Bill Clinton: “Death of King Hussein I Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin, if I might, by thanking President Bush…”

“Death of King Hussein I Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin, if I might, by thanking President Bush, President Carter, and President Ford and this congressional delegation for coming on very short notice all the way to Jordan to make a clear and unambiguous statement about our regard and respect and gratitude to King Hussein and the people of Jordan. I thank them very, very much. I want to thank Ambassador Burns and all of you in the Embassy community for representing us in a difficult and challenging part of the world, in a wonderful country. I thank all the Jordanian nationals who work for the United States. We are honored by your efforts. And when Jordanians and Americans work together in our Embassy here in Amman, they symbolize the partnership that we hope will always exist between the United States and Jordan. Most of what I would have said has already been said so eloquently by those who have spoken before. I would just like to make a couple of points about King Hussein and about King Abdullah. First of all, Hussein really did bring people together. You know, I was looking at the four of us--here we are, two Democrats, two Republicans--we've agreed on many things; we've disagreed on a thing or two over time. But we know that America's interest and America's heart were close to this King and this country. I looked at the Israeli delegation today; I could hardly believe my eyes. All the candidates for prime minister were there.…”