Bill Clinton: “Let me recast the question a little bit. It's a good question. [Laughter] It's a good question, but to be fair we've got…”

“Let me recast the question a little bit. It's a good question. [Laughter] It's a good question, but to be fair we've got to recast it. We have already--the first round of aid to non-Soviet Russia, to a democratic Russia, is plainly going to go through, the first $1.6 billion. The aid that we agreed with our partners in the G-7 to provide through the international financial institutions, which is a big dollar item, is plainly going to go through. The question is, can we get any more aid for Russia that requires a new appropriation by the United States Congress? And that is a question I think, Mary [Mary McGrory, Washington Post], that will be resolved in the weeks ahead, in part by what happens to the American workers and their jobs and their future. I think the two things will be tied by many Members of Congress. Navy Sexual Harassment Investigation”