The White House Briefing Room
December 16, 1998
STATEMENT BY PRESS SECRETARY JOE LOCKHART The Briefing Room
5:10 P.M. EST
Message Creation Date was at 16-DEC-1998 17:37:00
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________For Immediate
Release December 16, 1998
STATEMENT BY PRESS SECRETARY JOE LOCKHART
The Briefing Room
5:10 P.M. EST
MR. LOCKHART: Good afternoon. At the direction of the President, United
States military forces have launched a substantial military strike against
Iraq. The President decided to take this action this morning, after reviewing
the conclusions of the report to the United Nations Secretary General and
Security Council yesterday by UNSCOM Chairman Richard Butler, and discussing
the situation with his foreign policy team here at the White House.
I expect the President to address the nation from the Oval Office within the
hour. Following the President,s address there will be briefings by the
President,s senior advisors -- first at the Pentagon with Secretary Cohen and
General Shelton, then at the State Department with Secretary Albright and,
finally, here at the White House with National Security Advisor Samuel Berger.
Thank you.
END 5:11P.M. EST
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