Bill Clinton: “Maryland July 4, 1996 Thank you very much. First of all, Admiral Newsome, thank you for welcoming us, and thank you for…”

“Maryland July 4, 1996 Thank you very much. First of all, Admiral Newsome, thank you for welcoming us, and thank you for the fine work that you and your colleagues do here every day to make our country stronger in so many ways. Congressman Hoyer, thank you for your leadership, thank you for being with us today on Independence Day and for what you do every day for this district and for our Nation. I'd like to say a special word of thanks to Craig Koppie, who saved both of our lives out there when the eagle got a little nervous-- [laughter]--she wanted to be free even more than we wanted to free her, I think--[laughter]--and to Jamie Clark and to all those here who work to conserve our Nation's treasures. We have Federal employees here. We have some State employees here from Maryland who are devoting their careers to preserving our environment, our natural resources, and our precious species. And I'd like to ask all the rest of us on this Independence Day to thank them for what they do for America. [Applause] Thank you very, very much. I want to thank all the people who are here from the Department of the Interior. I see Deputy Secretary Garamendi, and there are many others here from the Interior Department. We've seeded this crowd today. And I want to say a special word of thanks to Bruce Babbitt.…”