Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Citizens Medals
12/14/1995
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Urgent action may still be required, however, to supply essential relief to refugees and displaced persons still located in eastern Zaire.
I can think of no better way to begin this season of hope than by presenting the Congressional Space Medal to Dr. Shannon Lucid.
The humanitarian situation in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region of eastern Zaire has been a continuing source of international concern.