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Article: Remarks prior to discussions with Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri of Lebanon and an exchange with reporters. (interview with Pres. Bill Clinton)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- October 28, 1996
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October 18, 1996
Meeting With Prime Minister Hariri
The President. Let me say first that I'm delighted to have the Prime Minister here today. The United States is strongly committed to the independence, the sovereignty, the territorial integrity of Lebanon. We look forward to supporting a comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East that preserves that integrity and a Lebanon that is free of foreign forces. We're also committed to supporting the reconstruction efforts that are so important in Lebanon after the difficulties of the last year. And I look forward to this conversation.
I should also say in front of the American press that the United ...