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

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

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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
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 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