Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters
05/14/1991
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This provision purports to prohibit, under peril of criminal sanctions, the use of U.S. assistance or third-party funds by executive branch ...
There are no serious elements in the United States that want to see perestroika fail.
Accordingly, keeping with past practice, I shall treat these provisions as advisory, not mandatory.
I intend to nominate Tony E. Gallegos to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.