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Article: The President's news conference with Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa of Japan in New York City. (US President Bill Clinton)
- Article from:
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- October 4, 1993
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The President. This has been an exceptional day, and both the Prime Minister and I had the honor to speak before the 48th General Assembly of the United Nations at the dawn of a new era. I'm especially pleased to have had the opportunity today to have a good conversation with Prime Minister Hosokawa. We've just renewed our acquaintance and discussed many of the issues of great importance to both our nations. I look forward to working with him in the months ahead to make sure that the issues that we're working on together bear fruit.
I want to begin by saying that I feel a great deal of respect and affinity for the Prime Minister. We are both former Governors. We ...