    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [February 15, 1996]
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    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on the Interim Report of the Presidential Advisory Committee
    on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
    February 15, 1996

    Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and
    Human Services, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs

    Subject: Interim Report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf
    War Veterans' Illnesses

        On May 26, 1995, I established the Presidential Advisory Committee
    on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses to review and provide recommendations on
    the full range of government activities relating to Gulf War veterans'
    illnesses. The Committee has now released its interim report, which you
    have reviewed and forwarded for my attention.
        I am pleased that the Committee's interim report recognizes the
    serious efforts underway in the Administration to respond to the health
    concerns of Desert Storm veterans, and I thank you for your close
    cooperation with the Committee as it fulfills its charge. I trust that
    you will continue to work closely with the Committee as it prepares its
    final report.
        I also request that you carefully review the recommendations and
    report back to me promptly with your plans for implementing the
    recommendations. As I said last March when announcing my intention to
    establish the Advisory Committee, we will leave no stone unturned in our
    efforts to determine the causes of the illnesses experienced by Gulf War
    veterans and to provide the best possible medical care to those who are
    ill.

                                                          William J. Clinton