05/06/1999
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"Such authorities should be vested in the President."
"Failure to close the USUHS would increase Department of Defense spending by $286 million between FYs 1995 and 1999."
"Hillary and I have tried to make this event and the one we had last year fun, relaxing, nonpolitical, which is almost impossible in Washington."
"Most of the funds I am releasing today will help small business people in southern California who have had difficulty obtaining assistance until now."