Bill Clinton

Absolutely. One of my staff aides, when we were coming over here, and I had a conversation about this very issue and about how the information superhighway needs to be both wide and deep, deep in the way that newspapers are. I can…

Well, until 4 o'clock this morning we were working as hard as we could to reach an agreement, so I'm not prepared to say yet. We're going to have to think about that. I tried to characterize this as a period of reflection now. We just have…

I get that kind of question all the time. Don't let it bother you. [Laughter] Go ahead. Prime Minister Hosokawa. With regard to the interpretation of numerical targets, I think there is a difference between the two sides, and we have not…

Let me just say--I can only comment on two things. First of all, in terms of the troops, all we ever said about that was that we would expect to have less than half. We never specified a specific amount. Secondly, I have never even…

Because we couldn't agree on what constituted evidence of market openings, and there are other reasons as well, but at least that is one. Prime Minister Hosokawa. In the way we look at it, in the areas of government procurement, insurance…

Well, first of all, the G-7 agreement, the agreement we concluded with Japan last summer was, I think, a good framework. We all recognized that it had to be implemented. I can't say that the people who concluded the agreement last summer…

I am making available an appropriation of $200 million in budget authority for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

Well, we have no reason, I'll say again, we have no reason to believe that--keep in mind, everything we have done with NATO is consistent with action the U.N. has already taken. It's within the umbrella of U.N. action, and Russia was on…

Well, I think Senator Kerrey said that nobody's really interested in cutting Social Security in terms of the social safety net that we have built up in this country. I want to wait and see what they have to say. In my budget I recommended…

I don't know. You'll have to ask them. But we've had a lot of high-level consultations on it. Madeleine Albright has talked to her counterpart. Ambassador Collins is there, even though Ambassador Pickering is here. We have no reason to…

If the Japanese come back and accept the basis upon which we will be willing to enter into these agreements, we would welcome those negotiations.

The Working Group shall provide guidance to Federal agencies on criteria for identifying disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects.

We're no longer going to reach cosmetic agreements.

Each Federal agency shall conduct its programs, policies, and activities in a manner that ensures that such programs, policies, and activities do not exclude or discriminate against persons because of their race, color, or national origin.

Our dialog there was based on a new honesty and respect that continued in our talks today.

Just because we have some disagreements doesn't mean we don't have a good relationship.

My personal trust and admiration for Prime Minister Hosokawa has only increased.

I am committed to improving our economic ties not only because doing so will mean more jobs and better standards of living in both nations but because it will strengthen every aspect of our relationship.

All Americans have a right to be protected from pollution—not just those who can afford to live in the cleanest, safest communities.

Our door is open if the Japanese have something to say to us to implement the framework agreement in the way we understood it to be -- expected to be implemented.

I commend all these steps which can move Japan toward greater openness.

Trade is a two-way street.

We had a very good talk, and we agreed that we had the same long-term objective, which was achieving a just peace agreement.

There's no more business as usual with Japan in trade.

Well, I don't want to reveal what we would do and how we would do it. All I can tell you is that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has told me he considers the risks to be small. But you can never tell anybody, when you get in a…