Bill Clinton: “Well, I think a lot of our campaign has already begun. Because of the widespread awareness at home because all of you…”

“Well, I think a lot of our campaign has already begun. Because of the widespread awareness at home because all of you are here and telling them at home what we just did, I think that a lot of the work has begun. But I do think, yes, that we all have a job to do, as Senator Roth said yesterday, but I and our administration have a job to do with the American people and with the United States Congress. I disagree that we are isolating Russia. You can only believe we're isolating Russia if you believe that the great power, territorial politics of the 20th century will dominate the 21st century and if you believe that NATO is inherently antagonistic to Russia's interests and that Russia inherently will have to try to exercise greater territorial domination in the next few years than it has in the last few. I dispute that. I believe that enlightened self-interest, as well as shared values, will compel countries to define their greatness in more constructive ways. And the threats that we will share that will be genuine threats to our security will compel us to cooperate in more constructive ways. Therefore, I think the fact that we had the NATO-Russia agreement first, that I went to Helsinki to see President Yeltsin before we actually even went--finalized where we were going with this--we got that done first, and we met in Paris and signed the agreement--it shows that NATO wants a constructive partnership with Russia as with all other democratic countries. Yes, go ahead, Peter [Peter Maer, NBC Mutual Radio]. Nuclear Weapons and the Republics of the Former Soviet Union”