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SENATOR BOB DOLE
REMARKS TO ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY SUMMER INTERNS
JUNE 29, 1990

- IT'S A PLEASURE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY'S 'CAPITOL IDEAS' SERIES. YOUR ENROLLMENT IN

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THIS PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES A SPECIAL COMMITMENT TO LEARNING ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT, ITS INSTITUTIONS AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY.

- WE ALL HAVE INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES. THE LAW LIBRARIAN AT WASHBURN UNIVERSITY, BETH BOWERS, WAS

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VERY INFLUENTIAL IN GETTING ME TO ENTER POLITICS.

- A GREAT ARMENIAN, DR. HAMPAR KELIKIAN, PERHAPS HAD THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE.

- ARMENIA AND ISSUES AFFECTING ARMENIA HAVE

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ALWAYS HELD A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME.

VISIT TO ARMENIA
- MY VISIT TO EARTHQUAKE- TORN SOVIET ARMENIA IN 1989 WAS ONE OF THE MOST MOVING EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. FOLLOWING MY VISIT, I

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WAS ABLE TO GET THE SENATE TO APPROVE $5 MILLION IN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUNDS FOR ARMENIA.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
- UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT AS SUCCESSFUL WITH A

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RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. IT WAS A SIMPLE RESOLUTION, CALLING ON CONGRESS TO RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE, THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION, OF 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS AT THE HANDS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE BETWEEN 1915 AND 1923.

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- IT WAS TRULY A 'DAVID AGAINST GOLIATH' STRUGGLE. YOU SEE, MY RESOLUTION DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY, AND THEY PULLED OUT ALL THEIR BIG MONEY LOBBYISTS IN A POLITICAL POWER PLAY TO MOBILIZE SENATORS AGAINST

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THIS HARMLESS RESOLUTION.

- STILL, WE DID GET THE FACTS INTO THE OFFICIAL RECORD. IN MY VIEW, THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING AND CONVINCING.

CHALLENGE OF DEFICIT REDUCTION

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- THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES HERE IN CONGRESS AND OUR GREATEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS COPING WITH OUR MASSIVE FEDERAL DEFICIT. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT WE IN CONGRESS OWE IT TO YOUR GENERATION TO GET THOSE DEFICITS DOWN, SO YOU CAN

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ENJOY AS BRIGHT A FUTURE AS WE HAVE HAD.

- AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, THE CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY DUTY NEGOTIATIONS ON THE BUDGET AND DEFICIT REDUCTION.

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- YOU MAY ALSO HAVE HEARD IN THE PRESS THAT PRESIDENT BUSH HAS AGREED TO RAISE TAXES TO HELP CUT THE DEFICIT. AND HE MAY INDEED AGREE TO INCREASED TAX REVENUES -- WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

- BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE

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HEARD THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS ALSO GOTTEN THE NEGOTIATORS TO AGREE TO PURSUE SOME VERY IMPORTANT BUDGET REFORMS, INCLUDING DEFENSE SPENDING CUTS AND ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM REFORMS THAT COULD SAVE THIS NATION BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE COMING

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YEARS. THIS HAS ALL BEEN OVERLOOKED IN THE MEDIA FRENZY SWIRLING AROUND THE TAX ISSUE.

- WHEN ALL THE DUST CLEARS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED AT LEAST $50 BILLION DOLLARS IN DEFICIT REDUCTION TO MEET OUR GRAMM-RUDMAN

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TARGET -- AND THAT'S AFTER TAKING THE SAVINGS AND LOAN BAILOUT OFF BUDGET.

- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. WE HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND, CONTROLLING THE COST OF HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY,

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HELPING NEW DEMOCRACIES IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA, NEW TAXES AND THE S&L NIGHTMARE.

- THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS - - IF WE DON'T DO OUR JOB, YOU WILL BE THE ONES WHO SUFFER. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

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EXCITING CHANGES ABROAD
- WE ALSO HAVE GREAT CHALLENGES ABROAD. WE'VE SEEN STARTLING, BREATHTAKING, FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN THE WORLD.

- IN THE SOVIET UNION, WE'VE SEEN GORBACHEV TAKE A GAMBLE -- A GAMBLE THAT A

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LITTLE FREEDOM COULD SOMEHOW REVITALIZE A SPENT SYSTEM. THE GAMBLE DIDN'T WORK.

GORBACHEV'S CHALLENGES
- IT'S EASY TO OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT GORBACHEV IS MUCH MORE POPULAR IN AMERICA THAN HE IS IN HIS OWN COUNTRY. HE HAS SOME

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REALLY TOUGH DAYS AHEAD OF HIM. HE FACES CHALLENGES IMPLEMENTING HIS ALREADY UNPOPULAR ECONOMIC REFORMS, AN UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL CHALLENGE FROM BORIS YELTSIN, AND THE ONGOING FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN THE BALTIC STATES.

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- IN CONGRESS, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR GENUINE PROGRESS TOWARDS GRANTING FREEDOM IN THE BALTICS, AND IN THE AREA OF EMIGRATION, BEFORE WE APPROVE THE TRADE AGREEMENT THAT HE SO BADLY WANTS AND NEEDS.

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CONCLUSION
- GOVERNMENT CAN BE EXCITING, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE FRUSTRATING. BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE -- EVERYONE HERE CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF AMERICANS, AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

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- IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM NOW.

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