2000 Public Papers 2838 - Remarks at an Israel Policy Forum Dinner in New York City - PPP-2000-book3-doc-pg2838 | Content Details

2000 Public Papers 2838 - Remarks at an Israel Policy Forum Dinner in New York City

Publication Title: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000-2001, Book III)

Notes: The President spoke at 9:45 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, chair, Jack Bendheim, president, and Susan Stern, vice president, Israel Policy Forum; Judith Stern Peck, former chair, United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York; dinner emcee Lesley Stahl; Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, wife of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Andrew M. Cuomo; New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall; Mark Green, New York City public advocate; musicians Jessye Norman and Billy Joel; author Toni Morrison; Garrison Keillor, host of ``Prairie Home Companion''; Speaker of the Knesset Avraham Burg, Cabinet Secretary Yitzhak Herzog, and Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel; dinner honorees Dwayne O. Andreas, chair, Archer Daniels Midland Co., Louis Perlmutter, former chair, Brandeis University, and Alan D. Solomont, chair and founder, A.D.S. Group; Mr. Solomont's wife, Susan; Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority; President-elect George W. Bush; and Ambassador David Ross, Special Middle East Coordinator. A portion of these remarks could not be verified because the tape was incomplete.