    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [March 13, 1999]
    [Page 370]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Attempted Bombing of a Family Planning Clinic in
    Asheville, North Carolina
    March 13, 1999

        I was deeply disturbed to learn of the attempted bombing of a family
    planning clinic in Asheville, North Carolina. We can all be grateful
    that no one was harmed and that the clinic suffered only minor damage.
    But whether or not a terrorist's bomb achieves its deadly purpose, such
    cowardly and criminal acts strike at the heart of the constitutional
    freedoms and individual liberties all Americans hold dear. I strongly
    condemn this act of senseless violence. Federal agents are already in
    Asheville to assist local law enforcement officials. I am confident that
    the perpetrators of this terrible act will be brought to justice.