Bill Clinton

Oh, sure. Mr. Goldstein. It may take about a year or two. And are you optimistic you can do it by the year 2005, as they said in Miami at the Summit of the Americas?

I do not know what the facts are on that. I do know that the Government of Peru was very patient for a long time, that the people who took the hostages were terrorists who threatened their lives, and that it was a good thing and remarkable…

Yes. Mr. Goldstein. There seems to be some rumblings about some possible human rights violations when the army barged in and saved the hostages. Do you know anything about it or----

They--because of the unique status that they bore when they came into this country, they are in a position different from legal immigrants or plainly illegal immigrants. They are in a different position. And we've already had one…

Oh, absolutely. I know him well. I mean, he is a member of the other party, and when he ran against Senator Kerry last year, I worked very hard for Senator Kerry. But we have a good personal relationship. He's a highly intelligent man, and…

Well, if Governor Weld's appointment goes through, I would expect it to greatly strengthen our relationships because I think that they will have a lot in common and that the three of us will all have a good relationship, which will…

I don't know. My only expectations are that they'll be free and fair and that they will express the will of the Mexican people and that we will support that, whatever that is. NAFTA and Trade Expansion Mr. Goldstein. Mr. President, NAFTA…

So, yes, we're looking at it. Mexico-U.S. Relations Ms. Lewis. Mr. President, U.S.-Mexico relations are always delicate, but you're traveling there at a particularly sensitive time because of drugs and immigration and the concern about it…

Hi, Gary. Mr. Martin. Hi. Your administration has been criticized in Texas, by Texas officials, for banning organized labor and delaying the implementation of NAFTA accords that would allow Mexican and U.S. truckers to haul cargo into…

Well, we work on that all the time. And if we can identify people whose assets--who are narcotraffickers and whose assets we can legally freeze, we would do that without hesitation. We have--I'm very encouraged that we have increased our…

Hi, Kathy. Ms. Lewis. Hi. There was a report this weekend that the U.S. has quietly been debating proposals to impose economic penalties against Mexican drug traffickers. How seriously are you considering freezing U.S. assets and blocking…

Fine, thank you. Mexico-U.S. Antidrug Efforts Ms. Shogren. I spoke with Senator Feinstein a couple minutes ago, and she mentioned to me some particular evidence of progress on drug issues that she'd like to see from your trip--in…

A lot of them. I feel good about it.

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Special Envoy to the Americas Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, and National Drug Control Policy Director Barry McCaffrey on the…

H.R. 478 could have potentially disastrous environmental consequences with little project benefits.

Transcript of remarks by Hillary Clinton, President George Bush, and Barbara Bush on presenting the President's Service Awards in Philadelphia, PA

Oh, sure. We need to talk about it. We will. It's a good agreement, a good thing for America.

The unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9 percent; 4.9 percent is the lowest it has been in 24 years.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

I want you to get up tomorrow and say, 'I'm glad I was part of that. America is better than it was 4 years ago.'

May 1997 as Older Americans Month

NAFTA has been a big success for us, with Canada and with Mexico.

This interim report, like those that preceded it, will help us meet that responsibility in an increasingly effective way.

I want my daughter and her children to grow up in an America in the 21st century where everyone willing to work for it had opportunity.

I think there’s a good chance that it will improve things.