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Article: Remarks on the Airline Safety Initiative and an exchange with reporters. (installation of fire detectors on airplanes)(Bill Clinton speech)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- December 16, 1996
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December 12, 1996
The President. Thank you. Good morning. I will be very brief, but I do want to make a couple of remarks. I want to thank the Vice President, first of all, and the people who have worked with him for their unflagging efforts to improve airline safety. I want to thank Secretary Pena and Mr. Hall and Ms. Daschle and the other members of the administration who have worked on this.
I want to especially thank the airline executives who are here for announcing their plan to ensure that their U.S. carriers have smoke detectors in their cargo holds whenever they leave the ground. This is further proof of what we can achieve when we work together.
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