We have proposed and the Salvadoran Government has proposed that if the guerrillas will lay down their arms and come in and participate in the democratic process of election, they will be granted amnesty.

We want to find out for ourselves in the study when we analyze what has been done.

I welcome this first step.

That's not just the United States; that's 30 other American States.

$800,000 in additional summer youth employment funds is being allocated to the District of Columbia.

The young person gets not only a paying job but also the valuable experience participating in the private sector.

We've begun to turn things around.

Clearly, the Federal funds that are being allocated to States and local governments are important to the young people they help.

As a banking and financial center, an important ship-repair port and site of international petrochemical and metallurgic cooperative ventures, your country is an open and inviting land of growth and opportunity.

The American people are fortunate to have you as a friend and proud to stand side by side with the people of Bahrain in seeking stability, prosperity, and peace for us all.

I hope that I can count on your help to implement all elements of the Scowcroft Commission recommendations.

I appreciate the efforts of NSTAC members and the substantial commitment of corporate resources each has made to the NSTAC process.

As Pope John Paul told his beloved Poles, we are blessed by divine heritage.

The United States stands ready to consult with you on whatever we can do to participate more fully in your remarkable economic and social progress.

It's been a pleasure for Nancy and me to welcome to Washington today His Highness Shaykh Isa bin Sulman Al Khalifa, the Amir of Bahrain.

We must draw on our foundation of partnership as we search for stability and peace with justice in the Middle East.

I know our shared goals of peace and prosperity for the region can be met in the same spirit of good will and partnership that has characterized our friendship thus far.

Endorsing these recommendations will give this Nation a very solid chance to secure a balanced, verifiable arms reduction that, through greater stability, can make our Nation, our world, our people safer.