[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book II)]
[July 1, 1998]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]
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PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
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
1998
(in two books)
BOOK II--JULY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1998
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United States Government Printing Office
Washington : 2000
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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
The last half of 1998 was a time of great challenge in Washington,
but of even greater prosperity and progress for our Nation. Rising
personal incomes, the lowest unemployment in 28 years, and the first
Federal budget surplus in 29 years, all served to validate the success
of our 6-year-old economic strategy of fiscal discipline, expanded
trade, and greater investent in our people. In October, I signed a
budget reaffirming that strategy with vital new investments, including a
down payment to hire 100,000 new, highly trained teachers to bring class
sizes down to an average of 18 in the early grades. To maintain fiscal
discipline, I rejected proposals from the congressional majority to
spend the surplus before we had a plan in place to save Social Security.
To build a bipartisan consensus for such a plan, I hosted the first-ever
White House conference on the future of Social Security. To advance my
goal of reinventing the Federal Government to better serve the American
people, I signed landmark bills reforming the Internal Revenue Service
and Federal job training programs.
During this period, challenges to peace and prosperity arose around
the world, testing the mettle of American leadership. When terrorists
associated with Osama bin Laden bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and
Tanzania, America struck back at his terrorist network. When Saddam
Hussein refused to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors, American and
British forces struck hard at Iraq's capacity to build weapons of mass
destruction and threaten its neighbors militarily. When financial
turmoil in Asia spread to Russia and Brazil, dampening U.S. exports and
putting the entire global financial system at risk, America led efforts
that stemmed the threat. We helped strengthen the International Monetary
Fund's ability to combat financial contagion, and in October, I set out
a six-point plan to dampen the cycle of boom and bust in world financial
markets.
And when the Middle East peace process was in danger of collapsing,
I invited Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and Chairman Arafat of the
Palestine Liberation Organization to join me at the Wye River Plantation
in Maryland. For 9 exhausting days we helped these two leaders make
difficult decisions for peace, aided by the appearance of my friend, the
late King Hussein of Jordan.
The agreement they signed not only put this holy and tortured land
back on a path toward peace, but also reaffirmed my belief that it is
often at the moment of greatest challenge that we are capable of making
the greatest progress.
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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 July 1-December 31, 1998. 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
instances when the release date differs from the date of the document
itself, that fact is shown in the textnote. Every effort has been made
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
response to a recommendation of the National Historical Publications
Commission. An extensive compilation of messages and papers of the
Presidents covering the period 1789 to 1897 was assembled by James D.
Richardson and published under congressional authority between 1896 and
1899. Since then, various private compilations have been issued, but
there was no uniform publication comparable to the Congressional Record
or the United States Supreme Court Reports. Many Presidential papers
could be found only in the form of mimeographed White House releases or
as reported in the press. The Commission therefore recommended the
establishment of an official series in which Presidential writings,
addresses, and remarks of a public nature could be made available.
The Commission's recommendation was incorporated in regulations of
the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, issued under
section 6 of the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C. 1506), which may be
found in title 1, part 10, of the Code of Federal Regulations.
A companion publication to the Public Papers series, the Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents, was begun in 1965 to provide a
broader range of Presidential materials on a more timely basis to meet
the needs of the contemporary reader. Beginning with the administration
of Jimmy Carter, the Public Papers series expanded its coverage to
include additional material as printed in the Weekly Compilation. That
coverage provides a listing of the President's daily schedule and
meetings, when announced, and other items of general interest issued by
the Office of the Press Secretary. Also included are lists of the
President's nominations submitted to the Senate, materials released by
the Office of the Press Secretary that are not printed full-text in the
book, and proclamations, Executive orders, and other Presidential
documents released by the Office of the Press Secretary and published in
the Federal Register. This information appears in the appendixes at the
end of the book.
Volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Truman,
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush are
also included in the Public Papers series.
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The Public Papers of the Presidents publication program is under the
direction of Frances D. McDonald, Managing Editor, Office of the Federal
Register. The series is produced by the Presidential and Legislative
Publications Unit, Gwen H. Estep, Chief. The Chief Editor of this book
was Karen Howard Ashlin, assisted by Brad Brooks, Anna Glover, Margaret
A. Hemmig, Maxine Hill, Michael Hoover, Alfred Jones, Jennifer S.
Mangum, Melanie L. Marcec, Michael J. Sullivan, and Karen A. Thornton.
The frontispiece and photographs used in the portfolio were supplied
by the White House Photo Office. The typography and design of the book
were developed by the Government Printing Office under the direction of
Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer.
Raymond A. Mosley
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,
July 1-December 31, 1998 . . . 1149
Appendix A
Digest of Other White House Announcements . . . 2221
Appendix B
Nominations Submitted to the Senate . . . 2237
Appendix C
Checklist of White House Press Releases . . . 2245
Appendix D
Presidential Documents Published in the Federal Register . . . 2255
Subject Index . . . a-1
Name Index . . . b-1
Document Categories List . . . c-1
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Cabinet
Secretary of State ................... Madeleine K. Albright
Secretary of the Treasury ............ Robert E. Rubin
Secretary of Defense ................. William S. Cohen
Attorney General ..................... Janet Reno
Secretary of the Interior ............ Bruce Babbitt
Secretary of Agriculture ............. Dan Glickman
Secretary of Commerce ................ William M. Daley
Secretary of Labor ................... Alexis M. Herman
Secretary of Health and Human ........ Donna E. Shalala
Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban ....... Andrew M. Cuomo
Development
Secretary of Transportation .......... Rodney E. Slater
Secretary of Energy .................. Elizabeth A. Moler, Acting
Bill Richardson
(effective September 11)
Secretary of Education ............... Richard W. Riley
Secretary of Veterans Affairs ........ Togo D. West, Jr
United States Representative to the .. Bill Richardson
United Nations
Administrator of the Environmental ... Carol M. Browner
Protection Agency
United States Trade Representative ... Charlene Barshefsky
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Director of the Office of Management .. Jacob J. Lew
and Budget
Chief of Staff ....................... Erskine B. Bowles
John D. Podesta
(effective November 1)
Chair of the Council of Economic ..... Janet Yellen
Advisers
Director of National Drug Control .... Barry R. McCaffrey
Policy
Administrator of the Small Business .. Aida Alvarez
Administration
Director of Central Intelligence ..... George J. Tenet
Director of the Federal Emergency .... James Lee Witt
Management Agency
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Administration of William J. Clinton
1998