces stationed at
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in the desert sands of Kuwait. I went there to express my pride and the
pride I know all Americans share in the job our military is doing to
protect our interests in the Persian Gulf.
Our troops are living in difficult conditions. But I saw in their
faces the pride they have in their work and the work of our coalition
partners. And I can tell all Americans, their morale is high and they
are prepared and ready to do their job, to do what they must to stand up
for freedom. Anyone who doubts it should go and see what I saw in the
sands of Kuwait.
I also wish that all Americans could have been with me in the Wadi
Araba, on the border between Israel and Jordan. There, in the middle of
the Great Rift Valley, soldiers of the nations of Israel and Jordan
reached across 47 years of hostility to shake hands in a true, genuine
gesture of reconciliation, just as their leaders found the courage to
sign a peace treaty, a crucial step on the road to a comprehensive peace
in the Middle East. Israel and Jordan looked to America to help them to
make peace. And they, and other nations in the Middle East, look to
America as we travel the difficult road ahead, until we achieve peace
throughout the Middle East.
And I said in every one of the six nations I visited, the United
States will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with those who seek
the peace, with those who take risks for peace, with those who stand up
for change in the face of terrorists and extremists who seek to destroy
the peace by killing the innocent. They cannot, they must not, they will
not succeed. They are the past; the peacemakers are the future.
My trip to the Middle East is a reminder that we live in times when
the spirit of America, our freedom, our vitality, our strength, our
respect for others, our commitment to the future, this is a driving
force in the lives of millions and millions of peace-loving people all
around the world. That is why we're trusted to support the people of the
Middle East and the people from South Africa to Haiti to Northern
Ireland to the former Soviet Union in their courageous efforts to escape
the shackles of the past and realize their dreams for tomorrow.
Our efforts in these places, of course, also advance our own
interests, for their successes strengthen our security and promise us
more prosperity in a world that daily grows more interdependent.
As we support others in renewing themselves, we must continue the
work of renewal here at home. For the source of our ability to lead
beyond our borders is the strength of the American dream in the minds
and hearts of our own people. In every community, every school, every
workplace, we must deal with the changes and challenges, with the great
problems and the much greater promise of the times in which we live. We
must turn from the past and embrace the future, a future where ordinary
Americans build strong families with good jobs and safe communities,
served by a Government that neither interferes with our lives nor walks
away from us but empowers us and challenges us to make the most of our
God-given potential.
That is exactly what we have begun to do here. We've made a start in
putting Government on the side of ordinary Americans, creating jobs and
stimulating growth, in building a world more secure, more free, more
prosperous for ourselves and for our children.
Like people all over the world who are drawing on our strength and
our spirit to make their dreams real, we Americans must renew our own
faith in the greatness and unlimited potential of our country. We must
keep moving forward here at home with no thought of turning back. I have
looked into the faces of millions of people elsewhere. I have seen how
much they love our country, how much they share our dreams. We must do
that as well.
Thank you all for coming out this morning. It's been an exciting
trip, but it's great to be home.
Thank you.
Note: The President spoke at 8:08 a.m. on the South Lawn at the White
House.
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The President's Radio Address
October 29, 1994
Good morning. This week I'm speaking to you from Tactical Assembly
Area Liberty in
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the sands outside Kuwait City, Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf, where I am
visiting the brave men and women of our Armed Forces who are working
here to defend freedom.
Three weeks ago, I ordered them and other members of the military to
come here because Iraq was massing tens of thousands of troops on
Kuwait's border. Our soldiers, sailors, pilots, and marines got here in
a hurry, and Iraq got the message in a hurry. Its forces stopped dead in
their tracks, and now they have withdrawn. On behalf of all Americans, I
came to Kuwait to tell our troops two simple but deeply felt words:
Thank you.
I can tell you the men and women of our Armed Forces are doing well.
They are working well with their coalition forces, the Kuwaitis, the
British, and the other allies who have come here to help to defend this
country. Their morale is high; their commitment to their mission is
unquestioned. Of course, they'd rather be home with their loved ones,
and we'll do everything we can to get them back there soon. But they're
here to do their jobs, and nobody does it better. In places from Haiti
to Korea, our troops are the great source of our national strength.
As our military helps to secure peace in the Gulf, our diplomacy is
also helping to make peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. I wish
all Americans could have seen what I had the privilege to witness this
week. The leaders of Israel and Jordan, enemies for 47 years, found the
courage to put aside their past to come together in a moving ceremony in
the desert between their two countries. They made peace after a
generation of war so that this generation and the next generation of
their citizens could enjoy their lives, not live in dread.
