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cc: Rahm, Doug
Two things we ought to consider in the short run:
Joe Klein's request for an education interview. I support this, even though it would be a bit odd.
But I think we have to take Joe at his word (oy!) and we could get a lot out of it to keep
education agenda going forward.
Ron Brownstein called too. asking for a single topic (promises that is all it would be) interview
on drug certification/Mexico for right after the decision (maybe Wednesday?). Again, this could
be a big help especially in California.
Let's talk sometime.
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�Mike,
Three items that seem worth doing:
1. Henry's request to us (attached) to serve up the President for Univision sometime before the
Mexico trip. Henry says they can be as flexible as we need, but I'm sure the President would .
want to do this.
2. Michiko Kakutani, the Times chief book reviewer, is very eager to talk with the President
about his reading (attached), especially during his convalescence, when he may have had even
more time to read than usual. She pitched this last year, but we took a walk because of the ·
campaign. I think this would be an excellent color interview and would really like to see us do
this.
3. Fugi TV, I hear, is pushing hard for an interview before Hashimoto visit. Sounds good to me,
especially given your interest in having him talk with more foreign press. He's done NHK maybe
twice before, so this would be a good addition.
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Apri1 1, 1997.
Baer
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White House
iashington, D.c. 20500
>ear Don,
3ust a note to reiterate the idea we've discussed on the phone. •rhc
>ieee I have in mind would run in the Hew York Times sunday maqazine.
What I'd 1ike to do is write a story ~bout President Clinton and
LiteraturG: what bookc, fiction and non-fiction, have
shap~d hi~
vision of
what philosophers and writers have informed his view of history; and
course, what he's reading today.
A~thouqh some ot tne world's great leaders have been voracious readars
~merica;
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(one thinks of Jefferson, Linoo1n and Churchill), few of our recont
?residents seem to have paid much attention to books: certainly President
~eagan wasn't a big reader: neither was President Bush.
President Clinton, in contrast, has a reputation as someono who truly
Love~ books. I under5tand that he reads everyone from Marcus Aureliu~ to
:abriol Carcia Marquez to Stephen Cartor. I would very much likQ to talk to
~he President about the role reading has played in his own life, and tho role
~g sees books playinq in the nation's future - a future, lncreasinqly
iominated by television and computers. z would like to discuss what he has
Loarned from specific bookc, and what importance be-attaches to literature in
~eneral
- as both a private citizen and as President of the United statos.
what novels, poems and ~tories meant ·a lot to him as a younq man, and
'hat books continue to matter to him today.
Zdeally, I would love to look at the White House library with
~lso,
~r9sid9nt
Clinton - and perhaps sao
wha~
books ha refers to on n reqular
'asis. If that's not possible, a phone call would be great: 15 mlnutoo or so
should do it.
My phone number in Hew York is (212) 874-8072. My fax number i~ (212)
!75-0927.
Many thanks for all your help.
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Kiohiko Kakutani
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President
The Honorable Donald Baer
Assistant to The President
Director of Strategic Planning & Communications
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20050
Dear Don:
Congratulations on the results of the New York Times/CBS News Poll. You all must be
very happy about The President's strong personal standing with the American people.
I want to suggest that now is the time to move ahead with THE LETTERS TO THE
PRESIDENT column. The newspaper market should be at its most receptive and readers their
most supportive.
The column could also help reinforce the public's positive appraisal of The President. It
would be a warm, chatty, personal, and comforting dialogue between President Clinton and
individual Americans showcasing the very characteristics people like about him.
It seems possible that the column could be produced by a pretty simple procedure. Each
day someone in the mail room could pick the five or six most interesting letters processed. Ten
could be answered each week. And, the best four or five could be picked for publication.
I hope you agree that the time is right and the effort worthwhile. We look forward to
moving ahead with you on LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT.
Best regards.
LTO:ce
cc: Chuck Lewis
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TUBSDA Y, APRIL 8, 1997
Mo~fDoubt a Resolve to Change
Campaign Fir:aancing, ·Poll Finds
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By FRANCIS X.
CL~NES
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While a ~ignificant majority of the favorabtlity as the controversy over
American· people believe that funda· campaign finances has grown.
mental changes are needed in the
.Almost 9 of 10 people surveyed see
campaign financing system,· most a need for fundamental changes in
doubt that President Clinton and . fund-raising procedures, or even a
. Congress are sincerely committed to total overhaul. But only 3 In 10 bechanging it, according to the latest lieve that the President really wants
New York Times/CBS News Poll.
change, despite his announced com.The President . is nevertheless mitment ·to il The .resolve of Conmaintaining his strong ·personal gress is subject ·to even greater
standing with the public, the poll doubt, with only 23 percent of the
found, despite months of sometimes public convinced .that the lawmakwithering. accusations of improper · ers, for all their talk, actually want to
caJ;I!paign fund-raising tactics.
· change the current laws.
··. In contrast, ·Vice President AI
While Mr. Clinton's commitment
Gore has suffered a sizable loss of to change is being questioned·, his
personal standing remains strong as
Congres!l gears up for hearings Into
his 1996 re-election practices. The
telephone poll registered a 56 percent job approval rating for the PresIdent, largely because of his handling
of the economy. That is only seven
points below his personal high, registered by CBS News after his second
Inauguration.
The campaign flilanclng issue
gained momentum after the President's ·re-election with a steady
stream of disclosures about the wide
net that had been cast by the ClintonGore team to reach affluent donors
to ~e Democratic Party. Accounts
about a chain of high-priced fundraising· events at the White House,
and sleep-over privileges In the Lincoln Bedroom for favored guests,
stirred Republlcan accusations that
the President had put White House
perquisites up "for sale." Controversy. only Increased with news that
the Democratic National Committee
had had to return sizable donations
be_cause of questions about their tnJe
source and that White House Invitations had gone to such figures as a
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WASHINGTON, April 7.- Trying
to shore up the Middle East peace
effort, President Clinton met today
for almost two hours· with Prhne
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, but emerged with no immediate
plan~ for any extraordinary step, like
a summit meeting, to restart talks in
the region.
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In a sign of the fragility of the
negotiations, the two men made no
joint announcements, and Mr._ Clinton declined to discuss the meeting
publicly other than to call it a "very
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make Israel look llke the "hea·
the region.
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cords, is accused of violating i
said. "The Palestinian side,
violates the accords, is credite
keeping it. Arid that, I think,
obstacle to peace because peac
not be built on falsehoods."
"I come here with absolutelJ
hands," he said of Israel's rec
complying with the agreemen
Mr. Netanyahu accused the 1>1
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Most Doubt
Commitment
To Overhaul
Of Campaigns
IIJeh fllork limeiiCBS NEWS Poll
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Financing Campaigns: Skep~~lsm, and a Need for Change
Political Leaders and Campalp Finance
Do you think President Clinton end Congress reel/y
want to change campaign finance lsws, or do you think
they went to keep cempslgn finencs laws es they ere
now?
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CHANGE
PRESIDENT
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convicted felon later Imprisoned lor
drug smuggling.
Asked about Mr. Clinton's campaign lund-raising practices, 44 percent or respondents said he had done
nothing wrong, while 20 percent
judged his activities unethical and 12
percent illegal. Despite his general
approval rating, two of five Americans said they thought the President
had made or changed policy decl·
sions as a direct result of money he
raised from major donors.
The public's general suspicion
about politicians' dependence on donors was underlined when 75 percent
of those polled estimated that "many
public oHiclals" generally made or
changed policy positions as a result
of political donations. ~till, 78 percent
were opposed to strict public financIng of campaigns as a cure, saying It
would cost taxpayers too much.
In contrast to the President's job
performance rating, VIce President
Gore's favorabUJty rating fell to 25
percent, a drop of 24 points In the last
lhree months. (A majority of Amerl·
cans withheld an overall opinion, as
Is typically the case with VIce Prest·
dents.) Mr. Gore has come under
special scrutiny for soliciting dona·
lions In telephone calls from the
White House and at a gathertrig of
Buddhist temple-goers. He has been
faulted, In tum, by political observ·
ers for seeming less skilled than Mr.
Clinton In defending ambitious Cltn·
ton-Gore fund-raising techolques.
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decisions as s direct resun of money he received from.
msjor contributors?
