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�Notes from January 10 meeting
o J e f f e r s o n : permanent r e v o l u t i o n , every 20 y e a r s .
o Make change our b e s t f r i e n d .
o New concept o f American s e c u r i t y .
o Redefine what i t means f o r t h e i n d i v i d u a l American t o be secure.
o I n t h e p a s t , h e a l t h c a r e , e t c . , a l l t i e d t o one j o b . Those days
are gone.
o T i e t o g e t h e r : j o b t r a i n i n g , h e a l t h , p u t t i n g people
first,
o What s e c u r i t y means i n a changing w o r l d ,
o S e c u r i t y i n a w o r l d o f change,
o Change i s s e c u r i t y ,
o D e f i n e t h e moment
* what went wrong;
* what t h e change i s ;
* what s e c u r i t y i s ;
* c h a l l e n g e t o / r o l e o f t h e people;
* d e f i n e t h e hope/America t h a t can be;
* America's r o l e / r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i n t h e w o r l d ,
o Theme: r e c r e a t i o n / r e n e w a l
o Face up t o our problems/we see them f o r what t h e y a r e ; accept t h e
challenge
o No, government i s n o t t h e s o l u t i o n t o our problems. But we w i l l
never s o l v e o u r problems w i t h o u t a government t h a t r e f l e c t s our
v a l u e s , r e i n v e s t s i n our people, and renews x x x .
o D e f i n e what t h e change we r e p r e s e n t i s .
o What does i t mean f o r everyone
does i t mean t o be secure;
t o l i v e up t o c a p a c i t i e s ; what
o I n c r e a s e d o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o accomplish t h i n g s we once t h o u g h t t o
be c o n t r a d i c t o r y .
* c o n t i n u i t y i n change;
�* unity
in diversity;
* r i g h t s and
responsibilities;
* beyond g e n e r a t i o n , p a r t y ,
o I n a g l o b a l economy, no
domestic r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s .
easy
division
between
foreign
and
o I n t h e new w o r l d , people a r e most i m p o r t a n t ; people need more
r i g h t s and more r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s .
o Need t o v a l u e
consumption; r e s u l t s
teamwork over
over r h e t o r i c .
ambition;
investment
over
o Almost every American problem has been s o l v e d by someone
somewhere. But we have been unable t o make t h e e x c e p t i o n t h e r u l e .
o We have t o be a b l e t o make our c h i l d r e n b e l i e v e i n t h e f u t u r e .
have t o b u i l d a c o n s t i t u e n c y f o r t h e f u t u r e .
We
o "Changing o f t h e guard": march t o t h e music o f t i m e ; what we're
guarding i s timeless.
o Give a l l our young people t h e chance t o l i v e , t o l o v e , t o become
whatever t h e y can.
o I n t h e end, we have t o change t h e h e a r t o f America.
o Not a c o u n t r y where people shoot each o t h e r w i t h i m p u n i t y on t h e
street.
o Change t h e way people t h i n k o f themselves. Too many t a k e t o o
narrow a view o f themselves and t h e i r p r o s p e c t s .
o We have changed t h e guard, and now, each i n our own way, we must
answer t h e c a l l .
o We march t o t h e music o f t i m e , b u t ours i s a t i m e l e s s m i s s i o n .
o We need t o do something t h e American people have never had t o do:
d e a l w i t h an enormous amount o f debt.
o Congress message: I c a n ' t do t h i s a l o n e .
o D i s t i l l i n t o 8-12 minutes and o n e - l i n e r s .
o I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e d r a f t , l i n e s on s u b j e c t s , t r u n c a t e d
page o f s t r u c t u r a l , p o l i t i c a l r e m i n d e r s .
draft,
�1/9/93
To: George Stephanopoulos
From: David Kusnet and M i c h a e l Waldman
Re: Advice and d r a f t s f o r i n a u g u r a l speech
We've c o n s u l t e d w i t h , and r e c e i v e d recommendations
a d v i s e r s and f r i e n d s , i n c l u d i n g :
o Paul
from,
Begala
o T a y l o r Branch
o James McGregor Burns
o Henry Cisneros
o James F a l l o w s
o D o r i s Kearns Goodwin
o Stan Greenberg
o F r . Healy
o K a t h l e e n H a l l Jamieson
o Barbara
Jordan
o Robert Reich
o Roy Spence
o Eddie W i l l i a m s
o W i l l i a m J u l i u s Wilson
We've r e c e i v e d d r a f t s from a d v i s e r s , f r i e n d s , former campaign
s t a f f , and a p p l i c a n t s f o r p o s i t i o n s ( w i t h some, i t i s c o n f i d e n t i a l
t h a t t h e y have a p p l i e d ) , i n c l u d i n g :
o E d i t h Bond (AFL-CIO); d r a f t t o come.
o Janet C l a y t o n (L.A. Times); d r a f t t o come.
o Carolyn C u r i a l
(ABC News); d r a f t t o come.
o Bob Lehrman ( a i d e t o Rep. B o n o i r )
o Achsah Nesmith ( s p e e c h w r i t e r i n C a r t e r White House, a i d e t o
Sen. Nunn); d r a f t t o come.
o C h r i s t y Macy ( a i d e t o Mayor Schmoke);
�o Juan Palomo
(Houston P o s t ) ; d r a f t
t o come.
o Jeremy Rosner (former a i d e t o V.P. Mondale,
P r o g r e s s i v e P o l i c y I n s t i t u t e ) ; d r a f t t o come.
Sen.
