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instrument. The Convention covers not only forces under U.N. command, 
but associated forces under national command or multinational forces 
present pursuant to a United Nations mandate. In situations such as we 
have seen in Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and Haiti, certain attacks 
on these associated forces would now be recognized as criminal acts, 
subjecting the attackers to prosecution in or extradition by any State 
that is a party to the Convention. As a result, the international 
community has taken a significant practical step to redress these 
incidents. In doing so, we recognize the fact that attacks

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on peacekeepers who represent the international community are violations 
of law and cannot be condoned.
    By creating obligations and procedures that increase the likelihood 
of prosecution of those who attack peacekeeping personnel, this 
Convention fulfills an important objective under my Directive for 
Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations of May 1994, which directs that 
the United States seek additional legal protections for United States 
peacekeeping personnel.
    The recommended legislation, necessary to implement the Convention, 
will be submitted to the Congress separately.
    I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration 
to this Convention subject to the understanding and reservation that are 
described in the accompanying report of the Department of State, and 
give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                            William J. Clinton
 The White House,
 January 3, 2001.

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Monday, January 8, 2001
 
Volume 37--Number 1
Pages 1-16
 
Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2001
 
Remarks at a Swearing-In Reception Honoring Senator Hillary Clinton

January 3, 2001

    Thank you. First of all, Senator Schumer has got to go to New York, 
and one of the things that I did not completely solve as President was 
the minor congestion we sometimes have at our airports. [Laughter] So 
let's give Senator Schumer a big hand, because he's got to go. 
[Applause] Thank you.
    Well, I want to thank Walter and Thelma and Cathy. Thank you, all of 
you who worked on this wonderful party for Hillary tonight. I want to 
thank the people of New York for being so good to my wife and to me and 
Al Gore for 8 years.
    This is a special day for Hillary's mother and her brothers and my 
family, but especially for Chelsea and me. We were in the Senate gallery 
today at noon, Chelsea and I were, holding hands, trying to keep from 
laughing out loud and embarrassing Senator Clinton. [Laughter] I 
resisted all temptation. I didn't take one of those little Kodak cameras 
in there. [Laughter] I did everything I could to avoid spoiling what 
was, for me, one of the truly wonderful moments in my life and our 
family's life. So, for all of you who helped Hillary over this last 
almost year and a half, I want you to know I am profoundly grateful to 
you.
    You also have taken a huge load off my mind. [Laughter] Because, you 
know, for 30 years, I've been guilt-ridden that I, when Hillary came to 
Arkansas and married me, that I kept her out of a career in politics 
that she should have had. So I don't have to feel bad about it anymore. 
[Laughter] And I really thank all of you for doing that. I say it 
laughingly, but I'm dead serious about it. I have always felt that 
Hillary had the best combination of mind and heart and passion and 
strength about the issues that we have always cared about than anyone I 
ever knew.
    And I also believe that the American people understand now that 
there really is a connection between the ideas you have and the level of 
commitment you have to implementing them, and what happens out there in 
the country. And if you have any doubt, you're about to find out. 
[Laughter] Because--[applause]--wait a minute--I say that in all 
seriousness. There were, in this election, which was so closely fought 
out in so many places, there are real differences between the way we 
view the world. And they are honest and heartfelt. But at least our 
ideas have been tested for 8 years, and most of them have worked pretty 
well.
    Quite apart from the enormous personal pride I have in Hillary, and 
the enormous gratitude I feel and the incredible--just sheer happiness 
that we all felt today, I am gratified to know that when my term of 
service as President ends, there will be one more magnificent voice 
sticking up for the folks that are too often forgotten and the causes 
that have too often been left behind.
    I'll leave you with this thought. Public service, like a political 
campaign, is a team sport. It's not like tennis; it's not something you 
play by yourself. It's a team sport. And even if you get to be 
quarterback, no matter how good you are, you'll lose if you don't have a 
good team. I have been blessed to

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have supporters like you, people like you, all over this country. Don't 
ever forget it's a team sport. You stick with Hillary, and you guys will 
do great things for America.
    Thank you, and God bless you.