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How much of a priority is it to require campaigns to
disclose how much money they have raised. where It
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Whose enempts to buy Influence bother you tha most?
Based on nationwide telephone interviews with 1,347
adults, conducted April 2·5. Percentages may not add to
100 because of rounding.
lbeNewYorttTlmel
In many ways, the poll suggested
that the public's views on campaign
finance were still forming. The full
details of what occurred In the Prest·
dentlal campaign have yet to be laid
before the public In the hearings
scheduled by Congress this spring
and summer. Moreover, because the
public has rarely been surveyed In
depth on campaign finance, any shift money they can put In their pock·
In Its views Is difficult to measure.
ets."
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And, for all the heat the Issue Is
As a "top priority" solution, the
generating In Washington, the public public favors eHectlve campaign disIs far from rating campatsn law • closure (54 percent) more strongly
overhaul a compelling priority In than limiting either campaign spendcomparison with crime, schools and Ing (23 percent) or speclal·lnterest
the economy. In fact, only 2 respond- contributions (28 percent). On speHow the Poll
ents, of the 1,347 polled, cited cam· cific proposals for changing the syspalgn fund-raising as the nation's tem, more than three of five favor
Was Conducted
most Important problem.
stsnlflcant free television time for
"What they do In Waslitngton real· Presidential candidates, while 70
The latest New York TtmetiiCBS
Newa PoD la baaed on telephone tater·
Jy doesn't affect me," said Frank · percent favor cutting, to $1,000 from
view& conducted AprU 2-& wttb 1,)47
Zupancic, a 47-year-old auto mechan· $5,000, the maximum that a political
adults thnluibOUI die Uolted Slatel.
lc from East Lake, Ohio. "I have to action committee can spend on a
1be sample otlalepboae ...,.,.,_
go to work every day, and all they single candidate.
caUed wu randomly selected by a
computer from a complete Ust of
want to do Is get deeper 111 my pock·
"The speclai..Jnterest groups
more thaD 38,000 acuve resldeDtlal
et"
excbanges across the c::ouatry.
spend millions to get their point
Further, only 12 percent of re- across, and people like me aren't
WllhlD each udlaqe, random dl&·
spondents said they had been follow· heard at all," said Pam Elllott, a 42·
111 were added to form a complete
telephone number, thus permttttna aclng news of the Issue "very closely,"
year-old woman on dlsablllty In
cesl to botb listed and unlisted nwnand 43 percent complained that the
bel'l. Within eacb boulebold, one adult
Dyersburg, Tenn. "Money talks."
news media had been spending too
wudolljpJaleclbyarandompro.
A 57 percent majority endorsed a
much time on ll
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ceclure 10 bo lbo I'Oiplllldoal lor lbo
aurvey.
Whatever public reaction may de- need for Congressional hearings,
with
Americans especially troubled
The result& have been weJabted to
velop from the Congressional hear- .
take account of houaehold 8lze and
lngs, the poll, conducted last Wedoes- by the posslblllty that foreign gov·
number of telephone llnel lnto the
emments
might have tried to buy
residence and to adjust for variations
day through Saturday, shows that
ln the sample relattna to posraphlc
Americans already sense that there Influence through campaign contrl·
rer,\on, race, sea. oae and educatLon.
Is a clear advantage enjoyed by In- buttons. The foreign threat, already a
In theory, In 19 c:aan out ol 20 tho
• cumbents under the current system. ,:. priority In the Congresslonallnvestl·
resulCI based on such AIDPiee wW
·.'Three of five estimated thai political ..1 satlons, was rated most troubling by•
dlffer by 110 more tbaa three pm:ent- ·
ase points In eJtber dtrecllon from
"challengers faced a more difficult ' 45 percent of ·respondents, larger
what would Ute been obtaJDed by
time than Incumbents under the biB· . than !bose who cited speclaJ..Interest ·
saellna .... aU Amei1Catl adulla.
dollar financing p~res of modem donors (25 percent) and wealthy t.
For smaller IUbpuups. the potert.
campaigning.
· dlvlduals (21 percent).
U8J aampUaa error lllarpr. For aample, rorettber men or women taileD
Some jaded comments were of.
"I don't feel It's so Important
as a pvup, It 11 plua or miDUI follt
fered by respondents In elaborating where the money comes from as long
pertentap points.
on their replies to the poD, which had as It's within the United States," said
In addWon to sampUna error, the
practical dUIICulllel ol canducllai
a ll1lUllln of sampling error of plus or Gene Fultz, 68, a retired computer
minus three percentage points. "Too analyst In Norfolk, Va. "The money
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many politicians are getting rich," from outside the country Is another·
poll Vartatlonltn questiOn wordln& or
the order ol questlolll, for Instance,
said Nade Wiese, a IJO.year-old elec· Issue. That klnd.of lnfiueace Is quos,.
can lead to IOIDIWbat CUiferent ,.
trlclan from Steamboat Springs, tlonable."
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sulll.
Colo. "They don't want to change
At the same time, the public clear·
thlnge because there Is too much ly does not want the Republican-
Adverse news fails to
dampen Clinton's
rating by much.
controlled Congr.;.. to restrict Its
focus solely to the Democratic campaign. Almost 9 of 10 people said the
hearings should Investigate the fund·
raising activities of both parties.
Republican Congressional leaders
contend thet the Cltnton re-election
drive, with Its zealous emphasis on a
boost of "soft money'' donations to
the Democratic Party, committed
most of the campaign abuses last
year. In the early months of the
scandal search, the Democratic National Committee has already returned or promised to return more
than $3 mJUion In questionable donations. The Times/CBS News Poll,
however, found that 77 percent of the
publlc rated the Clinton campaign's
financing tactics to be common to
both political parties.
For all the doubts about the resolve of both. panles to change the
system, only 8 percent of the public
thinks the current Jaws work well
· and need only minor changes. VIrtually all the rest endorse fundamental
change (50 percent) or complete
overhaul (39 percent).
"It would settle thlnge down If
Congress did something about It,"
said Harris Spear, a 7~year-old retired personnel manager In Eugene,
Ore. "They could get back to work
and do what they're supposed to be
doing."
Clinton Requests More Money for Election Panel.
11J ALISON MITCHELL
WASHINGTON, April 7- Saying
that the Federal agency that enforces the campatsn finance laws
"plainly lacks the resources It
needs," President Cltnton today
asked Congress to appropriate an
additional 58.8 million for the Fed. eral Election Commlsston across two
flacal years.
In a letter to Speaker Newt Glng·
rich, Mr. Cltnton said commlsSioners
of the F.E.C. had called their agency
"ovei'WIIIUd, ..-rfWided and unable to address the many Issues
ratsed In recent electlons." The J>res.
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
Mr. Cltnton has also eadorsed
JegtslaUon that would ban such un·
regulated contrlbutloas and repealed·
that call today.
Currently the commission's budget Is $28.1 million, and Mr. Clinton
requested $28.3 mJ11Ion for the agenpracttces last year, the President cy In the 1868 118cal year that begins
bas been looltlng for ways to over- In Oclllber. But the commlsslan rebaul the poUtJcal tund-ralslDB sy&- quesled more IMIIG)' earlier this
tem.
year saying that reports of alleged
In January he announced that the· violations of the Federal electlon law
·party would no longer take contrlbu- · had reached "unparalleled scala."
tlon9 from legal United Stales restMr. Cltnton requested thai the
dents who are not cltllens; he also agency be srantecl another 11.7 mJJ.
proposed tbat. both Repubhcans 8J!d .llorl to close ou~ the current flscaJ
Clinton ChiJ.'
the way we finance elections to the
Congress and the Presidency." The
F.E.C; audits and lllvesttgates cam·
patsn flnaDce records.
With Mr. Clinton and his Democratic Party buHeted by revelations
about their campatsn lund-raising
In tha Shadow of .Histarv
WASHINGTON, April 7 (AP) 1'·
Pledging an open door to an adv,t::•
who "speaks the truth unvamlsbe< '
President Cltnton today named
Atlanta woman active In the ~ :against . AIDS, Sandy Thurman, ..
his third director of AIDS pollcy.
