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This Clinton Presidential Library release from NSC email records, filed under Roswell, covers April 19 to November 30, 1995. In an April 1995 email, NSC staffer William Leary says the NSC holds no records on the 1947 Roswell incident and that any records would most likely be at the Archives. Later emails circulate drafts of President Clinton's Belfast Christmas tree lighting remarks. The final transcript includes his answer to 13-year-old Ryan: as far as he knows, no alien spacecraft crashed at Roswell in 1947.
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t the table of democracy and no role in the future of this land. But by the same token, those who take risks for peace must be brought into a politic al process. Those who show ' the courage to break with the past must be given a stake in the future. For as leaders for peace become invested in the process -- making concessions and br aving the backlash -- each , develops an interest in seeing the other side succeed. Whether black or white, Ara b or Israeli, Protestant or . . Catholic -- leaders for peace have more to gain from standing together than from sta nding apart. The sooner they can realize true peace for their people -- with all the rewards it brings -- the soo ner the forces of hatred will be discredited and destroyed.' The United States is proud to support the peacemakers, here in Northern Ireland and. elsewhere around the world. I pledge that we will do all we can to ease your load and to light your way. In tim es ofcrisis, in times of darkness, America will be with you. Those who take risks for peace will never stand alone. We want to help Northern Ireland secure its place in the rising tide of peace around the world. We want to help you move things forward on the basis of consent. But at the end of the day, it is y ou -- the people of Northern Ireland -- who must determine which direction your destiny will go. Only you can de cide between division and . . unity ... between the path of hard lives and the path of high hopes. Only you can cr eate a lasting culture of peace, , where the force of argument is stronger than the argument of force. It takes courage to let go of familiar routines. It takes faith toleave oid ways b ehind. But when we meet the bright gaze of the children among us, when we hear their laughter and hold them in 0 ur arms, we know the risk is worth the reward. I have been touched by thousands of letters from schoolchildren telling me what peac e means to them. One young girl from Ballymena wrote, "It is not easy to forgive and forget, especially fortho se who have lost a family member or a close friend. However, if people could look to the future with hope ins tead of the past with fear, we could only be moving in the right direction.'" I believe' the people of this land. can summon the strength to move forward. You have come so far already. You
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 43 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.