I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the functions vested in me by section 609(b) of that Act.

A declaration of victory would be premature.

We owe all who participate a vote of gratitude.

Virtually every piece of information we have tells us that drug use trends are headed in the right direction: down.

This move appears justified by the budget agreement and the general slowdown.

We welcome the news of the lower discount rate.

I hope that these actions will encourage the continued involvement of all members of the IWC in achieving the goals of this important organization.

I believe the country would support that.

I am not directing that sanctions be imposed on Norwegian fish products for the whaling activities that led to certification by the Secretary of Commerce.

The analogy is totally different in who is supporting you.

This is an all-volunteer army; they're not draft dodging.

I don't want war as an option; I want peace as an option.

I don't think this concept that this is a discriminatory army... is proper.

Merry Christmas to everybody.

We've got to prevail, and we will.

It's very clear to the world that that's what the objective is.

We've got an opportunity for a new world order, but that opportunity will be lost if an aggressor gets one single concession.

If that would help get the message to him that he has got to leave without condition, I certainly wouldn't oppose that.

Some tell me as recently as yesterday that he feels that Saddam Hussein simply does not understand the debate in this country.

We have to keep repeating it.

I hope not. I certainly hope not.

It is for this reason that we all welcome Security Council Resolution 678.

Education is our most enduring legacy, vital to everything we are and can become.

I'm still hopeful there's a peaceful solution to this problem.

All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty for the last half of the scheduled workday on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1990.