Hart,
o Bob Shrum
o John S i e g e l ( f o r m e r a i d e t o Mayor D i n k i n s )
o Luciano Siracusano ( a i d e t o Gov. Cuomo); d r a f t
t o come.
o A l a n Stone (campaign s t a f f )
o Andie Tucher (campaign s t a f f , w r o t e f o r B i l l Moyers)
o V i c t o r Zonana
(L.A. Times)
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2264 words
President B i l l Clinton
Inaugural Address
January 20,
1993
Mr. Chief J u s t i c e , [ o t h e r acknowledgments]:
At t h i s ceremony, on behalf of our n a t i o n , I thank my
predecessor f o r h i s h a l f century of service t o America, from the
f i g h t e r planes of the P a c i f i c Theater, t o the peacemaking of the
Moscow Summit, t o h i s steadfast stand against aggression i n the
Gulf.
Today, we celebrate the mystery of renewal.
We hold t h i s ceremony i n the depth of w i n t e r . But, by the
words we speak and the faces we show the world, we are indeed
f o r c i n g the s p r i n g .
We are the world's o l d e s t democracy. Yet, we remain forever
young. At every moment of change and challenge, we f i n d the v i s i o n
and the courage t o r e i n v e n t America.
This i s such a season. And those are the v i r t u e s we seek f o r
America today.
I n t h e i r own time, i n t h e i r own way,
what i t means t o be an American.
each generation defines
Today, our generation r a i s e d i n the shadows of the Cold War
assumes new r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n a world warmed by the sunshine of
freedom but threatened s t i l l by bloodshed and plague.
A generation r a i s e d i n an American economy t h a t bestrode the
world assumes r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n a n a t i o n t h a t i s s t i l l the
world's strongest but weakened by economic d i s t r e s s , increasing
i n e q u a l i t y , and deepening d i v i s i o n s among our people.
And a generation t h a t grew up b e l i e v i n g t h a t we could make a
d i f f e r e n c e assumes new r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a t a time when we a l l must
try.
Our world i s changing, and the great question of our age i s
whether we can make change our f r i e n d and not our enemy. For t h a t
i s the only way t o f u l f i l l our ancient purpose, t o guarantee " l i f e ,
l i b e r t y , and the p u r s u i t of happiness."
We must march t o the music of time, but ours i s a timeless
mission.
When George Washington f i r s t took the oath I have j u s t sworn
�to uphold, news traveled across the land on horseback and across
the oceans by boat. Now, the sights and sounds of t h i s ceremony are
broadcast instantaneously around the world.
Messages cross
national boundaries i n a microsecond. Commerce i s global;
investment i s mobile; technology i s transportable; and ambition for
a better l i f e i s universal. We earn our livelihood i n peaceful
competition with people across the earth.
In t h i s changing world, change i s s t i l l the enemy of too many
Americans. When too many people are working harder for l e s s ; when
too many others cannot work at a l l ; when the cost of health care
ravages the l i v e s of millions of Americans and threatens to
bankrupt our government and many of our great enterprises, large
and small; and when too many of our people are prisoners i n their
own homes, afraid to walk the streets of t h e i r communities, we have
not made change our friend. And we cannot build a new national
security out of personal insecurity.
Throughout our history, problems have never overwhelmed our
Americans. For Americans have overcome our problems.
From the pony express to the personal computer, Americans have
worked hard to make the most of change. And, at every c r u c i a l
moment i n history, we've come together as a people to change the
course of our government, to make change work for us, and not
against us.
But, before we can solve our problems, we must see them. Now
i s the time to t e l l the truth and face the facts.
For some time now, we've known that profound and powerful
forces are shaking and remaking our world. But we have not come
together as a people to meet these challenges. And our government
has l e t us down, not led the way.
Once, workers could spend their lifetimes i n wellpaying jobs
and pass those jobs on to their sons and daughters.
Today, the average person i s going to change jobs seven or
eight times i n a lifetime.
Once we might have afforded to neglect the education of most
of our people. But now strong minds matter more than strong backs;
how much we earn depends upon how much we learn; and our prosperity
depends upon our children's schools and our workers' s k i l l s .
And once, we borrowed to create wealth — t h e way wise families
and brave businesses do. But now, we borrow to pay our medical
b i l l s , to pay the interest on old debt, and to continue comfortable
consumption, not invest i n our future.
For too long, our government has listened too much to power
and privilege and listened too l i t t l e to the people. For too long,
our leaders have paid too much attention to t h e i r own short-term
�advantage and invested too l i t t l e in our
For too long, economic stagnation and
condemned hardworking families to a l i f e
and threatened to rob our children
Americans: the chance to build a better
nation's long-term needs.
p o l i t i c a l paralysis have
of struggle without reward
of t h e i r birthright as
l i f e than t h e i r parents.
Our challenges are r e a l , but so are our strengths. Americans
are a r e s t l e s s , questing, hopeful people. We never s e t t l e for a
lesser l i f e or a diminished destiny. From the American Revolution
to the C i v i l War to the c i v i l rights movement, whenever our people
have committed ourselves to accomplish something, we have had the
dynamism and the determination to change the world.
In the post Cold War era, our democracy can be not only the
envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There i s
nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what i s right
with America.
We need to do what America does best: offer
demand responsibility, and create community.
opportunity,
We need more empowerment — and less entitlement. The most
valuable benefit a government can provide the people i s the tools
to
control their own
l i v e s . But then you need to take
responsibility for your own l i f e , because no government o f f i c i a l in
Washington can hold your family together, keep your children in
school, or make you take advantage of opportunities for lifetime
learning.
