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Article: Remarks at a welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi of Japan.(Bill Clinton speech)(Transcript)
- Article from:
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- May 10, 1999
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May 3, 1999
Prime Minister Obuchi, Mrs. Obuchi, members of the Japanese delegation, my fellow Americans. Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you to America and to the White House, and to greet you in the spring when the cherry blossoms every year remind us of the generosity and friendship of the Japanese people.
The cherry blossoms - or in Japanese, sakura - have made it through changing times, environmental challenges, and even most recently, the attention of our local population of beavers. [Laughter] They have endured, as our friendship has endured and will continue to endure forever.
For a half-century, our friendship has been a bedrock of ...