05/21/1995
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"I have concluded, having worked at this job now for 2 1/2 years, that we cannot achieve the specific strategies of creating opportunity or providing for more responsibility unless we find a way to do ..."
"The bill would micromanage Defense operations by restricting the authority of the President."
"I believe that unless we do this, and until we do it, there will still be a sort of wedge that will be very hard to get out of the spirit and the life of America."
"It would also seriously undermine the President's goal of providing a balanced budget while increasing investment programs essential to a higher standard of living for all Americans."