Judge Mikva, a man of uncompromising integrity and judgment, is the right person for this job.

I am delighted to announce that Chief Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will become the new White House Counsel, effective October 1st.

I would consult promptly with the Congress should unforeseen circumstances arise.

This is the first time in history we ever even got bills to the floor of both Houses of Congress.

My bottom line is what it has always been.

That's plainly what happened in the last 4 months, 5 months in the House and in the Senate where there was just this 'kill it, kill it, kill it, kill it, kill it' drumbeat coming out of the ones who were negative.

I do not think that Congress ought to send a message to the country that it is fine with us if this deplorable development continues.

This is a very important week for our country.

It has been my longheld view that the arms embargo has unfairly and unintentionally penalized the victim in this conflict.

We just can't allow the kind of disinformation that Mr. Bowles talked about and the intense, almost hysterical fear that's been bred in some of the small business community.

Do I wish they had come out stronger earlier? Of course I do.

I am writing to reaffirm my Administration's support for lifting the international arms embargo on Bosnia and Herzegovina imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 713 of September 25, 1991.

I think it's incumbent on everybody to get in there and participate in the debate.

The likelihood of greater U.S. military involvement in Bosnia would be increased, not decreased.

I met yesterday with a dozen or more business leaders who went outside the White House and once again reaffirmed their support for universal coverage.

One of the reasons that the bills are in the position that they're in today is that the people who were against this from the beginning and wanted to wreck it over the mandate were out there focused like a laser beam on beating it.

This unity will be especially critical as we approach the Contact Group's final option of lifting the arms embargo.

The people who are out there on the front lines of law enforcement want to give these kids something to say yes to as well as something to say no to.