DATE=8/10/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236834
TITLE=ALBRIGHT-BOMBINGS (L)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT HAS REPEATED A VOW
TO HUNT DOWN AND PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEADLY BOMBINGS
LAST FRIDAY AT AMERICAN EMBASSIES IN EAST AFRICA. HER REMARKS
CAME IN A SPEECH TO STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES IN WASHINGTON.
STATE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT GIL BUTLER REPORTS MRS. ALBRIGHT
SAYS SHE WILL TRAVEL TO GERMANY TO ACCOMPANY HOME THE BODIES OF
AMERICANS KILLED IN THE BOMBINGS.
TEXT: SECRETARY ALBRIGHT ANNOUNCED A TWO-MILLION DOLLAR REWARD
FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE
BOMBERS.
/// ALBRIGHT ACT ///
WE MUST ALSO FIND AND PUNISH THE COWARDS THAT COMMITTED
THIS ACT. PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS MADE IT ABSOLUTELY
CLEAR THAT WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL THAT HAPPENS AND IT
WILL HAPPEN.
/// END ACT ///
IN EMOTIONAL REMARKS TO THE ASSEMBLED STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES,
PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN EMPLOYEES WHO DIED IN
THE BOMBINGS, THE SECRETARY SAID THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE
INTIMIDATED.
/// ALBRIGHT ACT ///
WE WILL MEET OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO STAY ENGAGED IN THE
WORLD, TO KEEP STANDING UP FOR THE VALUES THAT THE
PEACEMAKERS CHERISH AND FOR THE FUTURE THAT THE
BOMB-THROWERS FEAR. FOR ALTHOUGH TERROR CAN TURN
BUILDINGS TO RUBBLE AND LAUGHTER TO TEARS IT CAN NEVER
-- WILL NEVER -- DETER AMERICA FROM ITS PURPOSE OR
PRESENCE AROUND THE GLOBE.
/// END ACT ///
THE U-S EMBASSIES ATTACKED BY THE BOMBERS DID NOT MEET NEW
SECURITY STANDARDS AND MRS. ALBRIGHT SAID A NEW BUDGET REQUEST IS
BEING PREPARED TO REBUILD THE NAIROBI AND DAR ES SALAAM
EMBASSIES, AS WELL AS IMPROVING THE SECURITY AT OTHER U-S FOREIGN
MISSIONS. (SIGNED)
NEB/MGB/LTD/RAE
10-Aug-98 12:10 PM EDT (1610 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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