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[Public Papers of the Presidents]
[William J. Clinton -- 1993]
[Volume 2]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access]
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PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
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Photographic Portfolio
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PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
William J. Clinton
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
1993
(IN TWO BOOKS)
BOOK II--AUGUST 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1993
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United States Government Printing Office
Washington : 1994
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Published by the
Office of the Federal Register
National Archives and Records Administration
For sale by the
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
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Foreword
During the second half of 1993, the American people continued to
confront vast changes around the world and here at home. We found the
courage to move forward as a Nation, striving to build better lives for
ourselves and our children and to chart America's course into the 21st
century.
As these papers document, we continued to make the changes necessary
to empower the American people to move ahead with confidence. The
Congress enacted our Administration's economic plan, providing the
largest cut in the Federal budget deficit in history and increasing
investments to help hardworking Americans meet the challenges of the
world economy. After a vigorous debate, the Congress enacted the North
American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, forging ties among
our countries that will help us all compete and win around the world.
As business responded favorably to the changes in our country's
economic policy, we strove to change the way our government does the
people's business as well. Following Vice President Gore's
recommendations in the National Performance Review, we began to reinvent
our government to make it more efficient and more effective for the
American people, streamlining the Federal workforce, giving more
responsibility to frontline workers, and making the regulatory process
less costly, more accountable, and more efficient.
We recognized, too, that government can only do so much. The
greatest responsibility for renewing the American Dream and restoring
our spirit of community belongs to the American people themselves. In
signing legislation creating a new national service program, AmeriCorps,
I asked all Americans to seize the opportunity ``to reach beyond
themselves and to reach out to others and to make things better.'' In
the final analysis, the most lasting changes must come from the
individual acts of all Americans. At the Church of God in Christ in
Memphis, Tennessee, where the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., had
delivered the last speech of his lifetime, I asked our fellow citizens
to remember that, without spiritual renewal, ``none of the things we
seek to do will ever take us where we need to go.''
We all were reminded of the hopeful possibilities of our times when
we witnessed an historic act of reconciliation that American diplomacy
helped foster. The Prime Minister of Israel and the Chairman of the
Palestine Liberation Organization came to the White House for a
handshake of hope and a declaration of principles to put an end to their
ancient conflict. America and the world saw how much we can all
accomplish when we decide to move forward together.
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Preface
This book contains the papers and speeches of the 42d President of
the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary
during the period August 1-December 31, 1993. The material has been
compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National
Archives and Records Administration.
The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates
shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In
instances when the release date differs from the date of the document
itself, that fact is shown in the textnote. Every effort has been made
to ensure accuracy: Remarks are checked against a tape recording, and
signed documents are checked against the original. Textnotes and cross
references have been provided by the editors for purposes of
identification or clarity. Speeches were delivered in Washington, DC,
unless indicated. The times noted are local times. All materials that
are printed full-text in the book have been indexed in the subject and
name indexes, and listed in the document categories list.
The Public Papers of the Presidents series was begun in 1957 in
response to a recommendation of the National Historical Publications
Commission. An extensive compilation of messages and papers of the
Presidents covering the period 1789 to 1897 was assembled by James D.
Richardson and published under congressional authority between 1896 and
1899. Since then, various private compilations have been issued, but
there was no uniform publication comparable to the Congressional Record
or the United States Supreme Court Reports. Many Presidential papers
could be found only in the form of mimeographed White House releases or
as reported in the press. The Commission therefore recommended the
establishment of an official series in which Presidential writings,
addresses, and remarks of a public nature could be made available.
The Commission's recommendation was incorporated in regulations of
the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, issued under
section 6 of the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C. 1506), which may be
found in title 1, part 10, of the Code of Federal Regulations.
A companion publication to the Public Papers series, the Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents, was begun in 1965 to provide a
broader range of Presidential materials on a more timely basis to meet
the needs of the contemporary reader. Beginning with the administration
of Jimmy Carter, the Public Papers series expanded its coverage to
include additional material as printed in the Weekly Compilation. That
coverage provides a listing of the President's daily schedule and
meetings, when announced, and other items of general interest issued by
the Office of the Press Secretary. Also included are lists of the
President's nominations submitted to the Senate, materials released by
the Office of the Press Secretary that are not printed full-text in the
book, and proclamations, Executive orders, and other Presidential
documents released by the Office of the Press Secretary and published in
the Federal Register. This information appears in the appendixes at the
end of the book.
Volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Truman,
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush are
also available.
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The Public Papers of the Presidents publication program is under the
direction of Frances D. McDonald, Director of the Presidential Documents
and Legislative Division. The series is produced by the Presidential
Documents Unit, Gwen H. Estep, Chief. The Chief Editor of this book was
Karen Howard Ashlin, assisted by Margaret A. Hastings, Carolyn W. Hill,
Susannah C. Hurley, Albert Kapikian, Rachel Rondell, Cheryl E.
Sirofchuck, and Michael J. Sullivan.
The frontispiece and photographs used in the portfolio were supplied
by the White House Photo Office. The typography and design of the book
were developed by the Government Printing Office under the direction of
Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer.
Martha L. Girard
Director of the Federal Register
Trudy Huskamp Peterson
Acting Archivist of the United States
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Contents
Foreword . . . v
Preface . . . vii
Cabinet . . . xi
Public Papers of William J. Clinton,
August 1-December 31, 1993 . . . 1297
Appendix A
Digest of Other White House Announcements . . . 2209
Appendix B
Nominations Submitted to the Senate . . . 2219
Appendix C
Checklist of White House Press Releases . . . 2231
Appendix D
Presidential Documents Published in the Federal
Register . . . 2239
Subject Index . . . A-1
Name Index . . . B-1
Document Categories List . . . C-1
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Cabinet
Secretary of State .......................Warren M. Christopher
Secretary of the Treasury ................Lloyd Bentsen
Secretary of Defense .....................Les Aspin
Attorney General .........................Janet Reno
Secretary of the Interior ................Bruce Babbitt
Secretary of Agriculture .................Mike Espy
Secretary of Commerce ....................Ronald H. Brown
Secretary of Labor .......................Robert B. Reich
Secretary of Health and Human Services ...Donna E. Shalala
Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development ..............................Henry G. Cisneros
Secretary of Transportation ..............Federico Pena
Secretary of Energy ......................Hazel Rollins O'Leary
Secretary of Education ...................Richard W. Riley
Secretary of Veterans Affairs ............Jesse Brown
United States Representative to the
United Nations ...........................Madeleine Korbel Albright
Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency ........................Carol M. Browner
United States Trade Representative .......Michael Kantor
Director of the Office of Management
and Budget ...............................Leon E. Panetta
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Assistant to the President and
Chief of Staff ...........................Thomas F. McLarty III
Chair of the Council of Economic
Advisers .................................Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Director of National Drug
Control Policy ...........................Lee Patrick Brown
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Administration of William J. Clinton
1993