    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [November 10, 1993]
    [Page 1942]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    [[Page 1942]]

    Remarks at a Ceremony for the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project
    November 10, 1993

        The President. I want to welcome Diane Evans and all the members of
    the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project who are here to do an unveiling of
    a model of the statue which will be formally commemorated tomorrow on
    Veteran's Day. I have a few other remarks I want to make in a moment,
    but let me just say that the people who have worked on this project
    deserve the thanks of the Nation. They have worked for years and years,
    and today and tomorrow are very big days for them.
        I wanted to give them the opportunity to be seen today by the United
    States in bringing this model to the White House, where it will be on
    permanent display. And I want to introduce Diane now to say whatever
    she'd like to say and then do the unveiling.

    [At this point, Ms. Evans, chair, Vietnam Woman's Memorial Project,
    thanked the President and presented him with a replica of the statue to
    honor the women who served in the Vietnam war. Sculptor Glenna Goodacre
    then made brief remarks.]

        The President. This is wonderful.
        Secretary Babbitt, Mr. Brown, do you want to say anything?

    [Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt and Secretary of Veterans
    Affairs Jesse Brown praised the symbolism of the memorial.]

        The President. These documents, first of all, are witnesses that I
    am going to sign attesting the conveyance of the memorial to the
    Department of the Interior. This is a proclamation which names the
    National Women's Veterans Recognition Week, that on this year is
    Veterans Day, to recognize the special importance of that. So I am going
    to sign these with all these pens so that all the people here can have--
    --

    [At this point, the President signed the memorandum of understanding and
    the proclamation, and Ms. Evans presented him with a commemorative
    program.]

        The President. Thank you. Thank you all very much.

    NAFTA Television Debate

        Q. Mr. President, we know you're happy with the performance of the
    Vice President. Is there going to be any effect on Capitol Hill?
        The President. I think so. We'll talk more about it in the press
    conference in a few minutes.

    Note: The President spoke at 1:17 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White
    House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of these
    remarks. The proclamation is listed in Appendix D at the end of this
    volume.