    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [September 10, 1993]
    [Page 1463]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With Congressional Leaders
    September 10, 1993

    Israeli-Palestinian Declaration

        Q. Mr. President, are you going to invite Arafat and Rabin to the
    ceremonies on Monday?
        The President. The parties will decide, as they've made all the
    other decisions, who will come to the ceremony. Whatever their decision
    is is fine with me.
        Q. Can you give us an idea of what the United States is prepared to
    do to help this agreement work?
        The President. I'll be talking a little more about that later, and
    I'll have a statement as soon as this meeting is over. I want to talk to
    the Members here about it first.
        Q. Well, can you give us an idea of what this meeting is all about?
        The President. Well, we're going to brief them on--the Secretary of
    State and I are--about, obviously, our strong support for the agreement,
    what America's responsibilities will be, what our allies and friends
    around the world are interested in doing about it, and where we go from
    here.

    Note: The exchange began at 9:18 a.m. in the State Dining Room at the
    White House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of
    this exchange.