09/25/1996
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"Terrorist groups continue to engage in activities with the purpose or effect of threatening the Middle East peace process, and that are hostile to U.S. interests in the region."
"It is wrong for us to defer this because of disagreements that are not necessary to resolve."
"The crisis with respect to the grave acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists that threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process that lead to the declaration on January 23, 1995, of a nati..."
"I declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security."