    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [July 1, 1999]
    [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

                         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

                                      1999

                                 (IN TWO BOOKS)

                     BOOK II--JULY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1999

                        ________________________________________
                        United States Government Printing Office
                                    Washington : 2001

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                                    Foreword

        In the second half of 1999, the Nation's attention turned to meeting
    the challenges of a new millennium--and seizing the opportunities
    presented by our strong and growing economy.

        Our economic expansion continued to set records as the longest in
    America's peacetime history. The number of new jobs created since 1993
    passed the 20 million mark, as unemployment reached its lowest level in
    20 years, and unemployment among African-Americans and Hispanics fell to
    record lows. At the same time, America experienced the fastest and
    longest growth of real wages in two decades--and inflation fell to its
    lowest level since the 1960s. We achieved our first back-to-back budget
    surpluses in 42 years.

        With support from Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, I
    launched a New Markets Initiative, to reach those parts of America that
    economic growth has passed by. We began with the principle that, just as
    we give companies incentives to invest in developing markets overseas,
    we should give them incentives to invest in inner cities, poor rural
    areas, and Native American reservations right here in America. As I
    traveled from Watts to the Mississippi Delta to the Pine Ridge Indian
    Reservation, I met a stream of talented people, eager for opportunity
    and ready to work. With investment incentives, loan programs, and
    support for business development, our New Markets Initiative is helping
    put them to work--and helping to keep our economy growing.

        Working with the Congress, we made a bipartisan commitment to put
    100,000 new teachers in our schools and 50,000 more police on our
    streets. We doubled funds for after-school programs. We provided, for
    the very first time ever, funds to help school districts turn around
    failing schools or shut them down. We funded 60,000 housing vouchers to
    help people move from welfare to work. Working with Senators Jeffords
    and Kennedy, we passed a bill allowing people with disabilities to move
    into the workplace and keep their government-funded health care.

        We also reaffirmed our commitment to global leadership for peace and
    freedom in the century ahead by reaching an agreement with the Congress
    to pay our arrears to the United Nations. We reached a ground-breaking
    agreement to allow China to enter the World Trade Organization in
    exchange for China's opening its markets to U.S. goods. We continued our
    efforts to promote peace in the Middle East, working to assist
    negotiations between both Israel and Syria and Israel and the
    Palestinians. We concluded the adapted Conventional Armed Forces in
    Europe Treaty, which will help ensure military stability and
    predictability in Europe; and Russia committed to withdraw its forces
    from Georgia and Moldova. We helped conclude a Caspian pipeline
    agreement to further ensure our energy security and reinforce the
    independence of the new nations of Central Asia. In our own hemisphere,
    we honored America's commitment to entrust the Panama Canal to the
    government and people of Panama. We also gave strong support to the
    democratic transitions in Nigeria and Indonesia, and we led the way in
    negotiating an historic debt relief initiative for the poorest countries
    of the developing world.

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        We recommitted ourselves, as well, to meeting the challenges we face
    at the dawn of a new millennium, abroad and at home: the need to keep
    Social Security and Medicare safe and sound for future generations; the
    need to make sure the trade that keeps us prosperous becomes not just
    freer, but fairer; the need to bridge the digital divide between those
    who have and can use a computer, and those who do not or cannot; the
    need to manage the implications of new technology, new science, new ways
    of doing business. And perhaps the most important challenge of all: the
    imperative not to give in to complacency, but to use our prosperity for
    good--and for a better future.

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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, 1999. 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
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    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
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        The Commission's recommendation was incorporated in regulations of
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    section 6 of the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C. 1506), which may be
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        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
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    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 Editors of this book
    were Karen Howard Ashlin and Anna Glover, assisted by Brad Brooks,
    Margaret A. Hemmig, Maxine Hill, Alfred Jones, Jennifer S. Mangum, Lisa
    N. Morris, 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, 1999 . . . 1097

    Appendix A
    Digest of Other White House Announcements . . . 2361

    Appendix B
    Nominations Submitted to the Senate . . . 2377

    Appendix C
    Checklist of White House Press Releases . . . 2387

    Appendix D
    Presidential Documents Published in the Federal Register . . . 2397

    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 ..................... Lawrence H. Summers

    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
    Services ...................................... Donna E. Shalala

    Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development ................................... Andrew M. Cuomo

    Secretary of Transportation ................... Rodney E. Slater

    Secretary of Energy ........................... Bill Richardson

    Secretary of Education ........................ Richard W. Riley

    Secretary of Veterans Affairs ................. Togo D. West, Jr

    United States Representative to
    the United Nations ............................ Richard C. Holbrooke

    Administrator of the Environmental
    Protection Agency ............................. Carol M. Browner

    United States Trade Representative ............ Charlene Barshefsky

    Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget ......................... Jacob J. Lew

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    Chief of Staff ................................ John D. Podesta

    Chair of the Council of Economic
    Advisers ...................................... Janet Yellen
                                                    Martin N. Baily
                                                    (effective August 12)

    Director of National Drug Control Policy ...... Barry R. McCaffrey

    Administrator of the Small
    Business Administration ....................... Aida Alvarez

    Director of Central Intelligence .............. George J. Tenet

    Director of the Federal Emergency
    Management Agency ............................. James Lee Witt

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                      Administration of William J. Clinton

                                      1999