The President's Radio Address
02/17/1995
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I'm proud that our buyout program was so successful.
The United States has a vital stake in the success of reform in the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union.
Ensuring effective support for the transformation underway in the NIS remains among the highest foreign policy priorities of my Administrati...
Despite remarkable progress, however, the success of reforms across the former Soviet Union is by no means assured.