The Prime Minister and I today agreed that our Secretary of Defense and their Minister of Defense will review these operational and safety measures together.

The ABM Treaty remains a cornerstone of strategic stability.

I hereby determine and certify that the following major illicit drug producing and/or major illicit drug transit countries/dependent territories have cooperated fully with the United States.

Fact Sheet: Overview of Annual Presidential Certification of Major Drug Producing and Transit Countries

Without our military alliances, we would not have been able to do this.

It allowed us to reaffirm for all of Africa that the United States is proud and determined to build a partnership of mutual respect with African nations which share our dreams of a better world.

It is essential for some countries, but it is not enough.

It is fitting that we are having this dinner here, almost 200 years later, to chart a new century and to explore our relationship with Ghana and with Africa.

I declared a national emergency to address the disturbance or threatened disturbance of international relations caused by the February 24, 1996, destruction by the Government of Cuba of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft in…

I have sent the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency declared with respect to the Government of Cuba's destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft is to continue in effect beyond March 1, 1999.

The United States wanted and very much needed a new partnership with Africa.

I am pleased to provide the attached report on a Western Hemisphere Drug Alliance.

Strengthening international narcotics control is one of my Administration's top foreign policy priorities.

It is imperative that all sides avoid provocations that would imperil this progress.

I commend the two Prime Ministers for demonstrating courage and leadership by coming together and addressing difficult issues that have long divided their countries.

South Asia—and, indeed, the entire world—will benefit if India and Pakistan promptly turn these commitments into concrete progress.

Nothing better symbolizes the sea change in our sense of hemispheric community than the partnership between the United States and Mexico.

We are more than neighbors.