U.S. WILL PRESS SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS - CLINTON

WASHINGTON, Aug 7, 1996 (Reuters) - President Bill Clinton on Wednesday hailed the discovery of possible signs of primitive life on Mars and said America will pour its scientific prowess into the effort to confirm this stunning breakthrough.

"I am determined that the American space programme will put its full intellectual power and technological prowess behind the search for further evidence of life on Mars," Clinton said in a statement as he left on a political trip to California.

"If this discovery is confirmed it will surely be one of the most stunning insights into our universe that science has ever uncovered," Clinton said. "Its implications are as far-reaching and awe-inspiring a agressive plan we have put in place for the robotic exploration of Mars," Clinton said.

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