Bill Clinton

Secretary Christopher and I have concluded that the skills that Brian Atwood brings to the State Department are greatly needed at AID.

I am confident that he will be the kind of effective administrator that our foreign assistance programs need at this time.

His proven effectiveness and his commitment to democratic change make him an ideal choice.

We must all work together to get our Government back on track.

Partisan politics have no place at this crucial juncture of our history.

Well, all those decisions obviously would have to be made. We have not made those decisions yet. All I have said is that the United States would be prepared to participate in a multinational effort to help keep the peace. We believe that…

I'll say this. Our allies are now more eager to see the no-fly zone enforced. And I think that the international impatience is going to grow rather rapidly with the Serbs if they want to continue the carnage in Bosnia, when not very long…

First of all, I think it's important that we not place too much importance on the momentary event, the day-to-day events, not because they're not heartening today, they are, but because it's difficult to know what's going to happen from…

Americans don't want handouts; they just want a hand up, a chance to work and to provide for their own.

We can begin with this program.

Absolutely not. We waited longer than most of our predecessors have. Go back and look and see when they tried to replace them under Bush, under Reagan, under--particularly under Reagan. Anytime when you change parties--it took us longer to…

I don't know that. I know what you were going to say. I don't know that. I hope so. I feel better about it, but I don't know that for sure. U.S. Attorneys

Well, he said it was adding to a sense of uncertainty in this country, which you would expect it would. I mean, they're right next door there. But I hope, of course, as every day goes by there seems to be an attempt by President Yeltsin…

No. I would say I've gotten reports and I've spent about, oh, I don't know, an hour and half on it this morning, working, trying to get ready for Vancouver and trying to make sure we know what's going on. But I don't have anything to add…

All I can tell you is, we're going to try to pass it. Let's just see what happens. I feel pretty good about it. We're working hard Russia

Thank you very much, George. Senator Mitchell. Thank you. Bye, Mr. President. [At this point, the telephone conversation ended, and the President took questions from reporters.] Stimulus Package

We're ready to go. Give us our next assignment. Senator Mitchell. Well, that's it. We've already started on it, and we'll be in touch with you on that later today.

The Vice President's here with me, and we just wanted to thank you for the work you've done. This is a great, great day. Senator Sasser. It certainly is. And we want to thank you, I do, particularly, for the help that you gave us in moving…

Well, I'm doing a lot better, thanks to you. Senator Mitchell. No, thanks to Jim Sasser, who is sitting right here with me and on the line, too. Senator Sasser. Hey, Mr. President, I'm on this party line, also.

My thoughts and prayers are with the relatives and the shipmates of those five servicemen who are missing at sea.

I assured the Chancellor that the United States intends to remain politically and strategically engaged in Europe.

Helmut Kohl, over more than a decade of service in his present position, has proved himself time and again to be a true friend and staunch ally of the United States.

I think he's been remarkably deft in his dealing with the issue so far.

If the world is to progress and prosper, the United States and Germany must work closely together.

I think the real issue is whether the cumulative impact of the events of the last few days will bring the Serbs to the signing table.