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Volume 34--Number 7
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Contents
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Weekly Compilation of
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Addresses and Remarks
See also Appointments and Nominations; Resignations and Retirements
Capitol Hill, departure for--235
Ford's Theatre, festival--228
Georgetown University--229
Joint Democratic caucus--246
Millennium lecture program--244
Pennsylvania, American Association for the Advancement of Science in
Philadelphia--254
Protocols of accession to NATO for Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic--239
Radio address--227
Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership, presentation--238
Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health David Satcher,
swearing-in ceremony--252
Appointments and Nominations
National Science Foundation, Director, remarks--254
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Director,
remarks--254
Communications to Congress
Nuclear weapons stockpile, letter transmitting annual
certification--246
Protocols of accession to NATO for Poland, Hungary, and Czech
Republic, message transmitting--241
Communications to Federal Agencies
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, memorandum--234
Executive Orders
Amendment to Executive Order 12656 (assignment of emergency
preparedness responsibilities)--234
Interviews With the News Media
Exchange with reporters in the Roosevelt Room--252
Joint Statements
U.S.-Bulgarian Partnership for a New Era--236
Letters and Messages
Presidents' Day, message--251
Meetings With Foreign Leaders
Bulgaria, President Stoyanov--236
United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair--227
Resignations and Retirements
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Director,
remarks--254
Statements by the President
Accident involving U.S. aircraft in the Persian Gulf--228
Department of Health and Human Services, confirmation of David
Satcher as Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health--
236
Line item veto, U.S. District Court decision--251
Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt--244
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--261
Checklist of White House press releases--260
Digest of other White House announcements--259
Nominations submitted to the Senate--259
Editor's Note: The President was in Philadelphia, PA, on February 13,
the closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the
Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in
this issue will be printed next week.
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Week Ending Friday, February 13, 1998
The President's Radio Address
February 7, 1998
President Clinton. Good morning. Today, I am pleased to be joined by
an honored guest of our Nation, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United
Kingdom. We are speaking to you from the Map Room in the White House,
where more than half a century ago, President Franklin Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Winston Churchill charted our path to victory in World
War II.
As Eleanor Roosevelt said, that was no ordinary time. But neither is
the new era we are entering. At home, we must prepare all our citizens
to succeed in the information age. And abroad, we must not only take
advantage of real new possibilities but combat a new nexus of threats,
none more dangerous than chemical and biological weapons and the
terrorists, criminals, and outlaw states that seek to acquire them.
As we face the challenges of the 21st century, the alliance between
the United States and the United Kingdom remains unshakable. I'd like to
ask Prime Minister Blair to say a word about what we have achieved
together this week.
Prime Minister Blair. Thank you. And thank you for asking me to
share in your weekly address to the American people.
Britain and America have so much in common: language, values, belief
in family and community, and a real sense of national pride. We share
many problems, too, and it has been clear from our discussions that we
are agreed, in general terms, about some of the solutions.
You took the tough decisions needed for long-term economic
stability. We are doing so. You have focused on education, welfare
reform, a new approach to crime. So are we. Together, we are breaking
down boundaries of left and right and creating a new politics of the
radical center.
But no issue has been more pressing in our discussions than the
threat to world peace and stability posed by Saddam Hussein. I stand
four square with you in our determination to bring Saddam into line with
the agreement he made at the end of the Gulf war. This is a man who has
already compiled sufficient chemical and biological weapons to wipe out
the world's population.
When he invaded Kuwait, people could see easily a wrong being
committed. But what he is doing now, in continuing to defy the
international community, in continuing to develop his program for
weapons of mass destruction, is potentially far more dangerous. Simply,
he must be stopped.
We are pursuing all the diplomatic avenues open to us. But if they
fail and force is the only way to get him into line, then force must be
used. If that happens, Britain will be there, as we have been in the
past, at the forefront in our determination to uphold international
peace and security.
President Clinton. Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. On Iraq, as on so
many issues, the United States and Britain speak with one voice.
Since the end of the Gulf war, the United Nations inspectors in Iraq
have done a remarkable job. They have found and destroyed 38,000
chemical weapons, more than 100,000 gallons of the agents used in those
weapons, 48 missiles, 30 warheads specially fitted for chemical and
biological weapons, and a large plant for producing deadly biological
agents on a massive scale.
But their job is not yet done. Iraq continues to conceal chemical
and biological weapons, and missiles that can deliver them. And Iraq has
the capacity to quickly restart production of these weapons.
The United States and Britain are determined to prevent Saddam
Hussein from threatening the world with weapons of mass destruction
again. Now, the best way to do that is to get the inspectors back on the
job,
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with full and free access to all the sites, so they can root out
whatever else needs to be destroyed and then continue to monitor suspect
sites. It's up to Saddam to make that happen. If he doesn't, we must
be--and we are--prepared to act. As we speak, the British aircraft
carrier Invincible is patrolling the waters of the Persian Gulf with
America's 5th Fleet. United with our allies abroad, we are also united
here at home. I thank the many Republicans and Democrats who have
expressed strong support for our stand against this menace to global
security. No one should doubt our resolve.
Throughout the 20th century, the alliance between the United States
and Britain made all the difference between tyranny and freedom, chaos
and security. Now, we are turning to face the challenges of a new
century. And together, we will again prevail.
Thanks for listening.
Note: The address was recorded at 6:40 p.m. on February 6 in the Map
Room at the White House for broadcast at 10:06 a.m. on February 7. In
his remarks, the President referred to President Saddam Hussein of Iraq.
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Week Ending Friday, February 13, 1998
Statement on the Accident Involving United States Aircraft in the
Persian Gulf
February 7, 1998
Defending America's interests is difficult, dangerous work--and our
men and women in uniform bear that burden every day. Nowhere is their
service more important than in the Persian Gulf.
I was saddened to learn that one of our Marine Corps F/A-18 pilots,
Lieutenant Colonel Henry G. Van Winkle II, lost his life yesterday in
the skies over the Persian Gulf. Lieutenant Colonel Van Winkle was there
as part of America's commitment to back up our determined diplomacy with
force as we work to prevent Saddam Hussein from threatening the world
with weapons of mass destruction.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones--and with all our
men and women in uniform around the world as they serve and sacrifice
every day to keep Americans safe and America strong.
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Week Ending Friday, February 13, 1998
Remarks at the Festival at Ford's Theatre
February 8, 1998
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. First let me say that
Hillary and I, as always, have had a wonderful evening. We look forward
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