Bill Clinton: “Well, they--first of all, they were enormously impressive people, very brave, very--they were very compelling people.…”

“Well, they--first of all, they were enormously impressive people, very brave, very--they were very compelling people. And as you know, the sister of one of the young women of the Duker family, she's about to go back over there. She's going, I think, at the end of this week. And so, she is also a very brave young woman. And her mother urged me to just keep working with them and not to give up on the quest for peace. And the other family, the father has spent a lot of time traveling around the country talking to young people about it, and he said--I also agreed with him--he said, ``There can't be any peace unless there's security, and the Israelis can only sacrifice so much. Arafat has got to do his part as well.'' And of course, he's right about that. And the United States has been very insistent that Chairman Arafat take stronger steps to crack down. And in recent days there's some encouraging signs that he has. Some important arrests have been made. And of course, these suicide bombers and the people that are running them, they're not just the enemy of Israel and the enemy of the peace process, they're also Arafat's enemies, too. I mean, if they get their way, it's hard to see what his legitimacy is as well. But those families are--they're pretty incredible people I would say. 1996 Election Press Secretary McCurry. Wald [David Wald, Newark Star Ledger] wants to ask you if you're confident you're going to carry New Jersey in the fall. [Laughter]”