Submitted July 29: James M. Bodner, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, vice Jan Lodal.

I have determined that the performance of the agreement will promote, and will not constitute an unreasonable risk to, the common defense and security.

I have today signed into law H.R. 2266, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998.

I was determined to do nothing that would undercut our national security.

Secretary Perry's many trips abroad were as much about checking in with our troops and their families as they were about meeting with defense ministers and military leaders in other lands.

We owe them as well a guarantee that we will continue to defend the American ideals for which they have served and sacrificed.

I therefore direct the drawdown from the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense of an aggregate value not to exceed $10 million in commodities and services to provide assistance to states currently participating in ECOMOG.

This bill also funds the Nation's defense program for another year.

Our troops have more than earned that.

This bill makes good on our pledge to keep our Armed Forces the best trained, best equipped fighting force on Earth.

the furnishing of defense articles and services to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

We want to fight terrorism.

I want to go when the Secretary of Defense and General Shalikashvili tell me it's an appropriate thing to do.

We have to maintain the defense conversion programs that our administration has put in place.

The TRP program is crucial to our effort to integrate our commercial high technology industry with defense requirements.

I have directed the Secretary of Defense to provide appropriate disaster assistance to the Government of Japan in response to the devastating earthquake of January 17, 1995.

Our Armed Forces are the backbone of our national security strategy.

The world knows that the skills of our fighting men and women have never been higher.