    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [August 1, 1994]
    [Pages i-xiii]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

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    [[Photographic insert]]

    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]

                                     1994

                                 (IN TWO BOOKS)

                      BOOK II--AUGUST 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1994

                    _________________________________________
                    United States Government Printing Office
                               Washington : 1995

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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 1994, America continued to move forward to
    help strengthen the American Dream of prosperity here at home and help
    spread peace and democracy around the world.

        The American people saw the rewards that grew out of our efforts in
    the first 18 months of my Administration. Economic growth increased in
    strength, and the number of new jobs created during my Administration
    rose to 4.7 million. After 6 years of delay, the American people had a
    Crime Bill, which will put 100,000 police officers on our streets and
    take 19 deadly assault weapons off the street. We saw our National
    Service initiative become a reality as I swore in the first 20,000
    AmeriCorps members, giving them the opportunity to serve their country
    and to earn money for their education. I signed the Community
    Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, which will
    make capital available to Americans who have been denied access to basic
    banking services for far too long.

        As we gave our citizens the means to make America stronger at home,
    we also continued our efforts to assert American leadership in the
    world. The Congress passed and I signed the implementing legislation for
    the Uruguay Round Agreement of the GATT, the most comprehensive
    international trade agreement in history. It helped to put in place
    expanded export oppportunities for American products that will create
    more jobs and produce higher incomes for our people for years to come. I
    travelled to Indonesia for a meeting of the Asian Pacific Economic
    Cooperation forum in order to expand free trade with the world's most
    dynamic economies. In December, at the Summit of the Americas in Miami,
    the leaders of the 34 democratically elected countries in this
    hemisphere agreed to negotiate on a free trade area for the Americas by
    2005, to work together to preserve our natural resources, and to advance
    democracy and social justice, holding out promise of greater prosperity
    throughout the hemisphere.

        The United States also continued to help bring an end to ancient
    disputes around the world. We actively supported the efforts of the
    people of Northern Ireland to work toward a peaceful resolution after
    many years of conflict. Building on our work to bring peace to the
    Middle East, I had the great privilege to witness the signing of an
    historic peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. And closer to home, in
    our own hemisphere, America took active steps to promote democracy. Our
    Armed Forces again proved their strength, flexibility, and devotion to
    freedom as they helped give a second chance to the long-suffering people
    of Haiti, and renewed hope to freedom-loving people throughout the
    world.

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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, 1994. 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
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    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
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        A companion publication to the Public Papers series, the Weekly
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    the Office of the Press Secretary. Also included are lists of the
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        Volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Truman,
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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 Kent Giles, Margaret A. Hemmig, Carolyn
    W. Hill, Rachel Rondell, Cheryl E. Sirofchuck, and Michael J. Sullivan.

        The frontispiece and photographs used in the portfolio were supplied
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    were developed by the Government Printing Office under the direction of
    Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer.

    Richard L. Claypoole
    Director of the Federal Register

    John W. Carlin
    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, 1994 . . . 1403

    Appendix A
    Digest of Other White House Announcements . . . 2211

    Appendix B
    Nominations Submitted to the Senate . . . 2223

    Appendix C
    Checklist of White House Press Releases . . . 2231

    Appendix D
    Presidential Documents Published in the Federal
    Register . . . 2241

    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
                                              Frank N. Newman
                                              (acting, effective December 22)

    Secretary of Defense .....................William J. Perry

    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

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    Director of the Office of Management
    and Budget ...............................Alice M. Rivlin

    Chief of Staff ...........................Leon E. Panetta

    Counselor to the President ...............Thomas F. McLarty III

    Chair of the Council of Economic
    Advisers .................................Laura D'Andrea Tyson

    Director of National Drug
    Control Policy ...........................Lee Patrick Brown

    Administrator of the Small Business
    Administration ...........................Philip Lader

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                      Administration of William J. Clinton

                                      1994