In a brief ceremony In the Rom.
veil Room, Mr. Clinton restated I..
commitment to halt the spread
AIDS and assured Ms. Thurman 0 ·,,
the Office of National AIDS Pol'
would have the resources to h
"succeed In this all-Important 1111
"My door Is open to her," I •.
Clinton said. "I've worked with t,.,,
and I can attest she tells It like I~
She speaks the truth unvamlsh
She won't hold back In this office.'·
Ms. Thurman, who was born
Atlanta and Is on the Presldel\
AIDS advisory panel, succeeds P1t
sy Fleming. Ms. Thurman pledged't•
Improve housing, Medicaid and wei
fare services for AIDS patients aru
to "counteract the devastating ~t
fects that homophobia and racJ:. ·
continue to have on this epldeml<''
"The President has given me
personal commitment," she s•''
"and 1n tum I offer the commur:•.;~
my commitment to the efforts· ..
develop vaccines, to find a cure,
stop the transmission of H.l.V. T ·:
Is not an epidemic of a few. This ls'A
epidemic of us all."
•"
Ms. Thurman was executive dtr:·,
tor of AID Atlanta from 1988 to I!"
NewAIDSDnq
WASHINGTON, April 7 (AP)' The Food and Drug Admlnlstra~.,
has approved a new AlPS drug .
patients to add to thalr complex m• :1
)cation cocktails, despite conflict· '
evidence on how well It wor~s. \
The drug, delavlrdlne from Ph :
macta and Upjohn, was approved\,~
Friday. It Is expected to be on phaij
macy shelves within a month undej
the brand name Rescrlptor.
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Delavlrdlne Is one of a class
drugs called non-nucleoside reve
transcrlptase Inhibitors. They '
not considered nearly as powerful
the protease Inhibitors that are m · . ·
Jng headltnes for dramatically fiB ot
lng H.I.V., the virus that cau .,;
AIDS.
Delavlrdlne can be used with oil ·c.
medicines, but never alone, to t1v •.
AIDS patients and those newly ' ''
fected with H.I.V., Pharmacla s;"
today.
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President
216 EAST 45TH STREET, NEW YORK,
May 8, 1997
The Honorable Michael McCurry
Press Secretary
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20050
Dear Mike:
People, particularly young adults, want to write to the President. This May 12 Newsweek
ad shows how powerful that desire can be. I am certain you will receive thoughtful, articulate
and positive letters from newspaper readers as soon as LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT
becomes available. The column will write itself. There are people with agendas, to be sure, but
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have a tremendous opportunity. When can we start taking advantage of it? Look forward to
talking with you about this.
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President
May 8, 1997
The Honorable Donald Baer
Assistant to the President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20050
Dear Don:
People, particularly young adults, want to write to the President. This May 12 Newsweek
ad shows how powerful that desire can be. I am certain you will receive thoughtful, articulate
and positive letters from newspaper readers as soon as LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT
becomes available. The column will write itself. There are people with agendas, to be sure, but
there are many people who like Bill Clinton and will want to communicate that to him. You will
have a tremendous opportunity. When can we start taking advantage of it? Look forward to
talking with you about this.
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Sincerely yours,
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50 Riverside Drive
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24 January 1997
MAGAZINE
Mr. Kevin Moran
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20502
Dear Kevin:
Continuing conversations with you and with Guy Smith would indicate
there is still a positive disposition toward my original proposal of an
interview with President Clinton.
We are still very keen to carry through with this project. The comments I
made to Don Baer in September (see last paragraph of attached letter) are,
I think, as relevant as ever
Is there anything more I can do or add to get an early and favorable
response? To reiterate, the automobile business constitutes the largest
single industry there is, and it's hard to think of an issue we couldn't touch
from this interesting, engaging, and entertaining starting point.
Very best wishes,
William L. Sharfman
MAGAZINE
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MAGAZINE
Mr. Don Baer, Director of Communications
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Don:
From conversations with Guy Smith I believe you are generally favorably
disposed to my proposal of an interview with President Clinton, and that
the fact that it hasn't happened is more by happenstance than design.
I (as well as the people at Automobile, which I believe can deliver you a
very nice and very relevant support-building audience) remain very keen
to carry through with this project.
If it turns out that the exceptional demands of what must be an
extraordinarily hectic period for all of you preclude getting an interview
published pre-election, might I extract a commitment for a sit-down in the
near future, for post-election publication?
Even after the President is re-elected, there will, I'm sure, be myriad
programs for which he would like to have a favorable disposition among
professionals and enthusiasts involved with the largest single industry there
IS.
Very best wishes,
William L. Sharfman
cc: Guy L. Smith IV
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CONTRIUUTING EDITOR
Mr. Don Baer
Director of Communications
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Baer,
John Leo pointed me to you. This will be the least important
request you receive.
My name may be faintly familiar. I wrote the sports at Time
magazine for 10 years, and, for several years afterward,
chipped columns to both the Washington Post and u.s. News. I
just spent 15 months in Belfast, drinking poteen on the
Shankill, Guinness on the Falls, and writing a book. Sport
isn't the subject, although Ian Paisley walked 18 holes with
me one day at a little course across from his Ormeau church.
I played and he talked.
Anyway, my request: some time in the next four years, I wonder
if the President would suffer my presence, on the side, at
golf. I'm not interested in one of those ''I played golf with
the President" stories, an analysis of his game or anything of
the sort. I'm looking for something smaller but more se~ious
and thoughtful. Eisenhower talked of "letting a little air into
the war room." I don't want to make it sound too profound, but
if golf is helping him, it's important. And that's what I'd like
to talk about.
I write the backpage column for Golf Digest and can travel
anywhere. I'm enclosing one to give you a sense of what it is.
Leo, Strobe Talbott or David Gergen could vouch for me, or at
least say who I am. If it can't be done, I won't hold it against
you. As I said, nothing less pressing will cross your plate.
Best regards,
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Mr. Don Baer
Director of Communications
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Baer,
John Leo pointed me to you. This will be the least important
request you receive.
My name may be faintly familiar. I wrote the sports at Time
magazine for 10 years, and, for several years afterward,
chipped columns to both the Washington Post and u.s. News. I
just spent 15 months in Belfast, drinking poteen on the
Shankill, Guinness on the Falls, and writing a book. Sport
isn't the subject, although Ian Paisley walked 18 holes with
me one day at a little course across from his Ormeau church.
I played and he talked.
Anyway, my request: some time in the next four years, I wonder
if the President would suffer my presence, on the side, at
golf. I'm not interested in one of those "I played golf with
the President'' stories, an analysis of his game or anything of
the sort. I'm looking for something smaller but more serious
and thoughtful. Eisenhower talked of "letting a little air into
the war room." I don't want to make it sound too profound, but
if golf is helping him, it's important. And that's what I'd like
to talk about.
I write the backpage column for Golf Digest and can travel
anywhere. I'm enclosing one to give you a sense of what it is.
Leo, Strobe Talbott or David Gergen could vouch for me, or at
least say who I am. If it can't be done, I won't hold it against
you. As I said, nothing less pressing will cross your plate.
Best regards,
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�Winning one for himself
bile proud to bt associated with
most of its legends. the Univer·
sity of Notre Dame has been
historically circumspect on the subject
of George Gipp, the original Irish football star, whom Notre Dame graduate Red Smith dubbed "the patron
saint of 8-ball pool."
In the annals of sports, there may
have been a more outlandish lie than
"Win one for the Gipper," bur it isn't
likely.
The real George Gipp was a reprobate gambler who openly bet on his
own games, seldom attended classes
(expelled for that at one point, he was
reinstated by popular demand) and only
occasionally graced football practice.
His favorite thing, next lo blondes, was
blowing smoke rings into the putty face
of coach Knute Rockne.
By Rockne's florid account, Gipp
considered the team on his deathbed (in
the grip of a rampaging infection) and
beseeched the players sometimewhen fortunes looked especially dimto dig down deep and win one tor him.
Never mind that it would have been
more in character for Gipp to want to
get a little something down on the streptococci. Rockne's pep talk worked.
Ronald Reagan played Gipp in the
movies and, of course, kept on playing
him throughout his life. Thus, it is natural to associate Reagan with football.
Reagan had a baseball connection,
too. Even before portraying parched
pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander,
he ~ a radio play-by-play man in the
telegraph era of staged sound effects
and reconstructed realities. Some say he
·kept his hand in there as well.
