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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 November 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Statement by the President (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:211199 The preliminary 1999 Uniform Crime Report released by the FBI today shows that we are making enormous progress in our national strategy to fight crime.

America continues to experience the longest continuous decline in crime on record. Overall crime fell another 10 percent in the first six months of this year as compared to the first half of 1998 -- twice as much as any other six-month period over the last decade. We have the lowest crime rate in 25 years. We have the lowest homicide rate in over 31 years. In every region of our nation, neighborhoods are safer now, and Americans families are more secure than...