Bill Clinton actually said...

"Ensuring effective support for the transformation underway in the NIS remains among the highest foreign policy priorities of my Administration."

"The Iraqi people are suffering tremendously under Saddam's tyranny, and they do deserve the help of the international community."

"The United States has a vital stake in the success of reform in the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union."

"Without a serious approach to arms decommissioning, there will never be a resolution of this conflict."