Bill Clinton

I transmit herewith the 14th Annual Report of the National Endowment for Democracy, which covers fiscal year 1997.

Today President Rawlings and I discussed how our two countries can work together to develop a comprehensive strategy for Ghana.

Democracy requires human rights for everyone, everywhere.

American economic and security interests will suffer badly if the President's requests are not enacted into law.

I want to listen and to learn.

The welcome I received in Independence Square today is the largest welcome I have ever received anywhere.

We hope that the general direction of policy will be unaffected by this.

It wasn't so very long ago in the whole sweep of human history that their ancestors were yanked from the shores of western Africa as slaves.

America should have done it before, and I am proud to be on that journey.

And I especially commend TechnoServe for helping women learn the math and reading skills they need to run good businesses.

I want to make the most of this next 8 hours.

Compliance with such direction would clearly interfere with the Department's conduct of the Outer Continental Shelf program.

Africa has changed so much in just 10 years.

Let us together resolve to complete the circle of democracy.

I don't believe we should spend a penny of this surplus until we have saved Social Security first for the 21st century.

We can't break this solemn compact between the generations.

No matter what we do with the Social Security system, Americans should be saving more for their own retirement.

We do not need to put this off.

We can stabilize the Fund.

So I challenge my own generation to act now to protect our children, to ensure that Social Security will be there for them after a lifetime of hard work.

Even today, very few people can actually live on only their Social Security income.

The Year 2000 problem is one of the great challenges of the Information Age in which we live.

I want to assure the people of Georgia that this administration is committed to ensuring a speedy recovery from this tornado.

Dr. Andrew Brimmer has contributed his considerable skills, energy, and commitment to the effort to restore the District of Columbia to financial health.

Today I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 3116, the 'Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for Financial Institutions Act.'