September 03, 1998
Yesterday's announcement that Martin McGuinness will oversee decommissioning issues for Sinn Fein is an important step. I welcome it as the kind of action essential not only to fulfill the Good Friday commitments, but to deepen public confidence in the overall process of making peace a reality in Northern Ireland.
NOTE: The statement referred to Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein chief negotiator.
William J. Clinton, Statement on the Northern Ireland Peace Process Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/224861