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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.
," ns between Northern Ireland· and the United States -- not least that fully one quarter of Americais presidents ha d roots in this part of Ireland. Finally, I hope it will be a lasting reminder that by coming together tonight, we ha ve taken ariother step toward the . peace and reconciliation that can and should be our legacy to the children ofNorthe rn Ireland and the world this' Christmas. As many of you know, I have been privileged to receive thousands of letters from sch oolchildren from all over Northern Ireland, telling me /what peace means to them. The letters poured in from v illages and cities, from . Catholic communities and ProtesUmt communities, from mixed schools, primary schools , and schools for , children with special needs. All of the letters were wonderful -- for their honesty , their maturity, and their paSSIOn. , Many ofthe children showed tremendous pride in the beauty oftheir homeland.)I rec eived many offers to visit their homes and their schools, and I am sorry I could not take advantage of that gen erous hospitality. Keith . _, an II-year old from Carrickfergus, Wrote: "Please tell everyone in America ~are not always . fighting here and that it is only a smali number of people who make trouble, and unf ortunately they are the ones ' that the rest of the world~hears about~l:l;ike many;of the children; Keithdid,notd··, istinguish between sides. . I learned many stories of individual pain and loss; So many children had lost a reI ative, or a friend. Yet they showed remarkable courage and strength, and a commitment to move forward together. As 14 Sharon of County Armagh wrote, "Both sides have been hurt, both sides must forgive. children shared their wishes.for the future. Thirteen year-old Grainne dreamed of a fresh Northern Ireland. "I would like to be able to walk without fear in an y street in our cities," she wrote. "I would like to be able, if I wished, to apply for a job in our police force witho ut being made to feel a traitor. I would like to see my country grow and become a nation people looked up to as friendl y and hard working. I would like to. be proud to say' I come from Northern Ireland."1 And many of the children expressed their willingness -- indeed, their sense of oblig ation -- to do their part.to help the peace process succeed. As ofOmaghexplained, "We have been
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