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I faxed this to Loretta. This is pending with Sandy Berger and does not retlecty his input.
Please do not circulate.
10/8/99 4:00 am
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM ]EFFERSON CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS TO THE NATION
WASHINGTON, DC
OCTOBER 9, 1999
Good morning.
On Tuesday, the Senate plans to vote on whether to ratify the nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Today I want to emphasize why this agreement is critical to the security of all Americans.
Imagine a world in which more and more countries obtain nuclear weapons, in more and
more destructive varieties. That may be the single greatest threat to our children's future.
�And the single best way to reduce it is to stop other countries from testing nuclear
explosives. That is exactly what the Test Ban Treaty will do.
This treaty is even more essential today than it was when President Eisenhower proposed it
... or when President Kennedy pursued it ... more essential, even, than when we signed it
three years ago. Because every year the threat grows that nuclear weapons will spread -- in
the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, in Asia -- to areas where American troops are deployed,
to regions with intense rivalries, to rogue leaders and even terrorists.
We have our best chance ever to stop this, right now, with the Test Ban Treaty. 154
countries have signed it, including Russia, China, Japan, Israel, Iran and all our European
allies.
For two full years, Senate opponents prevented hearings on the Treaty. Suddenly they are
rushing toward a vote. I would like to see the vote postponed, so we can have a thorough
debate that addresses all legitimate concerns.
The stakes are very high. If our Senate rejected this treaty outright, it would be a
dangerous
u-turn away from America's role as the world's leader against the spread of nuclear
weapons. It would give every country in the world a green light to test, develop and
�deploy nuclear arms.
Last year, rival nuclear explosions by India and Pakistan shook the world. Now both
countries have indicated a willingness to sign the Test Ban Treaty. But if our Senate defeats
it, can we convince India and Pakistan to forego more tests? If our Senate defeats it, what
will prevent China, Russia, or others from testing and deploying new, more destructive
nuclear weapons?
Some oppose the treaty because they say we still need to test nuclear weapons ourselves.
But this week, 32 American Nobel Prize-winning physicists and other leading scientists told
the Senate that America doesn't need more nuclear tests to maintain a safe and reliable
nuclear force. In fact, the United States stopped testing in 1992. We're spending $4.5
billion a year on proven programs, using our advanced technology, to maintain a superior
nuclear force without testing.
[Two options follow for starting this paragraph. The first makes the broad assertion for the
general audience; the second is more responsive to Senate arguments but risks creating a
fuzzier picture for the broader audience.] [Option 1: Since we don't need nuclear tests to
protect our security, this treaty doesn't require us to do anything we haven't already done.
It is about preventing other countries from nuclear testing. It] or [Option 2: Any potential
downside of ending our own nuclear tests is far outweighed by the clear dangers of
�rejecting an agreement that can prevent other countries from nuclear testing. This treaty]
is about constraining nuclear weapons development around the world at a time when we
enjoy an overwhelming technological advantage. And I have expressly reserved the right to
withdraw from the Treaty down the road if our national security ever requires us to resume
nuclear tests.
Some also say treaties are too risky because someone might cheat. But with no Treaty,
other countries can test without cheating, and without limit. The Treaty will in fact
strengthen our ability to determine whether other countries are engaged in suspicious
activity, with on-site inspection rights and a global network of over 300 sensors -- including
31 in Russia, 11 in China, and 17 in the Middle East. We could catch cheaters and
mobilize the world against them.
Four former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the current chairman, have all
endorsed the Treaty. So have a broad spectrum of religious leaders and many other
leading Americans, Republicans and Democrats.
So I say to Senators who have not endorsed the Treaty: don't ignore the best national
security advice of our military leaders. Don't disregard our allies, who are looking to us to
lead. Don't shut out the voices of the American people, who have long supported this
treaty. Don't betray the dream of Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy and reverse 50
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years of American leadership against the spread of nuclear weapons. Don't throw away
this priceless chance to build a safer world.
Instead, let's do what is right for the security of our country and our children's future. The
Senate should debate this treaty thoroughly, work with us to address legitimate concerns,
and then vote yes.
Thanks for listening.
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�The Clinton Administration Agenda For The Seattle WTO:
Building The World We Want To Leave Our Children
1.
Agriculture
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Reducing Tariffs:
Working To Eliminate Export Subsidies:
Reduce Trade-Distorting Supports:
Open State Trading Enterprises To The Market:
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Goods And Services
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Manufacturing:
Services:
Government Procurement:
Immediate Access:
3.
New Economy
(JANENDA)
E-Commerce:
ITA-2:
(Selected Services):
Ensuring Market Access For Ag-Biotechnology:
4.
Putting A Human Face On The Global Economy/preserving american
values
(RICK)
Labor:
Environment:
WTOReform:
5.
STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE FAMILY OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONS
(RICK)
Accessions of Formerly Communist & Developing Countries:
Making Developing Countries Better Consumers, Fairer Competitors, and Stronger Security
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Building The World We Want To Leave Our Children
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can make toward building one America lies in the progress we make for
all Americans, without regard to race. When we open the doors of
college to all Americans, when we rid all our streets of crime·, when
there are jobs available to people from all our neighborhoods, when
we make sure all parents have the child care they need, we're helping
to build one nation.
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we can to
America.
including
committed
in this chamber and in this government, must do all
address the continuing American challenge to build one
But we'll only move forward if all our fellow citizens
every one of you at home watching tonight -- is also
to this cause.
We must work together, learn together, live together,
serve together.
On the forge of common enterprise Americans of all
backgrounds can hammer out a common identity. We see it today in the
United States military, in the Peace Corps, in AmeriCorps. Wherever
people of all races and backgrounds come together in a shared
endeavor and get a fair chance, we do just fine. With shared values
and meaningful opportunities and honest communication and citizen
service, we can unite a diverse people in freedom and mutual respect.
We are many; we must be one.
(Applause.)
In that spirit, let us lift our eyes to the new
millennium.
How will we mark that passage? It just happens once
every thousand years.
This year, Hillary and I launched the White
House Millennium Program to promote America's creativity and
innovation, and to preserve our heritage and culture into the 21st
century.
Our culture lives in every community, and every community
has places of historic value that tell our stories as Americans. We
should protect them.
I am proposing a public-private partnership to
advance our arts and humanities, and to celebrate the millennium by
saving American's treasures, great and small.
And while we honor the past, let us imagine the future.
Think about this -- the entire store of human knowledge now doubles
every five years.
In the 1980s, scientists identified the gene
causing cystic fibrosis -- it took nine years.
Last year, scientists
located the gene that causes Parkinson's Disease -- in only nine
days. Within a decade, "gene chips" will offer a road map for
prevention of illnesses throughout a lifetime.
Soon we'll be able to
carry all the phone calls on Mother's Day on a single strand of fiber
the width of a human hair. A child born in 1998 may well live to
see the 22nd century.
Tonight, as part of our gift to the millennium, I
propose a 21st Century Research Fund for path-breaking scientific
inquiry -- the largest funding increase in history for the National
Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National
Cancer Institute.
(Applause.)
We have already discovered genes for breast cancer and
diabetes.
I ask you to support this initiative so ours will be.the
generation that finally wins the war against cancer, and begins a
revolution in our fight against all deadly diseases.
(Applause.)
As important as all this scientific progress is, we must
continue to see that science serves humanity, not the other way
around. We must prevent the misuse of genetic tests to discriminate
against any American.
(Applause.) And we must ratify the ethical
consensus of the scientific and religious communities, and ban the
cloning of human beings.
(Applause.)
We should enable all the world's people to explore the
far reaches of cyberspace.
Think of this -- the first time I made a
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