Your creative response to our nation's competitive position is more than perceptive; it's forward looking, an attribute to the best kind of leadership.

I know I speak for all here when I try to express to the American people the sense of outrage that we all feel about this kind of brutality, this uncalled-for terrorism.

We are committed in the administration to strengthening our trade, eliminating that imbalance; and that means, of course, strengthening our own competitiveness.

I have committed the powers of my office to lift America, starting in the classrooms and the streets.

Working together, we can make the next century an American century.

America cannot continue to lead the world if we lag in providing opportunity at home.

The American people want clean air, and we can work together to see that they get clean air.

In fact, our missions as executives are so similar that many Presidents have called on you for guidance.

I want to get support across the board in the Congress for our defense program.

And when we receive final answers about their fate, then this will truly be a time for healing.

I wish I could give you a much clearer answer, that there is some plan that is going to solve this problem in the way it must be solved.

But as tragic as the loss of a loved one is, even more difficult to endure is the uncertainty which, for you, has extended over so many years.

And if more can be done, then it will be.

The fullest possible accounting remains a matter of highest national priority.

We will never forget those who served our country.

And yet we will not forget, and we will never break ranks.

Truth is preferable to the greater agony, that of not knowing.

The ideals for which your loved ones fought may finally be coming to pass, the failure of totalitarian and repressive Communist regimes.

Your organization provides us all with a stirring example of how citizens working together can help craft sound policy.

Today, we see the symbol of this commitment, the League's POW/MIA flag, on permanent display in the rotunda of our nation's Capitol.

I call upon all Americans to recognize that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

I call on Hanoi to swiftly dispel the shadow of doubt, to shed light on the fate of your loved ones.

I want what's known as the differential.

Working with your minds, your hands, as farmers and as Americans.

Do you want evidence? Consider that only 4 years ago, the Congress passed a pioneering farm bill to help a whole community in crisis.