We need more ambition — and more teamwork, because our
greatest achievements come not only from the spark of c r e a t i v i t y in
one person's mind but from the work of many people.
We
measure
but how
And our
healthy
need more investment — and less consumption, because the
of our l i v e s w i l l not be how many possessions we accumulate
we provide for our children and our children's children.
monument must be not a mountain of debt, but the most
and hopeful and well-educated generation i n human history.
To meet these goals, we must be bold. We must break free of
the shackles of dogma — the false choices of l e f t and right —
that have held us back.
We w i l l construct a new economy, one that meets the challenge
of global competition by putting our people f i r s t .
We w i l l invest in our people and their potential — a lifetime
of learning that w i l l equip workers for the challenge of global
competition. And we w i l l i n s i s t that people take advantage of these
opportunities.
We w i l l invest in the new
millions of new jobs.
technologies that w i l l
produce
�We w i l l begin the process of rebuilding America, to repair the
bridges and roads and railroads that are the precondition to
prosperity.
We w i l l untangle our health care mess, so that no hardworking
American w i l l fear that the loss of a job i s a sentence to i l l health or worse.
And we w i l l break the d e b i l i t a t i n g cycle of debt and decline.
We need to do what no generation has done before: cut the debt
and increase investment at the same time. I t w i l l not be easy, and
i t w i l l require s a c r i f i c e .
But I believe there i s a constituency
for the future.
We need to do what no generation has done before: cut the debt
and increase investment at the same time. I t won't be easy and i t
w i l l require s a c r i f i c e .
But, i f we face these problems in a s p i r i t of fairness and
family, the Twenty-first Century can also be an American Century.
We can lead the world to new horizons of peace and prosperity,
freedom and democracy. And our children can have the chance to
l i v e , to learn, to love, and to become the best that they can.
We cannot seize control of our destiny as a nation i f we
not make our p o l i t i c s work for people.
do
This c a p i t a l , l i k e
every
capital since the dawn of
c i v i l i z a t i o n , has been a place of intrigue and calculation.
Powerful and wealthy people come here and maneuver with an
obsessive concern about who i s in and who i s out, who i s up and who
i s down, often forgetting about thepeople whose t o i l and sweat sent
them here.
In the past year, I met Americans by the tens of thousands who
deserve better.
And I know that in t h i s c i t y there are hardworking people who want to renew our public l i f e .
So l e t us
resolve to reform our p o l i t i c s , so that the power of organized
money no longer can shout down the public interest. Let us put
aside the petty p o l i t i c s of personal advantage,to hear thepain and
see the promise of America, and togive t h i s capital back to the
people to whom i t belongs.
The challenge of change does not stop at our nation's borders.
And we w i l l continue to f u l f i l l America's unique r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to
stand up to tyranny and stand up for democracy.
Today, our world i s more free, but not more stable or secure.
Communism's collapse has called forth old animosities and new
threats.
When are v i t a l interests are threatened, we are prepared to
act, with peaceful diplomacy when possible but with m i l i t a r y force
�whenever necessary. We w i l l maintain the^force we need to win
and win decisively.
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AmericJa-lionors her ideals riot only when we answer aggression
but when we ans^ej^the cry of a hungry c h i l d . Our servicemen and
women are risking tlieiTrrdives i n Somalia so that others may l i v e .
When t h e i r mission i s "completed, America w i l l have gained neither
t e r r i t o r y nor treasure. But we wil-l-4iaye advanced the idea that
every human^eirfg i s created i n the imetge—of God and entitled to
l i v e irr^llgnity.
Because we believe in human dignity, democracy's cause w i l l
always be America's cause. Across the world, we see a new
springtime of democracy — and we rejoice i n i t . Our hopes and our
hearts are with those who are building new democracies — and those
who s t r i v e for what we take for granted — from the shipyards of
Gdansk to the streets of Moscow, and from the campuses of Beijing
to the townships of Soweto.
And the changing world requires new responses from our nation
— and from every nation. We are eager to work with every country
to address problems that know no nationality such as disease, drug
t r a f f i c , and the devastation of our natural environment. When our
children and grandchildren look back on we did on the edge of the
Twenty-first Century, l e t them r e c a l l that at long l a s t we joined
together against the "common enemies" of humanity. Let them r e c a l l
that we applied our timeless principles to a time of constant
change.
The American people have summoned the change we celebrate
today. You have raised your voices i n an unmistakable chorus. You
have cast your votes i n h i s t o r i c numbers. And you have changed the
face of the Congress, the presidency, and the p o l i t i c a l system
i t s e l f . Yes, you have forced the spring. Now, we must do the work
the season demands.
I w i l l act — with a l l the authority of my o f f i c e — to deal
with the long-term problems that are the legacy of an era of delay
and denial.
And I ask the Congress to join with me i n taking
action — now — to do what the people have asked us to do.
No president, no government, can undertake t h i s mission alone.
My fellow Americans, you, too, must play your part i n t h i s season
of renewal. We w i l l tender the tools for a better l i f e , but i t i s
up to you to use them. And i t i s time to break the bad habit of
expecting something for nothing, from our government and from each
otehr.
In particular, I challenge a new generation of Americans to a
season of service — a time when hundreds of thousands of young
people give of their idealism, by combatting
homelessness,
comforting a person with AIDS, keeping company with someone in
�need. Your energy and ehtusiasm i s renewable natural resource more
powerful than the waters of Niagra. I t i s time to harness that
power to l i g h t the way for our nation.
In a l l of t h i s , we aim for nothing less than the restoration
of the American community.
