It is clear that for peace to take root in the region, more economic assistance is vital.

The Iraqi people are suffering tremendously under Saddam's tyranny, and they do deserve the help of the international community.

I'm proud that our buyout program was so successful.

I promised to cut the work force, and that's what I'm doing.

Our assistance be as targeted, relevant, and efficient as possible.

Without a serious approach to arms decommissioning, there will never be a resolution of this conflict.

Ensuring effective support for the transformation underway in the NIS remains among the highest foreign policy priorities of my Administration.

I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the functions conferred upon the President by section 106 of the International Narcotics Control Corrections Act of 1994.

Mr. Morningstar will also act as Chairman of the previously established interagency NIS Assistance Coordination Group.

Despite remarkable progress, however, the success of reforms across the former Soviet Union is by no means assured.

The United States has a vital stake in the success of reform in the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union.

Our common cause has been at the heart of our success in two World Wars and, of course, in the cold war.

Northern Ireland is closer to a just and lasting settlement than at any time in a generation.

We believe that, in parallel with the enlargement of NATO, the alliance must develop and maintain close ties with Russia.

Moreover, many of those budget offsets are highly objectionable.

I transmit herewith the 1994 Annual Report on Alaska's Mineral Resources.

I sure hope that I can do that.

We dare not let it become one.