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DATE=8/10/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-236834 TITLE=ALBRIGHT-BOMBINGS (L) BYLINE=GIL BUTLER DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT CONTENT= VOICED AT: 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) NNNN Source: Voice of America .