In retirement, the former President
is easily pictured spurring a horse along
a bridle path or raising an ax above a
wood st:.ck. But the news that he has
turned to golf in his dotage, at 85 and
tlghcing Alzheimer's disease, is somehow unexpected.
Golf has certainly been the Presidential game. At the Washington Post,
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there resides a beautiful man, and a
beautiful writer, named Shirley Pavich,
who actually caddied for Warren G.
Harding. Dwight Eisenhower practically personified golf. Jack Kennedy's
dusty woods and irons were recently
offered at auction. George Bush is a
bona 6de Walker, blood kin to the celebrated cup.
But nobody thinks of Reagan with a
golf club in his fists, although witnesses
at the Los Angeles Country Club say it
is a happy and stirring sight. As Presi·
dent, he was limited to a round or two a
year, often just his New Year's Day ritual with Walter Annenberg at Rancho
Mirage. Now that Reagan has disappeared everywhere else, he haunts the
practice tee.
"Typically, he's here three times a
week," according to the Los Angeles
Country Club head pro, Jim Schaeffer,
"once ~o play nine holes and twice to
hit balls. H~ has a good swing, really.
Strong grip. Draws the ball. You can
tell he's an athlete, defmitely. Decent
chipper, very good putter. nemendous hand-to-eye coordination. Physically. his health is great."
Mentally? "He has good days and
bad days," Schaeffer says softly. "Some
days, he's not all there."
In a society that glorifies youth, it
was Ronald Reagan who took the onus
otr age. Suddenly an 80-year-old woman, Jessica Tandy, was winning the Oscar. "I'm Not Rappaport" had Broad·
way in its thrall. "The Golden Girls"
found a place on television. Throughout sports, senior tours proliferated, renaissances of a sweet kind: baseball,
golf, tennis, even boxing. Golf is the
one that took.
Fifteen years after being shot, Reagan is probably entided to have some
good days and some bad days as he
tights the disease that knocked out Sugar Ray Robinson.
At the golf course, Reagan cuts a
figure similar to Ben Hogan's at Shady
Oaks, in the sense of being respected to
a degree few celebrities ever know, to
the point of being left alone. The
members sigh to themselves when
Reagan turns to a Secret Service man
and asks: "What am I doing here?" But
there is a Jot more silent cheering.
On the range, the President looks
amazingly strong, surprisingly young,
heroic. According to his daughter,
Maureen, he has accomplished that
mixed blessing of shooting his age. But
there is a better way to keep score.
At the L.A.C.C., range balls are
signed for in a self-service billing system. Reagan should not be confused if
his tab seen1s light. At least one man
who followed him along the bucket
brigade-and likely as not scores of
others-wrote out two chits against his
own account and slipped the President's
signature into his pocket.
Reagan came from an autograph
world, but these may be the best ones
he ever signed, simple ntessages secredy
tucked away, positive proof that there
really was a Gipper. •
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�THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 19, 1996
Memorandum for the President
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From
Mike McCurry
11\.l\t'.....Press Secretary~' /
Subject
Ken Burns' "Thomas Jefferson"
Ken Burns' has recently completed a three-hour biography of
Thomas Jefferson which PBS will broadcast on February 18th and
19th. Burns is very interested in showing you any or all of the
film prior to its release.
As you are aware, the White House hosted a large picnic on
the South Lawn celebrating the premier of Burns' "Baseball".
Burns is not requesting a reception of this magnitude, but would
love to have you see the film and, perhaps, host a small
reception.
You might want to give some thought to a screening in the
White House Theater.
I am sure the film will be enjoyable and it
would be a nice thing to do in conjunction with the President's
Day holiday.
cc
Ann Stock
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MEMORANDUM FOR MIKE MCCURRY AND LORRIE MCHUGH
FROM
STUART SCHEAR
POTUS TV REQUESTS & RECOMMENDATIONS
SUBJECT
The following is a list of the current requests for television and radio interviews with President Clinton.
request is included.
I) TV INTERVIEWS: BEST OFFERS FOR FEBRUARY & MARCH
The best television interview opportunities for the President are listed in this section. We should select
one or more for February & March. Each of these interviews would afford the President the opportunity to
expound on the themes of his Inaugural and State of the Union Addresses.
LARRY KING LIVE (CNN)
Request:
Air Date
Recommendation
Rationale
FACE THE NATION (CBS)
Request
Air Date
Recommendation
Rationale
Full-hour studio interview to take place between date of
the State of the Union Speech & the Budget.
February 5 @ 9 PM, Live from the White House
YES, but another date might work better. ·
CNN's largest audience. Viewers-are outside
Clinton's base. King's interviews generate excellent print coverage.
Good platform for amplification of POTUS' agenda and SOU
themes.
f()
30-Minute Pre or Post-S!JU Interview with POTUS I
Sunday Feb. 2 or Feb. 9
YES
Good platform for amplification of POTUS' agenda and SOU themes. We
owe Schieffer and so does the VP.
VY
ABC RADIO TOWN HALL MEETING (ABC)
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Request
One hour live interview with ABC news anchor and an audience of
PRffQP;~J.W::UOeuiUll..IDthe Town Hall would be on drug use prevention.
Weekdays in March are oo
_J..~ Air Date
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Recommendation
Great topic, great message, great audience, wide reach of ABC O&O's
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affiliate stations.
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DAVID FROST (PBS)
Request
Recommendation
Rationale
Full-hour sit-down interview at White House
YES
A thoughtful interviewer who promises a serious discussion ..
Good platform for amplification of POTUS' agenda and SOU
themes.
NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER (PBS)
,.,
Request
· 60-minute interview with Jim Lehrer
Air Date
TBD
YES
Recommendation
Rationale
Good platform for serious discussion of POTUS' goals and amplification
of SOU themes.
�WALTER CRONKITE (DISCOVERY CHANNEL)
Request
45-minute Interview with POTUS with veteran news man Walter Cronkite
Air Date
TBD
Recommendation
YES
Rationale
Relatively small audience but the cache of Cronkite should generate
excellent secondary coverage.
II) TV INTERVIEWS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
THE PRESIDENTS IN THEIR OWN WORDS CPBS>
Request
Full-hour videotaped interview at White House with veteran WH
journalist Hugh Sidey
Recommendation
YES: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Air Date
1999. Documentary must be filmed by summer & edited by end of 1997.
This documentary, part of a five part series, promises to create a portrait
Rationale
of Clinton by using his own words: from the Sidey interview and from
Clinton's past speeches and interviews. Ford, Carter and Bush have
already been interviewed, and the producers are using past interviews
with Reagan and Nixon to produce portraits of these two men. The
producers, Peter & Philip Kunhardt, produced two very moving hours on
JFK & RFK, which used their own words and aired some years ago. They
also produced a four hour special on Lincoln, which the first family
watched and reportedly enjoyed. The WH Historic Association has lent
its full support to the project, and its producers are consulting an
advisory panel of estee~ed historians of the American Presidency.
Comment
This is one for posterity. If we want to make certain that future
generations are able to get a feel for Clinton, his ideas and his unique
way of expressing himself, we should find the time for this project.
Sldey must conduct Interview before summer to meet edit schedule.
RIGHTS & WRONGS with CHARLAYNE HUNTER GAULT (PBS)
Request
60-minute interview on human rights for 5th Anniversary Show
Air Date
TBD
Recommendation
YES
Rationale
POTUS promised CHG. We should make most of opportunity, and.
use the interview for an announcement later this year, when R&W is back
in production.
CHANNEL ONE
Request
Request
Air Date
Recommendation
Rationale
CHANNEL ONE request for POTUS when in California
Standing request for next California Trip
TBD
YES
High School Students are bridge to the 21st Century. Let's talk to them.
�Ill) TV INTERVIEWS: NOT RECOMMENDED OR FOR LATER CONSIDERATION
BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION (BET)
Request
Interview with Jason Hill, BET News Anchor
Recommendation
NONE: Ask Political Affairs
Rationale
Small audience; but we may need to satisfy BET.
PRIMETIME LIVE with Diane Sawyer (ABC)
Request
Interview with President and First Lady for PrimeTime Live Special
Air Date
TBD
Recommendation
NO for now. Consider later.