We must recognize the simple but
powerful truth: we need each other. We need to see the future i n
the face of very g i r l and boy, not just our own children but a l l of
America's children. We can only maintain our h i s t o r i c geatness as
a people i f each of us achieves our God-given potential as a
person.
Today, we do more than celebrate; today, we rededicate
ourselves to the American idea — and to every c i t i z e n ' s personal
responsibility to make tomorrow better than today.
Let us begin with energy and hope, with f a i t h and d i s c i p l i n e ,
and l e t us not quit u n t i l our work i s done. The scripture says,
"Let us not grow weary i n doing good, for, i n due season, we s h a l l
reap i f we do not lose heart."
We have changed the guard. And now —
we must answer the c a l l . y
each i n our own way
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�Today marks more t h a n a t r a n s f e r o f power o r t h e
passage o f l e a d e r s h i p t o a new g e n e r a t i o n .
Today, young enough t o be s t r o n g y e t o l d enough t o
be w i s e , America comes o f age.
Two c e n t u r i e s ago, o u r a n c e s t o r s formed "a more
p e r f e c t u n i o n , " b e l i e v i n g t h a t people c o u l d l i v e as masters
of t h e i r f a t e r a t h e r t h a n a t t h e f a t e o f t h e i r masters.
the
I t was an idea so p r o f o u n d t h a t i t has p r o p e l l e d
human race toward an ever expanding f r o n t i e r o f freedom.
I n o u r f i r s t c e n t u r y , an i n f a n t n a t i o n grew —
s t o k i n g t h e f i r e s o f democracy and p r o g r e s s ; s e t t l i n g t h e
continent; uniting the states.
I n o u r second c e n t u r y , a g r e a t power emerged —
c a r r y i n g t h e t o r c h o f freedom and e n t e r p r i s e f o r t h e w o r l d
t o f o l l o w ; l i f t i n g t h e c h i l d r e n o f immigrants and t h e
g r a n d c h i l d r e n o f s l a v e s i n t o t h e mighty m i d d l e c l a s s ;
w i n n i n g two w o r l d wars and a c o l d one t o o .
Now, o u r " l o n g t w i l i g h t s t r u g g l e " w i t h communism
has come t o a c l o s e , p r o v i n g beyond doubt o r d i s p u t e t h a t
human r i g h t s i s t h e most p o w e r f u l idea i n human h i s t o r y .
From t h e shores o f Cuba t o t h e g r e a t p l a i n s o f China, from
the teeming township o f Soweto t o t h e bloody h i l l s i d e o f
S a r a j e v o , democracy cannot be d e n i e d .
The U n i t e d S t a t e s w i l l always encourage those who
seek freedom. With t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s , we w i l l c r e a t e a new
w o r l d o r d e r o f c o l l e c t i v e s e c u r i t y and h u m a n i t a r i a n
i n t e r v e n t i o n . And, w i t h p a t i e n c e and v i g i l a n c e , we s h a l l
h a r v e s t t h e f r u i t s o f freedom.
Of t h a t we a r e assured.
We have grown so f a r i n two c e n t u r i e s b u t we have
o n l y j u s t begun o u r j o u r n e y . We have achieved so much b u t
we have so much more y e t t o accomplish.
We s t a n d today a t t h e gateway t o a new e r a . The
t a s k b e f o r e us, t h e r e f o r e , i s t o d i s c o v e r t h e f u l l meaning
of freedom; t o g i v e i t l i f e f o r a l l Americans; t o " l e t [ o u r ]
l i g h t so s h i n e . . . t h a t t h e y may see [ o u r ] good works."
I b e l i e v e we have w i t h i n o u r reach today a
c i v i l i z e d m a t u r i t y never b e f o r e a t t a i n a b l e i n t h e l i f e o f
these U n i t e d S t a t e s .
I b e l i e v e t h a t ours i s a promised l a n d and I
b e l i e v e t h a t d e l i v e r a n c e l i e s i n t h e work o f o u r own hands.
�Born i n m i d d l e America, a son o f t h e m i d d l e c l a s s ,
I b e l i e v e t o my s o u l i n t h e "community o f v a l u e s " o f which
P r e s i d e n t Reagan spoke so e l o q u e n t l y t w e l v e y e a r s ago; t h e
v a l u e s o f " f a m i l y , work, neighborhood, peace and freedom"
t h a t a r e America's f i n e s t h e r i t a g e and f o n d e s t hope.
But born i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h i s c e n t u r y , a s t u d e n t
i n t h e s i x t i e s , I know t h a t y e s t e r d a y ' s v i c t o r i e s cannot
s a t i s f y tomorrow's needs and t h a t t h e winds o f change blow
ever h a r d e r t h e c l o s e r we come t o t h e c l o s e o f t h e c e n t u r y .
Change i s never easy, never s i m p l e n o r n e a t . But
change we must — and change we w i l l — because t h o s e t o o
scared t o change, those who h o l d t o o l d h a b i t s i n s t e a d o f
embracing new hopes, c o n s i g n themselves t o an i n e v i t a b l e
f u t u r e o f f r u s t r a t i o n and f a i l u r e .
But t h a t w i l l n o t be o u r f a t e . Ours i s no
d i m i n i s h e d d e s t i n y , f o r we w i l l r i s e t o t h e c h a l l e n g e o f
change.
L i k e t h e g r e a t i n d u s t r i a l g i a n t s t h a t made o u r
economy t h e most m a g n i f i c e n t engine o f advancement t h e w o r l d
has ever known, o u r n a t i o n a l government must now adapt and
e v o l v e f o r t h e events and environment t h a t l a y ahead. O l d
ways a r e inadequate f o r new t i m e s and o s s i f i e d o r g a n i z a t i o n s
w i l l be outmoded as we usher i n t h i s new e r a .
