DATE=8/10/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236834
TITLE=ALBRIGHT-BOMBINGS (L)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
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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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