[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]



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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.