Simply p u t , t h e days o f t a x and spend, borrow and
spend government a r e b e h i n d us now. For f i f t y y e a r s we had
a remarkable r u n — government grew a g g r e s s i v e l y , we knew no
h a r d c h o i c e s — b u t now, t h e b i l l i s due and t h e t i m e has
come t o b r i n g o u r commitments i n t o l i n e w i t h o u r r e s o u r c e s .
My m i s s i o n i s t o grow t h e economy and r e h a b i l i t a t e
the government — t o reduce t h e d e b t , renew t h e g o a l s ,
r e f o r m t h e procedures and r e t u r n t h e government t o t h e
people.
T h i s n a t i o n can no l o n g e r a f f o r d c e r t a i n spending
and s u b s i d i e s t h a t cannot c a r r y t h e i r own w e i g h t i n t h e
m a r k e t p l a c e . A t t h e same t i m e , t h i s n a t i o n can no l o n g e r
a f f o r d t o i g n o r e t h e s k i l l s and s c h o o l i n g , h e a l t h care and
c h i l d care f a m i l i e s need t o c a r r y t h e i r own w e i g h t i n t h e
marketplace.
We must never f o r g e t t h a t t h e power o f government
comes from t h e power o f people, n o t t h e o t h e r way around.
My A d m i n i s t r a t i o n w i l l d e f e r t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l i t y
and i n g e n u i t y t h a t i s America's g r e a t e s t s t r e n g t h .
Parents,
�n o t p o l i t i c i a n s , can b e s t decide where t h e i r c h i l d r e n a r e
s c h o o l e d ; f a m i l i e s , n o t b u r e a u c r a c i e s , can b e s t choose where
t o i n v e s t t h e i r housing d o l l a r s ; and, w i t h i n t h e c o n f i n e s o f
t h e i r own conscience, women, n o t l e g i s l a t o r s o r j u d g e s , can
b e s t choose when and whether t o reproduce.
Some have s a i d , " t o govern i s t o choose"; whenever
p o s s i b l e , I w i l l govern by l e t t i n g you choose.
Each day, each American makes c h o i c e s t h a t i n some
s m a l l way e f f e c t America's f u t u r e . Whether t o work h a r d o r
s l a c k o f f , whether t o p l a y w i t h o u r c h i l d r e n o r s t a r e a t t h e
t e l e v i s i o n , whether t o smoke a c i g a r e t t e o r r u n a m i l e , each
c h o i c e e f f e c t s t h e chance t h a t each o f us a l o n e , and a l l o f
us t o g e t h e r , w i l l achieve o u r p o t e n t i a l .
As we e n t e r t h i s new e r a , l e t us r e c o g n i z e t h a t
our n a t i o n can go o n l y so f a r as o u r s k i l l s can c a r r y us.
Our advantage i s i n g e n u i t y , o u r p r o d u c t i s c r e a t i v i t y and
each o f us must c o n t r i b u t e a l l we can.
So l e t us come t o g e t h e r , t o make America whole.
Let us push back t h e f o r c e s o f f e a r and v i o l e n c e
t h a t have made our c i t i e s t h e most murderous o f any
prosperous s o c i e t y . And l e t us b r i n g f o r t h a r e n a i s s a n c e i n
the urban way o f l i f e .
Let us b u i l d down o u r m i l i t a r y f o r c e s , p r u d e n t l y
and c a r e f u l l y . And l e t us b u i l d up o u r c a p a c i t y t o l i v e
t o g e t h e r i n p r o d u c t i v e peace.
Regardless o f race o r r e l i g i o u s f a i t h , n a t i o n a l
o r i g i n o r s e x u a l o r i e n t a t i o n , we a r e each c a l l e d t o
c o n t r i b u t e and we must a l l make a commitment t o o u r
community.
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So today, we b e g i n . You have p l a c e d upon me an
enormous t r u s t and an awesome r e s p o n s i b i l i t y .
I t i s true
/ t h a t I have a s p i r e d t o t h i s moment f o r much o f my l i f e . And
J I s t a n d b e f o r e you today as p r o o f t h a t , i n America, dreams
' can come t r u e .
So dream your dream — s t a r t your b u s i n e s s , s t a y
i n s c h o o l , go f o r your degree, say your p r a y e r s , g i v e up
your n a s t y h a b i t s , t e l l your c h i l d r e n , " I l o v e you."
To Congress, I say: l e t ' s be p a r t n e r s .
To Republicans
together.
and independents:
let's
pull
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To t h e p r e s s : don't be c r u e l .
To my f a m i l y :
I pledge my e v e r l a s t i n g l o v e and
devotion.
And t o t h e c a l l o f t h e American p e o p l e , i n t h e
a n c i e n t words o f t h e s e r v a n t o f God, I respond: "here I
am." I o f f e r m y s e l f as your s e r v a n t and messenger.
Where t h e r e i s a way t o make a d i f f e r e n c e o r a
d i f f e r e n t way t o move ahead: "here I am."
Where t h e r e i s p o v e r t y o r p a i n : l e t us each say,
"here I am."
spirit:
Where t h e r e i s v i o l e n c e o r v i o l a t i o n o f t h e human
l e t us a l l say, "here I am."
And where t h e r e i s a t h r e a t t o o u r n a t i o n o r an
a t t e m p t t o t h w a r t t h e w i l l o f t h e w o r l d : l e t us say,
t o g e t h e r , "here I am."
