Word: canadas
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...Secretary of State Warren Christopher recovered in the Ottawa hospital where he was being treated for a bleeding stomach ulcer, Hillary Rodham Clinton took the opportunity to extol Canada's $43 billion public health care system as a model for American reform. "There has been a lot of disinformation that has been put out across the border," she said, "so perhaps (Christopher's illness) will give people more of a chance to learn about the system...
...States has shared your philosophy of action and consistent exercise of leadership abroad," Clinton told his enthusiastic audience. "And I am determined, notwithstanding all the crosscurrents in our country, that we shall preserve that commitment." But Clinton dodged what White House aides said would be a public statement opposing Canada's Quebec separatist movement. TIME White House correspondent James Carney, in Ottawa with the president, says Clinton feared offending the separatists -- one of whom is now an opposition leader in Canada's government -- even though "it's obviously in the U.S. interest to deal with one country...
President Clinton abandoned his proposed border crossing fee today, in a move to quiet the growing clamor from Congress and several border states, which object to the idea of charging $1.50 to pedestrians and $3.00 to cars coming into the U.S. from Mexico or Canada...
Taking guns away from citizens won't take all the guns away from hardened criminals, but domestic crime doesn't usually involve those particular culprits. Canada's new laws have the security of its citizens most at heart. At a time when Congressional representatives are considering a repeal of parts of the Brady Bill, firm resolve on gun control is crucial. The U.S. should have the courage to follow our northern neighbors' wise example...