[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 48 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Pages 2383-2384]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Radio Remarks on Disaster Relief for Central America

November 25, 1998

    Throughout this week, families in the United States are coming 
together to give thanks for the blessings we enjoy. As we celebrate, we 
must remember our neighbors,

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particularly the people in Central America, whose lives were devastated 
by Hurricane Mitch a month ago.
    The Americas are also a family, and many relatives of our own 
citizens live in the nations hardest hit by the hurricane: Honduras, 
Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. The United States has already 
pledged $263 million to the relief effort, offering food, loans, and 
vital health services. Our Armed Forces are on the scene transporting 
supplies, rebuilding roads and communities. The First Lady and Tipper 
Gore visited the region and renewed our pledge to do all we can to help.
    So this Thanksgiving I ask you to keep the hurricane victims in your 
thoughts and prayers and to continue your generous donation to relief 
organizations. In this season of need, we will not let down our fellow 
Americans.

Note: The address was recorded at approximately 5:40 p.m. on November 23 
in the Oval Office at the White House for broadcast on November 25. The 
transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on November 
25.