04/22/1998
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"George Robertson is an extremely talented and dedicated public servant."
"Your ongoing support through 1999 is essential to the Nation's ability to achieve the ultimate goal of minimizing Y2K-related failures in the public and private sectors."
"Paying down the debt creates wealth, creates jobs, creates opportunity."
"We have balanced the budget, turned a deficit of $290 billion into a surplus of $99 billion, the largest ever."