Rationale
Wait to see if Sawyer will stay with ABC or move to CBS
CHARLIE ROSE (PBS)
Request
Air Date
Recommendation
Rationale
60-minute interview with POTUS
TBD
NO
Not a good show for POTUS to use to reach moderates
and independents.
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(see requests a~hed)
PRINT INTERVIEW REQuESTS AS OF.
BUSINESS WEEk
· Interview focusing on what America is fike under a balanced budget. What are the long-term
political, economic, and social implications of having a balanced budget? What are some of the
problems of having a balanced budget? Would run in isslie that comes out pre-SOTU.
Dea<lline for interview is January 29.
TIME MAGAZINE
Walter Isaacson (Mngng Editor) and Dan Goodgame (DC Bureau Chief) request joint interview
with Clinton and Lott on their general goals and views in the next few years. They promise not to
let it tum into a budget negotiation session. They haven'.t proposed idea to Lott yet.
In addition, they want to tape at least a portion of the interview to air on CNN after the SOTU
and the budget submission.
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They request interview to occur just after SOTU and budget submission.
gALL STREET JOURNAL
~Interview to run pre-SOTU or pre-budget. No formal written request has been submitted.
FORTUNE MAGAZINE .
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JeffBilnbauni (newDC Bureau Chief) and ~e mag's top editors request interview on' the
Presid~t's new bu.~get.. AlSo v..ro~d asJ(qu~ons ~o~t~~ton'~ re.Iationshlp with the business
ooriununicy. want publiSli sniight Q&~:8I()Iigside;1i:~of:Y 6n''tJte~iiiterview.
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Would rim in issue tllat hits stands Tue~day; 2116. Theyblose oti Thin-s~. 2/6
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USA .TODAY
Susan.Page requests interview' oil first 100 days of Clinton's second term, second term agenda.
Would run Friday, April25 (first 100 days ends April29)
THE NEW YORKER/ELSA ·WALSH
· . Walsh requests an interview for story. on Sen. Kennedy that·will focus on the past two years.
Interview would examine Clinton and Kennedy's relationship in that time period, and look at
Clinton's views on Kennedy's decisions and priorities over the last two years including minimum
wage, health care, balanced budget, Medicare. See attached request ..
SLATE
Not an interview. Jacob Weisberg has invited Clinton to write Slate's Diary for a week-- 250
words a day for a week on ''what his life is like"- topics of Clinton's choice.
KNIGHT RIDDER
Steven Thomma (Chief Political Correspondent) requests interview for a series on the changing
role of federal government.
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Washington Bureau Chief
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January 22, 1997
The Honorable Michael McCurry
Assistant to the President and Press Secretary
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mike,
I'm writing to follow up on the interview idea that you and our
managing editor, Walter Isaacson, discussed during th~ weekend: in~ugural
celebrations. As Walter indicated to you, we would like to propose.,a joint
interview, by Walter and me, of the President and Senator Trenflott, the
majority leader.
·
We would most likely publish the interview on a feature spread, in
question-and-answer format. And we would like to discuss videotaping at
least part of the interview, for airing by CNN, if that would interest you and .
the President. We suggest that the ·interview take place during the latter
part of the week of February 3-7, following the President's State of.the
.
Union.address and-submission of his budget. But we .are, of course, glad to
. accomodate the President's schedule and preferences.
This unique, joint interview offers several advantages, we think, to
the President, the majority leader and TIME's 23 million readers worldwide.
It would provide the President and Senator Lott an opportunity to
demonstrate their determination to work constructively together. It would
give our readers an insight into the mos~ important and interesting political
relationship in Washington today. And,· given both men's penchant for.
humor and good-natured jousting, the interview should be fun for everyone
involved.
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anything resembling a budget negotiating session betWeen the President
and the majority le~der. Rather, we would hope that bqth men· would
discuss their goals and views in a conversational manner. We would hope
that the interview would show that it•s possible for men of good will to differ
on important issues, yet to search, in a civil and constructive manner, for (to
coin a phrase) common ground.
We haven•t yet proposed thisjoint inter\tiew to Senator Lott, and
would be glad to wait until we hear from you .before we do so. Please let me
know, Mike, what you think of our proposal, and let me hear any questions
or suggestions.
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Washington Bureau Chief
1050 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite850
MAGAZINE
Washington. DC 20036
Tel: (202) 861-4032
Dear Mike,
On behalf of my new employer, Fortune Magazine, I am
writing to request.an interview with President Clinton.
The top editors of Fortune are eager to talk to the
President ·about his new budget, and are hoping he might
schedule·a conversation during the budget roll-out next
month~
Fortune's audience includes many top executives and
opin1on leaders who care deeply about fiscal policy. We are
willing to devote considerable spate to a straight Q&A
fonnat, in addition~ to wri ttng a story about the interview.
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January 21, 1997
Michael McCurry
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and Press Secretary
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Mr.
Dear Mike:
I'm writing to request an OVal Office interview with President
Clinton by USA TODAY pegged to the first 100 days of his second
term.
USA TPDAY plans to publish a package at that time discussing the
President's second-term agenda, the progress he's made toward it
and his working relationship with the Republican-controlled
congress. We would like to have his own comments be the
centerpiece of this major effort.
By my calculation, the first .100 days
on Tuesday, April 29.
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To: Mike McCUrry
From: Elsa walsh, The New Yorker
Dear Mike,
As I mentioned to you, I am writing a long story about sen.
Kennedy for 'l'he New Yorker and would like to interview Pres.
Clinton about their relationship. :I do not want 'to do a routine
profile o! the Senator and X am not foousinq on his past. I am
concentrating on the last two years, and have spoken extensively
with the Senator, includinq following him-around in the la$t rew
weeks before the August recess as congress passed minimum wage,
Kennedy-Kassebawn, and welfare reform. J: would like to ask the
president about some ~:peoific events, as well as some broader
qqestions:
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*SETTING AN AGENDA:Shortly atter the November 1994 election,
sen. Kennedy met with Pres. Clinton in the Red Room on Dec. 13 to
discuss an aqenda for the next two years that in retrospect seems
to have been impartant. At the time, there was .much debate about
the direction of the party in liqht of the RepUblican sweep, with
many urqing that the. Delllocrats jettison a. so-oa.lled liberal aqanda.
·Kennedy,·. to. the·· contrary, aZ"(jJUed .:that.tha Republican.win..was., . not a
mandate and ~at .~e. Pnsident needed to proteo~ Jils .p•o9~atio
base, .not ·iqnore it or .tiike.. "it for granted •. That::.had .;worked for
Kennedy irfbis ·cam.paign,;:and·it coUld work·for ~e :rfe.=·s~~##t;;::~oo.
In the·~eetinCJ, Ke~e.dy stressed three ma1n po1nt:st ·DOn't cut
Medicare 1 don't out education and pass the minimum waqe. He
suggested the ·President might have to veto the reconciliation 'bill,
so he· should . avoid cuts·. in core programs that would neutralize
Democrats' ability to attack as·extreme the expe~ted Republican
outs in these p~ograms.· .Xn particular, he said Republicans will try
'to cut medicare i:o J:)alanoa. th4:l budqet and finance· tax cuts. This he
said would be . a great .. 11.wedqe" _"i~;;s~e. He predicted that the
Republicans'- harshness would not .w~ar. well· over ·t1111e.
.
. . ~n addition to introducing minimulli wage legislation, he said
he would be·intrOduoinqsoaled back health care leqislation which
he desoribGd as still one of the party's best issues. He urged the
]?resident to qet
front of the issue •
. · If Dick · Morris · was the conservat1ve end .of triangulation,
per~aps Ted Kennecy was ~e liberal end? ~at was the President's
reaction -.to Kennedy's points? How important was that meetinq? How
does he view Kennedy and bis arguments?
in
. *BALANCED BUDGET AND MEDICARE After this m.eetinCJ, Kennedy
repeatedly spoke or wrote. to the President. Many of the discussions
addressed Kennedy's opposition to the balanced budget propo;;al,
which as he said in the.earlier meetinq would be achieved at the
expense
Medicare. · He repeatedly urqed the President to hold the
of
�line aqainst ~ny cuts in Medicare or increases in premiums.
.