I n t h e words o f
America i s " t h e l a s t b e s t
devote my e n t i r e b e i n g —
and i m p r o v i n g t h i s n a t i o n
America's Abraham, I b e l i e v e
hope o f e a r t h . " And I pledge t o
h e a r t and s o u l — t o p r o t e c t i n g
o f hope t h a t we share and we l o v e .
Thank you.
God
And
I America.
b l e s s you.
keep your f a i t h i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o f
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�INTRO
Renewal
We have to say what the government's about. Then we have to say in four or five lines
what this whole thing is about.
The things that seem contradictory actually having to be synthesized and put together,
going beyond ... beyond left and right, beyond Democrat and Republican, beyond labor and
management, black and white, rights and responsibilities,
WHERE WE ARE
America still stands for the protection of human rights and democracy, for the idea that
every generation of young people deserves a shot at the brass ring, that every person should
have a chance to move up and out, to live, to love, to become whatever they can.
One of the problems of our times is simply not being overwhelmed by a America's
responsibilities.
The country's going in the wrong direction.
The major ideas were ... when we were changing the guard (the topic with Blackmun).
There was a sense of changing the guard, going from one President to another, and one
generation to another, and one party to another, but it was beyond that - beyond left and right,
beyond Democrat and Republican, beyond liberal and conservative. We live in a global
economy, in which there's no easy division between domestic and foreign policy; in which
people are the most important thing, and we don't have a person to waste; in which people need
more rights, but they need to assume more responsibility as well -- both more rights and more
responsibilities.
WHAT'S THE CHANGE
new sense of security in the face of change
We "have to do two things at once. (GS response: Reagan's inaugural: government isn't
the solution)
We have incredible opportunities, but to do it, we have to do things that once seemed
contradictory. We have to find security in change. We have to find unity in diversity."
We need empowerment over entitlement; we need teamwork over personal pursuit of
ambition; we need a government of the common good instead of the special interests; we need
strength, instead of weakness, out of diversity; we need investment instead of consumption; we
need to value families, and not just talk about family values; we need results, and not just
rhetoric - we've had a hell of a lot of rhetoric in the last ten years;
�/
V
Almost every American problem has been solved by somebody, somewhere, but we have
been absolutely unable to make the exception the rule.
Our children have to believe in tomorrow. And to make tomorrow happen, we have to
have a constituency for the future.
We have to send some signals. We have to do something the American people have
never had to do: deal with an enormous amount of debt and increase our investment. Nobody's
ever had to do this.
Political reform
—
And I talked about not just change, but what is the same. We change the guard, but
remember it's a guard: what are you guarding? When you change the guard, you're marching
to the music of time; but what you're guarding is timeless.
timeless mission — We have to march to the music of time, but ours is a timeless
mission.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PUBLIC
We need a whole bunch of "I can't do this alone." This is about the American people
changing.
In the end, we have to change the heart of America. Because, in a democracy like ours,
with a great deal of personal freedom, if people feel they can just shoot each other on the street
with impunity and give in to every destructive impulse . . .
And we have to change the way people think about themselves. There are so many
Americans who have taken a very narrow view of themselves and their lives and their prospects.
Espy's grandmother: "When any white man calls you a nigger, remember - it ain't what
they call you, it's what you answer to."
We have changed the guard. And now, each in our own way, we must answer the call.
�Kusnet/Waldman
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L i n e s , paragraphs f o r inaugural
address
Meaning o f t h e i n a u g u r a t i o n ceremony/renewal
Today, we c e l e b r a t e t h e m i r a c l e o f r e n e w a l .
We h o l d t h i s ceremony i n t h e d e p t h o f w i n t e r . But, by t h e
words we speak and t h e f a c e s we show t h e w o r l d , we a r e indeed
forcing the spring.
Change o f G e n e r a t i o n s
We honor t h o s e who defended and extended freedom — men
women o f courage,
c i t i z e n s and
allies,
foot soldiers
presidents.
and
and
I n p a r t i c u l a r , on b e h a l f o f t h e n a t i o n , l e t me thank my
predecessor f o r a h a l f c e n t u r y o f s e r v i c e , from t h e f i g h t e r p l a n e s
o f t h e P a c i f i c Theater t o t h e peacemaking o f t h e Moscow summit.
And l e t me thank a g e n e r a t i o n o f q u i e t heroes, i n whose f o o t s t e p s
we walk t o d a y : t h e women and men who worked t h e i r way o u t o f t h e
Great Depression; who helped save t h e w o r l d from Nazism and
f a s c i s m ; and who s t r u g g l e d and s a c r i f i c e d every day t o g i v e t h e i r
c h i l d r e n a b e t t e r tomorrow.
Today, a g e n e r a t i o n r a i s e d i n t h e shadows o f t h e Cold War
assumes new r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n a w o r l d warmed by t h e sunshine o f
freedom. But t o d a y , we c e l e b r a t e n o t a change o f g e n e r a t i o n s b u t
America's ceaseless c a p a c i t y f o r r e n e w a l .
*********************
I n t h e i r own t i m e , i n t h e i r own way,
what i t means t o be an American.
each g e n e r a t i o n d e f i n e s
Change/renewal
We a r e t h e w o r l d ' s o l d e s t democracy. And y e t we remain f o r e v e r
young because — a t every moment o f change and c h a l l e n g e —
we
renew our s p i r i t and r e i n v e n t our s o c i e t y , n o t by abandoning o l d
p r i n c i p l e s b u t by h o n o r i n g them.
