    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [February 24, 1998]
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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the Report on Chemical and
    Biological Weapons Defense
    February 24, 1998

    Dear __________:
        Attached is a report to the Congress on Chemical and Biological
    Weapons Defense, submitted pursuant to Condition 11(F) of the resolution
    of advice and consent to ratification of the Convention on the
    Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of
    Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, adopted by the Senate of the
    United States on April 24, 1997.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House
    of Representatives; Jesse Helms, chairman, and Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,
    ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Strom Thurmond,
    chairman, and Carl Levin, ranking member, Senate Committee on Armed
    Services; Ted Stevens, chairman, and Robert C. Byrd, ranking member,
    Senate Committee on Appropriations; Arlen Specter, chairman, Senate
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs; Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, and Lee H.
    Hamilton, ranking member, House Committee on International Relations;
    Robert L. Livingston, chairman, and David R. Obey, ranking member, House
    Committee on Appropriations; and Floyd Spence, chairman, and Ike
    Skelton, ranking member, House Committee on National Security.