What was'the President•s.reactions to this and how important
was Kennedy in,making Medic~re ~ dominant issue?
*MrNIMOM WAGE Kennedy lnitially proposed an increase to the
minimum waqe of .so-cents a year for three years, but the President
and other leading Democrats were initially. reluctant.·The Senator
argued that this was a core working· families issue. He thinks that
. the. Presie1ent may have come u.p with the 90-cents .for two years
figure. Did he?
·
.
Also, aqain what was the President's reaction to minimum wage?
*HEALTH CARE-Fearful that Kennedy-Rassebaum was stallinq in
the senate, Kennedy asked the Prasident to mention it in his 1996
State of the Union address, which he did. Was that a key· reason?
*DOLE-How important were Kennedy's legislative aotions in the
campaiqn against Dole?
*LOYALTY-There is a photograph hanqing in the Senator's office
inscribed by the President:"Thank you for your friendship and for
not losinq heart this last year when so many did." Doos the
president remember this?
The Senator has baen extremely loyal· to the President, never
criticizing him publicly despite policy differences. (He supported
NAFTA, even though labor lobbied against it.) How importont is this,
to the President? Reaction?
*IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND~How .. iJnp<)ri;an~ was Kennedy in the
President's decision to grant Gerry Adams a visa?
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*Did the President ever ha.ve a disoue=S:ion with the . senator
about the oul ture of. washington and the ··senate? Has he· learned
anythinq from him about either? Did Kennedy offe~ advice?
·*Has the President ever been able to sit down, relax, and just
have. dinner with him? Is this a personal rela.tionship as well as a
political one?
~Did the President ever sit down and ask him, 'What was your
brother Jack like?'" . . . .
,
*Are there any unofficial ~r~onal ~aments?
•Does Hillary Clinton have any thoughts ·about Xonnedy?
*ooes.t.he President bave·any sense-of.what drives Rennedy?.
*Did . the Senator ever express reqret about not beinq
President? Did the President ever talk about what it would have
been like had he been president? .
.
· I understane1 the President is off tomorrow until Thank.sgtvinq.
I: can be reached at 202-965-3515 or, preferably, meet with him
after he returns.
Thanks tor your help.
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Dear Mr. President:
l wanted to thank you for inviting me to join the small group of columnists that spoke to you at
the White House la.St Friday. It was a stimulating ·discussion, which left with me with many insights into
your current thinking ~d youi plans for your second term. I know that Gerry Seib and Jon Alter. felt the
same way. You. were extremely kind to take so much time out your schedule for our benefit
Let me .add that I thoroughly enjoyed the tour of your office. As a book collector myself, l was
deeply impresSed ~y what you have assembled, and especially by your personal reiationship with the books
in your coU~on. It put me in mind of something I've been meaning to send you, an c:ssaY by my late
father on the e,(perience ofreading·literature to his children (enclosed). As a serious reader, and an
advocate of reading to children, I think you' II fmd it worthwhile.
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.tall<,l very much think is the case. Our pages, or .whatever they are, stand open to you any time you're
interest!:d.
With best wishes for the holidays,
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Mike McCUrry
. Press secretary
The White House
Via Fax
Dear Mike,
I'm writing to request an inte iew with the president for a series
of stories I'm preparing on the c anqing role of the federal government.
Specifically, I'd like to exp ore how he thinks changing
dem,oqraphics,
notably the values and electora power of women, minorities and
Baby·Boomers, are changing poli ics and governance. Looking at it from
a different perspective, I als want to examine how the· presence of
women, minorities and Boomers nside the government affects it.·
If granted the time, I'd a o like to ask about some other changes,
· including:
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-How· the government can wi back the trust of the p.eople, and why
it's important to do so.
~How ·.the government can do more with less, whether this by
necessity means reachinq mor for pub1ic-private partnerships with
corporations and non-profit
qanizations and how that might work.
By way of introduction, a er covering politics for the last
several years, I am covering a broad and ambitious new beat on
federal-governance for Knigb -Ridder papers. My direct number
is--(202). 383-6042 .• I hope yo can find a way to grant this request,
and look forward to hearinq
Steven Tho11ima·
Chief Political Correspondent
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Mr. Mike MCCurry
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Washington DC 20600
RE: Interview request with President Clinton
OearMike:
I fool soMewhat like lucy and tha football in the P•nuta camlc ctrlp, If you know what I
mean, but here goes. My last effOrt to attain an Interview with President Clinton ended
with him apparenuy teiUng you that he did not want someone peering into his soul while ·
he was trying to get home from South Dakota and win the election. He got home and he
won..
As I recoall your last words to me on the subJect, they were, "You will get the first
interview after the election. • As I write this. I do not know If Instead you gave the first
Interview to David Brinkley and, If so, whether 1might have had better luck had I
characte~ed your bo88 with the graeeful phraseology Brinkley employed on national
television the other night. 1 have a snealdng suspiCion that someone has jumped In line
ahead of me, whether It Is Brinkley or fiOt. lneleec:l, I em reiUGtant to presume that I am In
line at all. Here I• my situation: I would still U.ke to interview the president, and In fact I
would just like to talk to him. He hea put me off now for more than four years. I am
available between next Tuesday. Nov. 12, and whenever you ao to Hawaii. or Nov. 21.
whichever comes first. That Is the date I leave for the fro2en tundra of Green Bay and
my next book. a cultural biography of VInce Lombardi, and aay farewell, at least
temporanly. to this place.
You may reaoh me at (202) 334-7333 or
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marvullo
Joe Marvullo wants to do a photo essay with a narrative on the
White House photographers called the "Photo Elite" for George
Magazine. The purpose of the piece is to capture WHite House
moments "photographically" and profile the photographers who have
captured these moments. The photos used would be provided by the.
White House photographers. The photographers would also be
interviewed to get a·feel for how they work together to create an
archival history.
The piece would probably run in the February or March issue.
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Michael Mccurry
Press Secretary
The White House
Dear Mike:
I know you have your mind on a thousand other things right
now, but I would like to follow up a series of conversations
between our Bob Rankin and your staff and make a formal
request for a little of the president's time. We would be
very grateful if he could meet with about 20 key editors
from Knight-Ridder papers at any convenient time on Dec. 2-3
during our annual conference on Washington coverage.
Three years ago, Knight-Ridder editors came to the White
House and met with the president, vice president, Mack
McLarty, David Gergen, George Stephanopoulos and other top
officials. A few years before that, the editors met with
President Bush and officials from his administration.
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The editors coming this year represent our 10 largest
newspapers -- The Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, San
Jose Mercury News, Detroit Free Press, Charlotte Observer,
Akron Beacon Journal, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Columbia (S.
C.) state, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader and contra Costa
(Calif.) Times. Many of them are new to their jobs, and did
not attend the 1993 meeting with the president.
our group would number about 25 in all, counting a few of
the bureau's editors and reporters and myself. We would be
available to meet any time on Monday or Tuesday before midafternoon when our group begins to depart.
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Mr. Donald Baer
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Dear Don,
It was good talking with you over the weekend. Thanks
for your interest in setting up a possible BOOKNOTES interview
with President Clinton.
Here's what we would like to propose. Brian Lamb is
available to record the interview anytime during the
week of December 2nd. As you know, BOOKHOTES is a one
hour program which airs Sunday evenings at 8pm Eastern/ Pacific
time.
As soon as you can confirm a taping date, we would like to
begin promoting the interview for air on SUNpAY. December 15th.
This would allow us to put it on before Christmas, (just in
time for those holiday shoppers to go to the bookstore.)
Our goal for the interview is twofold. To discuss the
president's book, and to have a conversation with him on
books and authors he's particularly interested in.
I know it
would be a fascinating program, in a relaxed format the
president always excels in. We're excited about it!
Thanks again Don, for your help.
give me or Brian a call.
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weekly newspaper column by the p esident of the United States.
King Features, a division o The Hearst Corporation, is
the lar~est newspaper syndicate i the world. We reach millions
of Amer1can newspaper readers eac week with a rich and diverse
offering that includes nationally renowned columnist Carl Rowan,
Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists Jim Borgman and Jim Morin,
world famous psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers and Heloise,
everyone's household hint expert.
We believe a column based on LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT would
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run 600 words.
