[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 10 (Monday, March 15, 1993)]
[Pages 401-402]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With the Congressional Caucus 
For Women's Issues

 March 11, 1993

Abortion Clinic Shooting

    Q. Mr. President, do you have any reaction to the shooting of Dr. 
Gunn in Pensacola?
    The President. Yes. I was outraged by it. We have got to create a 
climate in this country where people do not think that is acceptable. 
And I think that's--how could someone have thought that they could take 
civil disobedience and carry it one extra step? Dr. Gunn was exercising 
his constitutional rights. And what happened was awful.

President Boris Yeltsin of Russia

    Q. ----Yeltsin apparently had informed you that he plans to dissolve 
or may have to dissolve the Parliament. Have you gotten word of that, 
and what's your reaction to it?

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    The President. I have had no communication from him today, or if it 
has, it hasn't been communicated to----
    Q. Thank you.

Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany

    Q. How about Mr. Kohl? Has Mr. Kohl called you about a summit?
    The President. If he has, no one on my staff has told me he's called 
me today.

Note: The exchange began at 5:35 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room at the White 
House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of this 
exchange.