On the recordMarch 19, 1991
Hispanic Alliance for Free Trade March 19, 1991 Thank you for that warm welcome, and welcome to the White House. I'm delighted to see our traveling Secretary of Commerce, Bob Mosbacher, just back from Kuwait, looking good--a little jet lag on him. [Laughter] But he's doing an outstanding job over there at Commerce. And also on my left over here, Carla Hills, who is our Trade Representative, Ambassador Hills, working very, very hard on the subject that I want to talk to you today about, hard and effectively. And, of course, Dr. Boskin, I assume you know--that I rely very heavily on him on all matters economic. So, you have our first team here. And that includes Barbara Bush. And I think it's very appropriate that Mexico's able Ambassador, Ambassador Petricioli, be with us. Welcome, sir. But I haven't done the personal name check, but I am told that the people gathered here span 50 States, from California to New York to Florida--I don't know why they left out Texas. [Laughter] Hometown heroes who are here to really--to put it in perspective, to help lead us into the 21st century. That also brings to mind, obviously, another group of heroes--the heroes that we see on television almost every night now, in those very emotional scenes of people coming home, stepping off the planes and into the history books--the courageous men and women of Operation Desert Storm.…
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