June 10, 1998
PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release June 10, 1998
PRESS BRIEFING
BY MIKE MCCURRY
The Briefing Room
1:57 P.M. EDT
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Q Have you gotten the Iran sanctions bill yet, and
when do you plan to veto it?
MR. MCCURRY: We have not gotten it yet and we'll wait
and see -- we'll have to let you know when we get it.
Q Can you also just explain why, since he signed
D'Amato, Helms-Burton, Pressler, Glenn -- some of them have waivers
that are similar to this one -- why is he drawing the line here? Why
is he going to veto this one if he signed all the other ones?
MR. MCCURRY: Well, this one, if I understand correctly,
does not have nearly the kind of waiver approach that is contained in
some of that other legislation. It's not as flexible an instrument.
And it also comes at a time -- first and foremost, the reason is it
comes at a time when we have worked in a very cooperative and
successful fashion with the Russian Federation to address many of our
concerns with respect to technology transfers and proliferation,
especially as they relate to Iran.
So at exactly the moment when we think we're making some
progress addressing the underlying issue, this provides a very
inflexible set of handcuffs on the ability of the President to
conduct foreign policy.
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