I know you were moved, as I was, by what Jordan's King Hussein and
Israel's Prime Minister Rabin said about America. They said they
couldn't have made this peace without our support. One member of a
delegation of Americans who went with me put it best when he said, ``It
made me so proud to know that my country was responsible for helping to
build this peace.''
The United States, at this moment in history, is uniquely blessed.
We are blessed with great power and a heritage and commitment not to
abuse that power but, instead, to seek peace, freedom, and democracy as
well as our own security. We are using our role to do that in the Middle
East to build a comprehensive peace.
A year ago, leaders of Israel and the Palestine Liberation
Organization came to the White House for another historic peace accord.
This week I made it clear to them that the PLO must do everything it can
to end terrorism against Israel so that the peace process can create a
better future for this region. And I met with President Asad of Syria to
say it's time he, too, follow the example and inspiration of Israel and
Jordan. We made progress on this trip, and we'll continue to do our part
to bring peace to this long-troubled part of the world.
All over the world, nations look to us for leadership, whether it's
in the peace process between Israel and its Arab neighbors or the South
Africans asking us to help them hold their first successful democratic
elections or leaders in Northern Ireland asking the United States to
help end their terrible conflict or the folks in Haiti who, when
President Aristide and democracy returned, held up signs to our troops
that said simply, ``Thank you, America.'' And of course, it's clear that
when Saddam Hussein reared up his head again in the Gulf, Kuwait and
other countries looked to the United States. They know that the good men
and women I came to Kuwait to thank are the strength behind our
commitment to peace and to freedom.
We must maintain a strong defense so that we can protect our own
security and our own interests and so that we can make the world safer
and more prosperous for our children by advancing freedom, as we are
here in the Gulf today.
To stay strong abroad, we also know America has to be strong at
home. To do that, we have to take on challenges at home just as we do
abroad. We have to do what we have to do to keep the American dream
alive into the next century: a strong economy, a good society, advancing
the values of work and family and community. In the last 21 months,
we've made a good start: getting our economic house in order after years
of neglect, starting the first serious assault on crime in a generation,
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America work for ordinary citizens after a long time when they and their
children were left to fall behind.
Just yesterday we got the new economic figures on the third quarter
of this year when our economy grew over 3\1/2\ percent. In 1994, more
than half the new jobs were high-wage jobs, and there were more high-
wage jobs coming into our economy than in the previous 5 years combined.
We've got a lot to do, but we're making progress by putting the
interests of ordinary Americans first, taking on problems too long
ignored, helping individuals to compete and win. That's the path to the
future.
In the elections we'll have in a little over a week, we'll face a
choice between continuing to move forward on a path that's working or
going back to flawed policies and easy promises that failed us in the
past. I believe America will look forward toward tomorrow, not toward
yesterday. I believe America won't give in to the easy path.
Just as we are setting the example by working abroad to help to
advance the cause of democracy, peace, and freedom, we can set an
example for ourselves by looking to the future at home. We owe that to
the good men and women of our Armed Forces who are out here for our
sake. The world they're helping to make peaceful expects no less of us,
and I believe the American people will expect no less of themselves.
Thanks for listening.
Note: The address was recorded at 5 p.m. on October 28 at the Tactical
Assembly Area Liberty in Kuwait for broadcast at 10:06 a.m. on October
29.
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Week Ending Friday, November 4, 1994
Remarks at the National Italian-American Foundation Dinner
October 29, 1994
Thank you very much. Can you hear me in the back? You can't hear,
can you? Can the people with the sound turn it up a little bit? Now, can
you hear in the back? I think some people can hear, but not see. So if
the rest of you would accommodate them, I would appreciate it, or they
would anyway. I can't see some of you. Thank you.
I want to thank Senator Leahy for his kind remarks. As a matter of
fact, I want to thank Senator Leahy for being able to stand up here,
after the 3 days I just put him through. He did a wonderful job for our
country on this trip to the Middle East, and I thank him for that.
I'm delighted to be back here for the third year in a row with Frank
Guarini, Frank Stella, Art Gajarsa, with the distinguished Ambassador
from the Vatican, and the distinguished Italian Ambassador. I have to
say, Hillary wanted me to especially say tonight how sorry she was she
couldn't come again. You know last year when she was here, she met
Fabio, and he picked her up and carried her around. She wasn't the same
for weeks afterward. [Laughter] She went to the Middle East with me. She
needed a little energy boost tonight, so I came here thinking somebody
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