I n t h e i r own t i m e , i n t h e i r own way,
what i t means t o be an American.
each g e n e r a t i o n d e f i n e s
American s t r e n g t h s / i d e a l s
There i s n o t h i n g wrong w i t h America t h a t cannot be cured by
�s"
what i s r i g h t w i t h Ainerica. And o u r democracy can be n o t o n l y t h e
envy o f t h e w o r l d b u t t h e engine o f o u r renewal.
As we f a c e o u r problems, we see t h a t , when we've f a i l e d , we've
f o r g o t t e n what b u i l t America. And we renew o u r s o c i e t y by
r e d e d i c a t i n g o u r s e l v e s t o t h e American i d e a .
The h e a r t and s o u l o f t h e American idea i s t h a t we've p u t t h e
people a t t h e c e n t e r o f o u r system. When we've l i s t e n e d t o o u r
" b e t t e r a n g e l s , " s t r e n g t h e n e d o u r people's s k i l l s , rewarded o u r
people's e f f o r t s , and worked t o g e t h e r f o r t h e good o f a l l ,
America's goodness has become America's g r e a t n e s s .
New S p i r i t i n P u b l i c L i f e
Today, as we meet i n America's p u b l i c square, we must seek a
new s p i r i t f o r America's p u b l i c l i f e .
President/pledge t o a c t
As your P r e s i d e n t , I w i l l a c t — w i t h a l l t h e a u t h o r i t y o f my
o f f i c e — t o o f f e r you t h e o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o b u i l d a b e t t e r l i f e .
P r e s i d e n t / p l e d g e t o people
Your P r e s i d e n t w i l l
destiny.
New s p i r i t
understand
t h a t i n your dreams l i e s o u r
o f community
Together,
we
can r e b u i l d
t h e bond
o f r i g h t s and
r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s t h a t l i n k Americans w i t h each o t h e r and w i t h o u r
government.
American r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n t h e w o r l d
to
We know we can b u i l d a b e t t e r America because we have helped
b u i l d a better world.
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to
We w i l l always be prepared n o t o n l y t o answer a g g r e s s i o n b u t
answer t h e c r y o f a hungry c h i l d .
Our servicemen and women a r e r i s k i n g t h e i r l i v e s i n Somalia so
t h a t o t h e r s may l i v e .
When t h e i r m i s s i o n i s completed America w i l l have gained
n e i t h e r t e r r i t o r y n o r t r e a s u r e . But we w i l l have advanced t h e idea
t h a t every human b e i n g i s c r e a t e d i n t h e image o f God and e n t i t l e d
to l i v e i n d i g n i t y .
�" I n conclusion..."
Today, we do more than celebrate;
ourselves t o the American idea.
today
we
rededicate
Now, as the words end and the work begins, l e t us pray t o be
worthy of t h i s moment. Let the soul of our deeds be love of our
country. Let us seek God's grace — and l e t us make t h i s "a time t o
sow" — so t h a t our c h i l d r e n can reap the greatness of America.
�WALDMAN DRAFT
Today we celebrate the mystery of renewal and the miracle of democracy.
We hold this ceremony in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces
we show the world, we are indeed forcing the spring.
Every four years, after the tumult of the campaign has ended, we come together as we
do today, to solemnly rededicate the nation to the purposes for which democratic govemment
was brought forth: to promote our aspirations for freedom, community and security.
Every four years, we honor those who defended and extended freedom ~ men and
women of courage, citizens and allies, foot soldiers and presidents.
In particular, on behalf of the nation, let me thank my predecessor for a half century of
service, from thefighterplanes of the Pacific Theater to the peacemaking of the Moscow
summit. And let me thank a generation of quiet heros, in whose footsteps we walk today: the
men and women who worked their way out of the Great Depression; who conquered fascism;
and who struggled and sacrificed every day to give their children a better life.
Yes, today is truly a day for remembering the long procession of our history.
But this is not merely a moment for pageantry and poetry. It is a time for honest talk
about where we have been, where we must go, and what it will take to get there.
So today, in the first hour of my presidency, let me pledge to you my intention to act,
and to act decisively, to change our course, restore our spirit, and reclaim our greatness.
To all the men and women who work hard and play by the rules, who worry about the
cost of health care and college, who fear that their jobs will not be safe in a world of change:
I dedicate this presidency to you. I will be your servant.
Our greatest constant is change. Our time-tested capacity for renewal is our great
advantage as we grapple with the seismic shifts in the world around us. This nation was
founded by patriots who knew that in sometimes you had to change in order to hold on to what
you have. Once again, as we have for the past two centuries, we must commit ourselves to the
renewal of our govemment and our nation.
We march to the music of time, but ours is a timeless mission. This is, preeminently,
a moment for rediscovering what makes our democracy thrive. There's nothing that's wrong
with America that can't be cured by what's right with America.
The source of America's greatness is - has always been - that we put people, their wellbeing, their voice, their rights, at the center of our system. America stands ~ and has always
�stood — for the protection of human rights and democracy. America stands ~ and always has
stood - for the idea that every generation of young people deserves a shot at the brass ring. It
stands ~ and still stands ~ for the idea that every person should have a chance to move up and
out ~ to live, and love, and become whatever they can.
Our economy has thrived because its success rested not on the dictates of an iron hand,
but on the genius of innovators and the guts of entrepreneurs. Over the past half century, our
nation knew that in the s e c u r i t y of a v e r a g e
citizens
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Our political system has been the model for the world because the decisionmakers derive
their authority from the broad mass of people. We fought a bloody civil war for the proposition
that we are all created equal, and that ours is a govemment of the people, by the people, and
for the people.
