Bill Clinton

I intend to nominate Ellen S. Seidman to be Director of the Treasury Department's Office of Thrift Supervision.

I intend to appoint Harry P. Pachon as a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.

To seize all the possibilities of this moment and to keep the United States the greatest force for peace and freedom, we must continue to have the best-trained, best-equipped, best-prepared troops on Earth.

I intend to appoint Irving Greenberg and Romana Strochlitz Primus to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

Our Armed Forces maintain America's status as the indispensable nation.

----and been there before. And something happened, it was almost like a transformation of their defense in the last half dozen games of this year. I think you have to say that this could be the most interesting Super Bowl we've had in a…

No, it's just fascinating to watch. But I think, for me, he's the--because he has both offensive and defensive skills and a level of physical mobility and control, the combination of those things that I've never seen it before. Super Bowl…

I do. I always root for the Razorbacks and the Hoyas. I keep up. Georgetown is having a little bit of a tough season this year, but over the long run it's hard to think of a program that's done more than John Thompson's has to produce both…

One time. And he was good. He was really good. And, you know, now it's not even the same. I mean, he's like on another planet now. Mr. Hunt. I know your favorite team is the Arkansas Razorbacks. But you and Patrick Ewing also share an alma…

He's a remarkable man. I really admire him very much. And you know, we don't know each other well, but in Arkansas everybody knows everybody else. [Laughter] You know, it's a small State. But he came out of a small town. He went to a…

Home of the Bulls. Mr. Hunt. Not only the home of the Bulls, but there's one Chicago Bull from a little town called Hamburg, Arkansas.

Yes, although I developed--all I had to do to have a good chemistry with Senator Dole was just spend some more time with him. In the first 2 years of my Presidency before he became majority leader, when he was minority leader, I think he…

Yes, correct. And now we've got the work that the Social Security commission has done, although they couldn't agree, which shows you how difficult it is. And a lot of people even on Wall Street have reservations about whether this idea of…

Well, I want to meet them halfway insofar as I can. On the other hand, we have to ask, you know, how much of a tax cut do they want and how is it going to be paid for and what are we going to do without. So we just have to get to that. But…

I do. Mr. Hunt. In that context, I know that you favor a very specific targeted reduction in the capital gains tax rate, just for specific endeavors. But could you envision accepting what the Republicans are advocating, namely a…

Thank you. National Economy Mr. Hunt. All right. Let me start off with a question about the economy. You oversaw a very good economy during your first administration, average growth of about 2\1/2\ percent a year, and yet there's still not…

We're on top of the situation, I believe. We're doing our very best. And obviously I'm concerned about the safety of anybody involved that might be subject to that sort of thing. But the investigators are there, and we're working hard on…

Let me say that we do not yet have all the facts involving the incidents this morning. But Federal officials are working with the local law enforcement officials to get to the bottom of this. I want to emphasize again, as I had to do just…

Seatbelts protect passengers not only in frontal crashes, but also in side, rear, and rollover crashes, saving about 10,000 lives a year.

We must all wear seatbelts.

America must continue to be the world's greatest force for peace and freedom and prosperity.

Just as I have benefited time and again from her counsel and her judgment, the American people will benefit from her leadership.

I thank the Senate for its swift and unanimous approval of her nomination.

Madeleine Albright has the strength and wisdom to help ensure that America remains the indispensable nation.

Her story is the best of America's story, told with courage, compassion, and conviction.