Contrary to some of the complaints about it, our plan will increase consumer choice, not decrease it.

This is a huge economic problem.

I do hereby proclaim October 9, 1993, as Leif Erikson Day.

We went because only the United States could help stop one of the great human tragedies of this time.

Most Somalis are not hostile to us but grateful.

We need more armor, more air power, to ensure that our people are safe and that we can do our job.

The arts and humanities must remain a vital part of our lives as individuals and as a Nation.

Let us celebrate country music in our homes and towns across the United States.

Do we leave when the job gets tough, or when the job is well done?

Public support for the arts and humanities remains essential today and for the generations to come.

I am delighted to be here to honor this year's winners of the National Medal of the Arts and the Charles Frankel Prize.

Let us demonstrate to the world that when Americans take on a challenge, they do the job right.

Country music is one of America's unique musical forms.

We have to find that imagination and fire it in the children all over America.

The solution to Somalia's problems is not a military one, it is political.

I want you to know that I am determined to work for the security of those Americans missing or held captive.

I urge all Americans to join me in recognizing the role that country music has played in shaping our cultural heritage.

Country music is about the American story.