Bill Clinton: “Well, keep in mind we've been doing quite a lot. We just had a meeting in--let me back up and say--let me remind you of…”

“Well, keep in mind we've been doing quite a lot. We just had a meeting in--let me back up and say--let me remind you of what our strategy is. The first strategy is to get the other nations of the world to take as hard a line on terrorism as we have already taken--and is manifest in this Congress which did pass in a bipartisan way a tougher sanctions bill, for example, against Iran and Libya--and to get other countries to work with us. And we agree on 25 separate things that we would do together with the G-7 countries in that regard. And last year--or earlier this year, several months ago at the United Nations-- the last time I spoke to the United Nations, I asked them to adopt an international compact against terrorism. So we're moving on that. The second thing we're trying to do is to increase our capacity to deal with terrorist activities here at home. And we have increased our capacity in the last 3 years. And this Congress did pass in a bipartisan way an antiterrorism bill which helped us to do more. The third thing we have to do, because they're targeted, is to dramatically increase airport security. Now, in addition to that, we're taking further measures to increase the security of our troops overseas, as you know, and General Downing is going to make a report to me sometime in the next couple of weeks about that. And we have had success in thwarting several planned terrorist activities in the United States against America. So there are things that we can do. As to the TWA flight and the evidence you mentioned, I can tell you this. I will do what is appropriate once we know what the evidence is. But there are a lot of people who have a lot of opinions now. But as President, I have to wait until the FBI investigators and the other team members tell me what they believe to have happened and until we have a chain of established proof. You can't say, particularly when the consequences are as horrible as this, what you think happened in the absence of conclusive evidence. So I have to wait until I get that. Employment Figures”