Note: The President spoke at 8:43 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the 
Mayflower Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to reception hosts Walter 
and Thelma Kaye. The transcript released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary also included the remarks of Senator Clinton.


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Monday, January 8, 2001
 
Volume 37--Number 1
Pages 1-16
 
Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2001
 
Remarks at a Memorial Service for Jack McAuliffe in Syracuse, New York

January 4, 2001

    Millie; John, Joe, Tom, Terry; all the family and the grandchildren; 
reverend clergy. I want to thank the people who came with us today: our 
leader, Dick Gephardt, and his wife, Jane, and Senator Dodd and 
Congressman Coelho.
    Hillary and I are here because we really liked Jack McAuliffe. And I 
know most people will say, ``Well, the President came because Terry did 
so much for him.'' Truth is, I came for Joe. I thought we ought to have 
an Irish-Protestant support group here in this church. [Laughter]
    One wonderful nun reached over to me during communion and said, 
``Thank you so much for what you did for Ireland.'' I said, ``I had to 
do it. It's about time we started getting along.''
    I want to say just a few things. I spent quite a bit of time 
thinking about what I would say in my couple of minutes. Most of what I 
wanted to say has been said. But you know, when a great human being 
passes away, people search around in their minds for some part of the 
Scripture that captures that person. We talked about it a lot already 
today. Proverbs says, ``A happy heart doeth good like medicine, but a 
broken spirit drieth the bone''--that God loves a cheerful giver. That's 
what Jack McAuliffe was. He knew it was more blessed to give than to 
receive. But nothing is more distasteful than someone who's out there 
doing good and wants you to know it every minute of the day.
    Jack McAuliffe was a cheerful giver. Whether it was in risking his 
life in the Pacific or leading campaigns here to build a church for his 
neighbors or schools for the kids or cheering and giving to Notre Dame 
or the Democratic Party or spending time imparting all the lessons to 
his children that you heard about or just buying a round at the local 
bar, he was a cheerful giver.
    And every time I was around him, I felt better. And so did you, and 
that's why you're here today. He gave more to us than any of us outside 
his family gave to him. And we showed up to say, ``You gave us a lesson 
in life. We loved you for it, and we're grateful.''
    I have to say a little something about his ties to the Democratic 
Party. He was the county Democratic treasurer here for decades. And he 
started Terry out as a political fundraiser when he was 6 years old. 
I've heard this story--no matter how many times, I never get tired of 
it.
    When Terry was 6, on the night of the Onondaga County Democratic 
dinner, his dad sat him down at a card table outside the ballroom at the 
Hotel Syracuse and said, ``Don't let anybody in who hasn't paid.'' 
[Laughter] Terry immediately found his true calling in life. [Laughter] 
And you know, when he got up here, the first words out of his mouth were 
that his Republican brother paid. [Laughter] So thanks, Jack, you did 
good.
    I'll always be grateful because Jack showed me something about going 
through life and staying young by never losing your enthusiasm. You 
know, he didn't take--he was very proud of Terry's role in politics, but 
he didn't think it meant that he was now too good to do the basic work 
of politics. He was out there putting up yard signs for Hillary in this 
campaign when he was 83 years old. And I think he was pretty pleased at 
the way things came out.
    I also like the fact that he didn't lose his spirit when it didn't 
all work the way he thought it should. I mean, he thought Notre Dame 
should never lose, and he had what in this year turned out to be a 
bizarre idea: He thought all votes should actually be counted. 
[Laughter]

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    But he just kept chugging along, you know? And he made me even feel 
better about all of that.
    Terry, of all the things you've done for me, turns out none of them 
was better than the chance you gave me to be your father's friend. His 
memory will always bring a smile to the face of all of us who knew him, 
and we'll always miss him. But I rejoice in the fact that Jack, the 
cheerful giver, is in his rightful place, where the road is always 
rising and the wind is always at his back, and he is always in the 
hollow of God's hand.
    Thank you, Jack.

