I am confident their experience and commitment will serve them well in their important new roles.

I know this season must be especially difficult for all of you.

I am confident that Admiral Inman is the right leader to meet these demanding challenges.

He brings to this job the kind of character all Americans respect.

I know that while you are our President our country will grow in all of its strengths.

I look forward to having the benefit of your counsel, your expertise and your leadership skills as we work together to ensure a safer world for generations to come.

He helped launch creative policy responses to the fundamental changes of this era.

He's provided steady leadership for the entire defense community as it has confronted the inevitable downsizing that accompanied the end of the cold war.

As Hungary's first post-Communist Prime Minister, Mr. Antall will be remembered for his strong leadership and commitment to freedom during these historic times.

Secretary Aspin is putting together strong management teams in every branch of the service.

People can sense whether you are going in the right direction or the wrong direction, and I think we have to work together to change the direction.

One of my better predecessors, Harry Truman, once said that his job consisted largely of trying to talk people into doing what they ought to do without his having to ask them in the first place.

I certainly stand behind her foursquare as Surgeon General.

Bob assured me that Bill's history of stepping into and resolving tough disputes would prove to be invaluable to the negotiations.

I've known Phil for a long time and believe that his integrity, personal qualities, and record of management success will be a genuine asset to the White House.

The family is the central core from which we prepare our children to assume the positions of leadership that will take us into the next century.

My job, as your President, is to get this country into the next century as the strongest nation in the world.

We cannot do well if we permit that to happen.