-> In all the employees of the Treasury Department I have
-> seen I've noticed a rare commitment to serve this nation
-> conscientiously. And I must say, with the recent tragedies freshly in our
-> minds, I think that we should all once again honor the plaque on the 4th
-> floor of this building that notes more than 160 Treasury agents who have
-> been killed in the line of duty in our nation's history. From the Secret
-> Service agents who protect our Presidents and who have a particular chore in
-> me because I like to get out and see the people who put me in this job -- to
-> the customs agents who wage war on drugs, to the agents of the Bureau of
-> Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, many of the employees of this department risk
-> their lives to protect the lives of the rest of us.
->
-> My prayers and I'm sure yours are still with the
-> families of all four of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents who were
-> killed in Waco -- Todd McKeehan and Conway Le Bleu of New
-> Orleans; Steve Willis of Houston, and Robert Williams from my
-> hometown of Little Rock. Three of those four were assigned to my security
-> during the course of the primary or general election. My gratitude is also
-> with the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents who helped to evacuate the
-> World Trade Center in New York in the
-> aftermath of the explosion; and later, who helped to find the
-> identification number of the van that led to the arrest of the first suspect
-> in the bombing. I know that all of you join with me in
Yes, this is exactly what I wanted. Thank you for sending me the whole speech.
It seems like you sent me everything from March 18, inlcluding the press
briefing by Dee Dee Myers, but this is just as well - it gives it even more
context. There indeed in Clinton claiming taht 3 of the agents killed at Waco
had been "assigned to his security."
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