Note: The President spoke at 11:45 a.m. at the Cathedral of the 
Immaculate Conception. In his remarks, he referred to Jack McAuliffe's 
widow, Millie, and their children, John E., Jr., Joseph R., Thomas J., 
and Terence McAuliffe; and former Congressman Tony Coelho.


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Monday, January 8, 2001
 
Volume 37--Number 1
Pages 1-16
 
Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2001
 
Remarks Celebrating the Enactment of the Breast and Cervical Cancer 
Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000

January 4, 2001

    Thank you very much. Well, first, I think we all should thank Tonia 
again for coming all the way from Oklahoma, where it's been hazardous 
even to drive around, if you've been seeing--[laughter]. Oklahoma and my 
native State of Arkansas have been one big icicle for the last several 
days. And she came all the way up here to try to make sure that no other 
woman ever has to go through what she has, and I think she did a 
terrific job.
    I'd also like to thank Senator Clinton--God, what a kick--
[laughter]--this is the first time I've been able to say that; I'm still 
getting used to saying that; I kind of like it, you know--who has been 
such a vital part of all the progress we've made in women and children's 
health here in the United States and throughout the world and who will 
continue to lead on these issues in the United States Senate.
    I thank, as Hillary did, Secretary Shalala for all she has done, 
right up until the 11th hour. Just a few days ago, we were announcing 
our medical privacy regulations, which I think are profoundly important, 
and I thank her.
    And as Hillary said, Janice Lachance, at the Office of Personnel 
Management, has kept us on the forefront of employers, in setting a good 
example. And she, in the 11th hour--even later--announced that we were 
going to have parity for mental health, something that Tipper Gore has 
worked so hard for and something that you have made real for the Federal 
employees and their families. And I thank you for that.
    I'd also like to thank someone who never gets mentioned, but has 
literally done virtually--is responsible for virtually everything I have 
done on health care for 8 years, Mr. Chris Jennings. Thank you, Chris, 
wherever you may be. Thank you.
    I, too, want to thank our friends Anna Eshoo, Louise Slaughter, 
Sherrod Brown, Rosa DeLauro for joining us today, and for all those who 
worked with them on this important legislation and for all the things 
that they have tried to do. Hillary mentioned the genetic discrimination 
law. I think that's very important. And there's lots of interests 
arrayed against Louise and the others who are trying to pass this bill. 
And I won't be around to help you, but we've got a better distribution 
in the Congress for people who would like to pass that. And I'll say 
more about this at the end of my remarks.
    But as I imagine, what we want people to find out about themselves 
and their conditions and what we can do to lengthen life and improve the 
quality of life, it's only going to work if we have some protection 
against discrimination. When you find out something that you really need 
to know but somebody will use against you, you wind up having more 
people in the same shape Tonia was in, if we permit genetic 
discrimination. Instead of lengthening life, we're going to cut short 
work lives and a lot of other problems if we don't pass it. So I urge 
you all to please hang in there with this vast group and try to pass a 
bill against genetic discrimination so that we can move on to the next 
chapter of this grand struggle.
    Now, mostly what we're here to do today is to mark the progress that 
we've made in women's and children's health--thanks to the dramatic 
increase in funding for research

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and the provision of more health care options for women and children; 
thanks to your stand against discrimination and violence directed at 
women and for a woman's right to choose. So many of you, advocates for 
women and children, women's health, breast and cervical cancer groups, 
have never stopped fighting since--certainly since the day I got here. 
[Laughter] I thought I had a lot of energy until I met all of you. 
[Laughter] And you have, on occasion, worn me out. [Laughter]
    But in the bill we come to particularly talk about today, you have 
proved once again that when Americans put the people of this country 
first, when they look at the human dimensions of a challenge, there are 
literally no limits to what we can achieve together. And so again, I 
want to thank all of you for what you've done and what we'll go on to 
do.
    With regard to breast and cervical cancer, I just wanted to 
reemphasize that we know what works: early detection, prompt treatment, 
and a commitment to research until a cure is found. And we have to stay 
on all three approaches.
    More than 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical 
cancer this year in the United States. Too many Americans still will 
lose a sister, a daughter, a friend, or a mother. And too many women 

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