Today we are reaping the benefits of those who wisely invested in Federal R&D in the past.

We have paid our debts.

It is a great honor, a great joy.

I'm sorry we're a few minutes late this morning, but I got up early this morning at the White House and was on the phone for a couple of hours because this morning, or morning our time, not very long ago, the Israelis and the Palestinians…

I don't think it can be anything but positive.

For every day you have given me to be your President, I thank you.

But we've learned from experience to take these things one at a time and to hammer out step-by-step progress.

I want to thank you also for the support that you have given to me and to our administration.

There is now a real chance for peace in Bosnia.

I salute our pilots and crews and their NATO colleagues.

I intend to do everything in my power to make sure our military remains the best fighting force in the world.

Nelson F. Sievering, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-ninth Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

We have to do something about gangs and violence.

Hazel Rollins O'Leary, of Minnesota, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-ninth Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton, of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice Genta Hawkins Holmes.

You know, one of the most troubling things to me today is that the crime rate is going down here.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the families, friends, and loved ones of those who were killed, both in the United States and in Canada.

Jane Bobbitt, of West Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Loretta L. Dunn, resigned.