I think that he will be in a position this week to report both to the G-7 but also to President Yeltsin that, in fact, he has done that.

This is already a period of change in Japan, and I would hope that that would be viewed with hope and not with fear by the Japanese people.

I hope we will have more trade, not less, more openness, more growth, and more jobs in both Japan and the United States.

There is no more important relationship to the United States than our relationship with Japan.

I come here with an outstretched hand and the hope that all of the ferment and change and political debate going on in Japan will be a very positive thing for your people and for our relationship.

I want to say how glad we are to be in Japan.

The United States has no intention at this moment or in the future of weakening its security ties in the Pacific, not to Japan, not to South Korea.

I have invested a lot in both the change and the continuity because I think they are terribly important.

I was able to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to the security relationship that exists between our two nations.

The United States has no more important bilateral relationship than our relationship with Japan.

We think it is in the interest of both countries for that to happen.

I want to thank all of you who teach our children, staff our schools, lead our communities, and build our future.

Today, it is America's great energizer as well, the best change agent we can possibly have.

Perhaps more than any person who ever sought this job, I spent my apprenticeship in the schools of my State, in the schools of this country, listening to teachers talking with children.

I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher.

America will change if somebody will tell the people the truth instead of giving them the same old pablum.

Education was touted, as it always has been, as America's great equalizer.

The new economy is built on information and innovation.