05/22/2006
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"My decision to sign this bill is predicated on these understandings of Section 582."
"However, Section 109 is inimical to that spirit of trust and would cast the shadow of criminal liability over the executive branch in the conduct of our foreign policy."
"There are no serious elements in the United States that want to see perestroika fail."
"I continue, however, to have serious misgivings as to the constitutionality and the wisdom of many provisions contained in the bill."