[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 25 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Page 883]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Announced Retirement of Senator Dale Bumpers

June 14, 1997

    I have known and admired Dale Bumpers for over 25 years. He was a 
great Governor, and he has been a great Senator for the people of our 
native State and the entire Nation. We will miss his courage to stand 
against the tide, his vision, and his eloquence. Hillary and I wish him 
and Betty all the best. We will miss him. So will the Senate. So will 
America.