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Americans 1nstead of making policy statements at large. These
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publishing company, Will1am Morrow.
The Hearst Corporation is one of the largest diversified
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The Honorable Donald Baer
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Dear Don:
Thank you again for seeing me and Chuck Lewis and for your continuing interest in a
newspaper column by The President based on LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT. I will follow
up with you after the New Year, as you suggested, to take our discussion to the next phase.
In the meantime, and to help you in your internal review, I discussed with our National
Sales Director your question about column frequency and whether it can be less than weekly as
we have proposed. I also reviewed column frequencies of other syndicated features.
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frequent basis, including He
' comments on foreign affairs. We believe a column
bY. Preside t Clinton could start out every other week and still be success 1. The frequency
could always move to wee y as our success warrants.
An editor's main objection to every other week would be the inability to anchor and
promote the column weekly to readers. We could answer the objection with a longer column that
offers a wider variety of material, making it more promotable as a special, on-going "event" for
readers. I would suggest a column of 800+ words offering between five and six questions and
answers. While we believe this frequency would impact sales, at this time we don't believe it
would be serious. This frequency may also lower the rates we can charge, but not by half. There
should be a premium value on a column by The President.
A DIVISION OF THE HEARST CORPORATION
�Again, I want to reiterate we believe LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT would be a
unique way for The President to communicate with Americans, giving him the chance to speak in
a remarkably candid and personal way. And it would be in addition to the many pulpits,
platforms and events already available to him.
We look forward to working with you on this project_ and will call after the first of the
year. In the meantime, my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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cc: Chuck Lewis
�The Honorable William J. Clinton
President of the United States of America
The White House
Washington DC
United States of America
Paris, January 30st, 1997
Let me wish you a very Happy New Year and a great success
for your second term.
I understand that you are extremely busy but I would be so
happy to meet with you in a very near future.
I would also like to tell you how essential it is for the success
of your book in France that you grant a fifty minutes
interview to a few of our best and trustworthy French
journalists.
This interview could take place at the most convenient time
for you, not too far away from your inauguration.
I entrust this letter with Mr Bruce Sanford whom I ask to
convey this message to you.
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As I mentioned to you, l am writ!ing a lonq story~"':&,~ Sen • .,.-,-~
Kennedy for The New Yorker and would like to interview Pres. C)J,. I
Clinton about their relationship. I do not want to do a routine ~.
profile of the Senator and I am not focusing on his past. I am , . concentrating on the last two years, and have spoken extensively
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with the senator, including following him around in the last few
weeks before the August recess as congress passed minimua wage, .)
Kennedy-Kassebawa, and welfare reform. I would like to ask the
president about some specific events, as well as some broader
questions:
*SETTING AR AGEKDA:Shortly after the November 1994 election,
Sen. Kennedy met with Pres. Clinton in the Red ROOIIl on Dec. 13 to
discuss an agenda for the .next two years that in retrospect seems
to have been important. At the time, there was much debate about
the direction of the p&rty in lic;rht of the Republican sweep, with
·many urging that the Democrats jettison a so-called liberal agenda.
Kennedy, to the contrary, arCJUed that the Republican win was not a
mandate and that the President needed to protect his Democratic
base, not ignore it or take it for granted. Tbat had worked for
Kennedy in his campaiqn, and it coulel work for the President, too.
In the meeting, Kennedy stressed three main points: Don't cut
Medicare, don't cut education and pass the minimum wage. He
suqqested the President might have to veto tbe reconciliation bill,
so he should avoid cuts in core programs that would neutralize
Democrats' ability to attack as extreme the expected Republican
cuts in these proqrams. In particular, he said Republicans will try
to cut medicare to balance the budget and finance tax cuts. This he
said would be a great "wedge• issue. He predicted that the
Republicans' harshness would not wear well over time.
In addition to introducing minimum wage legislation, he said
he would be introducing scaled back health care legislation which
he described as still one of the party's best issues. He urged the
President to get in front of the issue.
If Dick Morris was the conservative end of triangul·ation,
perhaps Ted Kennedy was the liberal end? What was the President's
reaction to Kennedy's points? How important was that meeting? How
does he view Kennedy and his arquments?
*BALANCED BUDGET AND MEDICARE After this meeting, Kennedy
repeatedly spoke or wrote to the President. Many of the discussions
addressed Kennedy's opposition to the balanced budget proposal,
which as he said in the earlier meeting would be achieved at the
expense of Medicare. He repeatedly urged the President him to hold
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the line against any cuts in Medicare or increases in premiums.
What was the President's reactions to this and how important
was Kennedy in making Medicare a dominant issue?
*MINIMUM WAGE Kennedy initially proposed an increase to the
minimum wage of 50-cents a year for three years, but the President
and other leading Democrats were initially reluctant. The senator
argued that this was a core working families issue. He thinks that
the President may have come up with the 90-cents for two years
figure. Did he?
Also, again what was the President's reaction to minimum wage?
*HEALTH CARE-Fearful that Kennedy-Kassebaum was stalling in
the senate, Kennedy asked the President to mention it in his 1996
State of the Union address, which he did. Was that a key reason?
*DOLE-How important were Kennedy's legislative actions in the
campaign against Dole?
*LOYALTY-There is a photograph hanging in the Senator's office
inscribed by the President:"Thank you for your friendship and for
not losing heart this last year When so many did." Does the
president remember this?
The Senator has been extremely loyal to the President, never
criticizing him publicly despite policy differences. (He supported
NAFTA, even though labor lobbied against it.) How important is t~is
to the President? Reaction?
*IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND-How important was Kennedy in the
President's decision to grant Gerry Adams a visa?
***
*Did the President ever have a discussion with the senator
about the culture of Washinqton and the senate? Has he learned
anythinq from him about either? Did Kennedy offer advice?
*Has the President ever been able to sit down, relax, and just
have dinner with him? Is this a personal relationship as well as a
political one?
*Did the President ever sit down and ask him, 'What was your
brother Jack like?'"
*Are there any unofficial personal moments?
*Does Hillary Clinton have any thoughts about Kennedy?
*Does the President have any sense of what drives Kennedy?
*Did the senator ever express regret about not being
President? Did the President ever talk about what it would have
been like had he been president?
I understand the President is off tomorrow until Thanksgivinq.
x can be reached at 202-965-3515 or, preferably, meet with him
after he returns.
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MEMORANDUM FOR MIKE McCURRY
FROM
DON BAER
NEEL LATTIMORE
ANN LEWIS
EVELYN LIEBERMAN
SUBJECT: THE NEXT THREE MONTHS
we met Monday to discuss possible television and print interviews
for the President and, in some cases, the First Lady, that would
be completed by the end of the year.
PRINT
PEOPLE MAGAZINE - Christmas issue cover featuring the
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President HRC and Chelsea (pic only). PEOPLE has requested an
interview'and photo shoot with the President for their year-end
double issue. The cover for this issue shows a collection of a
number of the subjects inside. The President and HRC were
interviewed for this issue in 1993 (in 1994 the President was in
Budapest). The only other time a President did not sit for a
year-end issue was in 1987, but the tradition is theirs, not
ours. Therefore, we may want to propose instead a cover story
with the family. If it is possible to include Chelsea in any of
our proposals, this would be the one we'd choose.
o TV GUIDE - cover story on children and violence on
television. Peggy Charren, formerly of Action for Children's
Television, would interview the President and the First Lady.
o LIFE MAGAZINE - It will not be possible to accommodate
Nancy Ellison's request for a Christmas-issue cover with the
family, but we may consider inviting the photographelC:.Jto·--accompany the President ahd HRC on a foreign trip in November to
shoot for a February cover.
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TELEVISION
The nex~ few weeks will provide a number of opportunities
for the Pres1dent to talk about his policies: at a key point in
budget negotiations; when the budget problems are resolved· and
the.Bosnia talks. Joint interviews with HRC would focus o~ the
hol1days and family.
o. MAR~HA STEWART - has requested a tour of the house and an
interv1ew W1th HRC during the Christmas season which would air on
the morning shows.
