Bill Clinton

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I want to thank President Ramos for his action to ensure the renewal of our close security cooperation.

Let’s recap where we are and make sure that we're all on the same page.

San Francisco, California November 20, 1993 Thank you very much, William Lewis Brown, Junior. [Laughter] I love San Francisco. Willie Brown gets called by his full name, and Clarence Clemmons replaces the Marine Band. You know, I once told…

Thank you very much. This is a warm reception in more ways than one. And after a cold day on the boat, it's a wonderful thing to behold. I want to thank Admiral Lockwood and Captain Murray and all the men and women of the Coast Guard for…

Well, no, it's going to happen twice. You'll see us next year. We'll see if we'll decide to do it again. Now we're all going to Jakarta. This will be--for the Americans it will be interesting. Sign up for the trip now. [Laughter]

Well, we talked about that. That's one of the reasons that we're meeting here so that we can do more business with each other. And we talked about some specific things we might do to work toward that: the development of some nonbinding but…

[Inaudible]--in Indonesia. President Soeharto has invited us to meet in Indonesia next year. We decided to do it. We agreed on a number of very specific things that we would work on over the coming year. And the message again is that we…

That we want them to be part of an open economy, too; this is not an exclusive operation. We want the Asia-Pacific community to be united but not closed, united but open. And what we want to say to Europe is we're committed to doing…

Well, I'm having an analysis sent to me. I think that the Republicans must be very uncomfortable with having once again thwarted the will of the majority of the Senate and now over 80 percent of the American people. Actually, I'm just…

Well, I think, first of all, we've used Article 301 rather sparingly. And secondly, we do seek cooperation. That's the whole purpose of this meeting. That's one of the reasons that I wanted all the leaders to come here, because I think…

Wait, wait, wait. You can ask the question, but let me restate what I said. What I said to the American people was simply the fact that the people who were against NAFTA acted as if Mexico essentially was going to displace the entire…

Actually, we're out in the cold today. [Laughter] The Prime Minister and I had a good talk about that, and we agreed that we would at least take a good look at our relationship and see what else might be done. We have an awful lot in…

We didn't discuss it today, but it was discussed yesterday. And I look forward to meeting with President Kim in Washington. He's going back to Washington, and we'll be meeting there and talking about it. It is a source of concern to us…

Well, first of all, I'm in favor of anything which increases regional economic cooperation and advances the economic interests of people as long as it doesn't close off economic opportunities for others. And I wish Mr. Mahathir were here…

Well, that's something for them to determine. I invited, as the host, all the members of this organization, which was the appropriate thing to do. Actually, I'm struck by how much common investment and common activity there is now, and by…

You're referring to meetings that I had yesterday and discussions we had. Today I'm the host of the meeting where we discussed economic issues, and I frankly believe by--I'll make you a prediction on the economic issues: By next June or…

We must also give our young people more to say yes to.

We have to make up our mind that we will no longer tolerate children killing children.

We have to have good, decent education not just for these children but for adults throughout their lives so they can always get new jobs.

Because everybody who works hard, everybody who learns well, everyone who lives by the values that are cherished in this parish has a chance to be rewarded.

We are working now in Washington to pass a bill which will make a big step toward making our streets safer.

I hope that their decency and courage in an emergency will inspire all the rest of us to do better everyday of our lives.

All these things will help.

I know Mexico is our partner in the future, whether anyone likes it or not, and we have to grow together in strength together.