02/03/1999
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"I have signed into law H.R. 4, the 'National Missile Defense Act of 1999.'"
"Any NMD system we deploy must be operationally effective, cost-effective, and enhance our security."
"Our country is so blessed now."
"This interpretation, which is confirmed by the legislative record taken as a whole, is also required to avoid any possible impairment of my constitutional authorities."