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o NBC CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON - has invited HRC to show the
White House decorated for Christmas and then sit for an interview
with the host for the show. (N.B. may depend on host)
o c-span - A year-end interview for the President on c-span
would air at least a dozen times during a period when most
Americans are home for the holidays. The President would have an
uninterrupted low-key hour with an interviewer who has no agenda
and who would invite the President to discuss any topic he
chooses. C-Span might also be considered for an interview on the
budget or Bosnia if time is needed to discuss the President's
intentions.
o PBS/BBC - has jointly requested a year-end interview with
the President and HRC; Walter Cronkite is the interviewer. At
least 15 minutes of the program would be devoted to foreign
affairs {and perhaps an additional 10 minutes after the u.s.
portion) for the BBC audience. We recommend separate interviews
with the President and a joint interview with HRC at the end.
o THE NEWS HOUR WITH JIM LEHRER - This is another venue
for an interview on the budget or Bosnia.
o SIXTY MINUTES - Don Hewitt has asked for an interview
timed one year from the 1996 election. We may also want to
consider this venue for a year-end interview. Additional network
prospects include 60 Minutes and 48 Hours.
o REGIS AND KATHY LEE - has requested a similar show to
the one HRC did in 1993 when she helped them demonstrate
Christmas crafts on the program.
Publications under consideration for early 1996 include PARADE
~~A~!::Y.USA WEEKEND MAGAZINE, REOBOOK, FAMILY CIRCLE, SEVENTEEN
�November 3, 1995
Mr. Michael McCurry
White House Press Secretary
The White House
1600 Pennsylvauia Avenue
Washington. DC 20500
lb'Fax
Dear Mr. McCurry,
Thanks for taking the time yesterday to hear my pitch. As I mentioned to you, we are
interested in setting up two possible pieces on the President for upcoming issues:
The first is a profile of the President by Richard Ford. He is the 51-year-old author of the
Sportswriter, Rock Springs and lndqJendence Day among other works offictio~ as well·
as nonfiction magazine pieces and newspaper editorials. As we discussed yesterday, he is
southern born and grew up in Arkansas with &mily ties to Little Rock.
Ideally, we would like Mr. Ford to have as much time as possible with the President to
establish some depth to the piece. W'rth that in mind, we would hope that Mr. Ford woul
be permitted time at the White House (hopefiilly over a week) to watch the President at
work in whatever contexts seem appropriate. And when the President leaves the confines
of the W'bite House for campaign or other events, we would hope that Mr. Ford could
accompany him or the press corps, ifthe President is not accessible.
During the period that Mr. Ford is reporting this piece, we would be pleased ifyou could
schedule three inteiView slots. We realiZe that this is a substantial request, but if this pi
is to have the insight, feeling, and depth that we envisio~ it is paramount that the
President and Mr. Ford have sufficient time in which to become comfortable with each
other.
Mr. Ford is available after December 1 to do this piece. We would like this story to run in
the fourth issue, which will be on newsstands in late March. To meet this deadline, Mr.
Ford needs to submit this piece to us by the middle of Jauuary; therefore, if we could
schedule time in the first three weeks of December it would be most convenient.
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�The second request is for David Kennerly, President Ford's White House photographer
and a Pultizer Prize-winning journalist, to do a one or two day photo shoot of the
President, capturing his personality and his style of governing. We would like to show our
readers a side of the President that they rarely see in candids-his warmth, his humor, his
personal style of governing, his intensity-all in the context of the work environment. I,
perhaps more than most journalists making similar 'requests, can appreciate the Presidem,s
concerns about ·privacy. Ifyou would prefer to limit Mr. Kennerly to areas of the White
House other than the residence, that would be perfectly acceptable to us.
Mr. Kennerly, as you probably are aware, has a great amount of experience photograpbing
Presidents within this context. In addition to being a superb photographer, Mr. Kennerly
bas the discretion and efficiency to handle this project professionally and in the least
obtrusive manner possible.
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We would like Mr. Kamerly's photographs to lead offour !bird issue as our"
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Spectacle., In order for this to happen, Mr. Kennerly would need to complete the shoot · .fc.., 'iJ J
by the third week ofNovember. I apologize for the relatively short notice and will
understand if this is impossible to meet.
Thank you for your consideration of these requests. I will follow up with your office late
next week.
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February 3, 1997
Mr. Don Baer
Assistant to the President
Executive Office
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20500
Dear Don:
I enclose a letter to the President from Mme. Odile Jacob,
the French publisher of Between Hope and History. She seeks a
"50 minute interview" from the President for "a few of our best
and trustworthy French journalists." She believes the interview
is "essential" for the success of the President's book in France.
The President, is not, of course, contractually required to
grant this interview or otherwise assist in promoting the French
edition of the book. Obviously, if you or Mike McCurry believe
it would be advisable to grant the interview, you can make
arrangements directly with Mme. Jacob. Please let me know the
disposition of this request.
I hope we can get together some time this month after things
have simmered down for you. With all good wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Bruce W. Sanford
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WASHINGTON
November 22, 1996
Memorandum for the President
From
Mike McCur·ry t-\ t--\c.
Press Secretary
Subject
Press Plan for December
The following proposed press plan for the month of December
has two primary goals: 1. to take advantage of the holiday/yearend period by putting you in thoughtful, reflective interview
situations and provide you with the opportunity to discuss family
values and what you want to do to continue improving the lives of
American families; and 2. begin a series of informal
conversations with reporters to enhance your relationship with
the press corps.
Goal One:
We are recommending that you do two tv appearances and three
print interviews that will allow you to reflect on 1996 and look
ahead to 1997.
For the past year, the American people have seen
you through the filter of a campaign. These interviews will
begin the process of providing the American people with a greater
understanding of YOU as President, father and husband, not just
you as the President campaigning.
* "Booknotes" interview on C-Span: This one hour interview
on C-Span's Sunday evening show, "Booknotes",
will be devoted to
the issues you raised in your book.
It will also give you the
opportunity to share with viewers your devotion to reading and
the types of books you enjoy. We would like to have it taped the
week of December 8 to air on December 15 in time for the
holidays.
C-Span would air it repeatedly and spend generous
resources on promotion.
A transcript would also be released that will be useful to
reporters writing their year end pieces.
* Peop1e Maqazine - We would like to offer People Magazine
their annual year-end interview with you. The Year End issue, in
which they name the 25 Most Intriguing People of the past year,
is on the news stands for two weeks and reaches about 35 million
people.
The interview with you would lead off this special
double issue and traditionally mixes substance with personal
reflections.
�* ABC Town Hall with Kids - This town hall with kids,
moderated by Peter Jennings, allows you to talk about family
values issues with a friendly audience in a favorable format.
The kids town halls that you have done in the past have been
quite successful. The holiday season would be a good time to
talk with kids about their concerns and hopes for the future.
The following two interviews need to be done in December,.
but will not run until January:
* Interview with Ron Brownstein - Brownstein will have a
syndicated column in January. The proposal is to have his
premier column feature an interview with you on what the new year
holds for you and the country.
* Znterview with David Osbourne and John Harris Jr. for the
Washington Post Magazine - Osbourne's interview would be an
excellent format for previewing your Inaugural Address because it
will be published on the eve of the Inaugural, January 19.
It
needs to be completed ·in December because of the magazine's
production cycle.
The interview will focus on what you mean by the phrase
building a bridge to the 21st century. 11 David feels that the
issues got lost in the campaign and this interview will put
substance behind the phrase.
It would run in an edited Q and A
format.
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Harris and the Post have requested some opportunity for you
to reflect on 1996 and the agenda ahead, especially foreign
policy, in part to answer the exclusive given to the New York
Times.
Goal Two:
* To renew your relationship with the press, we are
proposing that you dedicate one hour each week for informal
conversations either one-on-one or in small groups over coffee or
lunch.
Proposed reporters/editors include: Ron Brownstein, Jerry
Seib, Len Downie, Jonathan Alter, E.J. Dionne, and perhaps David
Maraniss.
* The drop-by you did at the post-election day press party
gave the press corps the opportunity to see you in a relaxed
atmosphere and also observe you interacting with your staff. We
propose that you do another drop-by at the going away party on
December 20 for Bob Ellison of American Urban Radio Network. The
press are also looking forward to the Holiday parties.
* Network White House correspondents - There is a good
possibility that most of the television networks will be
replacing their current White House correspondents. You should
meet with the new correspondents and, perhaps, their bureau
chiefs for informal conversation over coffee.
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