Bill Clinton

Brazils decision renews momentum for the international effort to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and promote disarmament around the world.

This reduction from the authorized level would mean less food will reach the most vulnerable Americans.

We believe that we are fundamentally interdependent and that our personal independence can only really be manifested when we're working together for the greater good.

Pakistan July 9, 1998 I am pleased that the Senate has passed legislation today that is consistent with my view that U.S. food exports should not become an unintended victim of an important nonproliferation law. Food should not be used as…

Legislation July 9, 1998 I am pleased that the Senate has finally passed bipartisan legislation to reform the IRS and strengthen taxpayer rights. This reform will help my effort to create an IRS that respects American taxpayers and…

I have accepted an invitation from President Boris Yeltsin of Russia to meet in Russia in early September.

Both leaders agreed that NATO is the essential foundation of transatlantic security.

Congratulations to all of you.

We are all proud to call you an American.

To permit the mineral leasing of Indian land located within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in any case in which there is consent from a majority interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease

I applaud Poland's active role as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Poland has pioneered bold, free-market reforms since 1989 as proof that the legacies of communism can be overcome.

God bless you, and God bless America.

Mr. Ingram, on behalf of all Americans, we thank you for your service, for your courage, for your determination, for your loyalty to comrades and country.

Poland's membership in the Atlantic Alliance will advance the interests of the American people in a secure, undivided Europe.

The United States applauds Poland's efforts to develop a Polish International Training Center for Specialist Police Forces.

Today we present the Medal of Honor, our Nation's highest military honor, to Robert R. Ingram for extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty on March 28, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam.

No President could fail to be proud to say you are 'The President's Own.'

We're just getting warmed up. Mr. Lehrer. I know, I know, I know. Ms. Chao. It's got to be the same standards for everybody, however merit is defined. Mr. Lehrer. Okay. But from Washington this has been a conversation with President…

But let's assume it's equivalent. The child may lose something noneducational. So all these things are--I just want the American people to start talking about this in a way that's real here. [Mr. Rodriguez remarked on the increasing…

You're going to make these decisions. [Laughter] [Ms. James stated that most Americans had a high esteem for the idea of diversity, but they felt there was unfair preferential treatment bestowed on some to achieve it. She suggested…

What were you going to say about this? Ms. James. I was just going to say, Mr. President, I think the operative phrase was, in your question, ``all things being equal,'' wouldn't we like a diverse community, particularly in the academic…

Do you want to answer Clarence? [Ms. Chao stressed the importance of education and suggested that the real goal for the country was to eliminate crime and create economic opportunity for all.]

Let's go back to what Kay said. What do you think the roots of racism are? [Ms. James suggested that the root of racism was a problem of character and integrity and asserted that it could only be overcome if people interacted and dispelled…

Give us an example. [Ms. Chao related the story of an Asian-American single mother in San Francisco whose son had been denied admission into a school, despite high test scores, because it already had ``too many Chinese- Americans.'']