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Remarks by the President in Photo Opportunity

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Kasane, Botswana)

For Immediate Release

March 30, 1998

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

Chobe National Game Park
Kasane, Botswana

9:55 A.M. (L)

THE PRESIDENT: I learned today that 17 percent of this country isin national parks and national preserves. They've done a great job ofprotecting their wildlife.

Q TASS is quoting Yeltsin as saying he's not going to be partof the 2000 campaign and he's going to support Chernomyrdin.

THE PRESIDENT: Chernomyrdin?

Q Yes.

THE PRESIDENT: That's interesting.

Q What have you seen today, sir?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, we've seen probably 20 or 30 different kindsof birds -- fascinating ones -- including some eagles I had never seenbefore and some storks I had never seen before and obviously the vulturesand then a lot of the smaller, very beautiful birds, like this rollers.There you've got a baboon, right there, and is that an impala with it? Animpala, a baboon, and three elephants right here where we're standing.

We saw a water buffalo -- I think you saw it also -- that hadbeen wounded apparently by a lion. We saw the horns of a kudu and theskull, all that remained of what apparently was a lion kill up the roadhere, and the vultures were still kind of hanging around it.

It's amazing. It's been an amazing day.

Q Any warthogs? We saw some.

THE PRESIDENT: No.

THE FIRST LADY: We saw hippos.

THE PRESIDENT: We saw a lot of hippos.

THE FIRST LADY: Crocodiles.

Q Did you check out the stars last night?

THE PRESIDENT: It was amazing, wasn't it. The stars wereamazing.

THE FIRST LADY: We saw the lions, too.

Q Oh, you didn't see the lions.

THE FIRST LADY: We did, Sam. We did.

Q You saw a lion?

THE FIRST LADY: Yes, we saw a mother lion and four cubs.

THE PRESIDENT: Oh, yes. They were up underneath a tree.

THE FIRST LADY: One of the lions was in the tree.

THE PRESIDENT: You could barely see them, and the motherlion was on her back, playing with the kids.

Q I would have killed for that. (Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: It was great. At one point she even had one ofher -- one of the cubs? tail in her mouth. They were playing with it backand forth.

Q Can a Democratic President admire an elephant?

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, and I like to see them concentrated here.(Laughter.)

Q I set you up there.

THE PRESIDENT: Actually, I was kind of jealous that theRepublicans had appropriated such a nice animal as their symbol.(Laughter.) I think they're fascinating, these elephants are.

Q At the restaurant last night, did you check out any of thezebra or crocodile?

THE PRESIDENT: I tried it all.

Q Those elephants produce more dung than any other animals.(Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: If you write that, make sure you say he did it,not me.

Q But make sure you say the President was smiling.

Q Mrs. Clinton, have you enjoyed it?

THE FIRST LADY: Oh, very much.

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