We didn't just read about democracy in books; we lived it. Generations of Americans
came to our shores to share in the dream, and rose to the middle class because of it. When
millions of brave African-Americans rose up to claim the meaning of their citizenship, they were
able to appeal to the deeply rooted belief in America as a caring and just society. Men and
women in storefronts and on shopfloors knew that if they worked hard and played by the rules,
they would be able to leave their children the opportunity for a better life.
In recent years, I fear, we have lost touch with too many of these American values. We
have become fearful of change, and have turned inward, rejecting our tradition of breaking new
ground.
For thirty years after the Second World War, we prospered in a stable world
marketplace. Our great industries, dominating the world, provided secure employment for
millions of Americans. But over the past two decades, the winds of change have blown with
cyclone force. Today, jobs and money and knowledge can flash across borders in the pale glow
of a computer signal. We helped rebuild other nations, and now find ourselves in a neverending global race.
While the world has changed, America has not.
We have told ourselves that if we did nothing, all would be well. Our corporations and
governments borrowed and spent today, instead of investing for tomorrow. We discarded our
workers, treating them as expended resources, instead of our strength. Paper entrepreneurs
focused more on instantaneous financial gain, and not enough on building the next generation
of American economic power. We ate our seed com.
Our political system, too, too often has forgotten its first principles. Two centuries ago,
the drafter of our Constitution showed a foreign visitor the building behind me. He said: "Here,
sir, the people rule." But for too long, Washington has listened to the voices of the powerful
�and privileged, instead of those of the people. A profusion of organized interests has blocked
needed action. As politics has become the province of special interests, the public has moved
from apathy to anger.
Our social fabric, too, has frayed. Where once citizens spoke to each other in a national
dialogue, now millions of us talk to each other in our own private dialogues. Young people on
our streets feel they can shoot each other with impunity, with no sense of remorse or social
restraint.
These are, indeed, troubling times.
But at every crucial moment in American history, at every hour of crisis or stagnation,
the genius of our democracy has reasserted itself. Every lesson of American history tells us that
we have the capacity for renewal, to reinvent ourselves and make change our friend. My fellow
Americans, I believe that is why you have chosen me to serve as your president. Today is a
moment for renewal.
But the transformation we seek is greater than the move from one president to another,
and one generation to another, and one party to another ~ beyond, even, left andright,liberal
and conservative. We are given incredible opportunities. But to seize them, we must do things
that once seemed contradictory. We must find security in change. We must find unity in
diversity.
Our first task must be to prepare our businesses and our people for the economy of the
21st Century. The very first step must be to recognize that the basis of our economic success
is investing in people. By building economy that invests in people and rewards their hard work.
In a world where capital and atsl;jk and atj;lk can afjs;lkasfj, only our people. I pledge to you
a workforce that is the best educated and trained in the world.
We will begin to act responsibly toward our children by living within our means as a
nation. For too many years, politicians of both parties have preached fiscal sobriety while
plunging this nation ever deeper into debt. Today the deficit is an economic ball and chain that
threatens to drag us down. For our children's sake, we must break this destructive cycle and
bring our finances in order.
Our govemment, as well, badly needs renewal. We will take back our govemment from
the special interests, and restore to itsrightfulplace the American people. Money must never
speak more loudly than the public interest.
This rebirth of democracy in America can provide a beacon for the fragmented, confusing
world in which we now live.
The end of the Cold War has been a blessing. No longer do our children live under fear
of nuclear winter. The brave men and women who sang "We Shall Overcome" and quoted
�Thomas Jefferson in Red Square and Prague and TienAnMen Square and Pretoria were
minutemen for our freedom as well as theirs.
But the Cold War has given way to a hot peace. The end of Communism has called forth
old animosities and new threats. But the answer to the problems of democracy is more
democracy. And a respect for democracy and human rights can be a guiding principle for a
pragmatic foreign policy, too. Let us lead the world in a new crusade: for democracy within
nations and peace among nations.
We take these steps not because they are easy, but because they are necessary.
The American people have spoken, clearly and urgently, for change. If I understand the
voices that I have heard, you want action ~ and action now. I pledge this to my fellow citizens:
As your President, I will act - with all the authority of my office - to offer you the
opportunities to build a better life.
To those hardworking Americans who played by the rules but lost their jobs or their
health care; to those for whom a college education for their children seems an impossible dream;
and to everyone who fears that this may happen; I pledge: Your President will understand that
in your dreams lie our destiny.
But no President can do this alone. I call on Congress to join me in meeting this call for
action. Let us have the courage to join together, to put aside the delay and hesitation, and make
the next four years a time of historic action for the American people.
And no govemment can do this alone. Our country cries out for a spiritual renewal for a new ethic of responsibility in each of our lives.
We must replace our philosophy of entitlement with one of empowerment. The
govemment owes every citizen opportunity. But it does often, we have allowed ourselves to slip
into an e philosophy of entitlement. We expect everything from govemment, yet too often aren't
willing to give back anything in return. We must replace our philosophy of entitlement with a
philosophy of empowerment - giving people the tools, and the opportunity, to help themselves
and others.
We need teamwork
We teamwork vs. personal pursuit of ambition
govemment of the common good over special interests
strength, not weakness, out of diversity
investment not consumption
�value families not family values
And above results and not just rhetoric. And we need to hold our public servants
accountable when they offer us rhetoric and not results.
In the end, we have to change the heart of America.
We cherish freedom, but we cannot survive as a free nation if people feel they can shoot
each other on the streets with impunity and give into their most destructive impulses.
Ultimately, our success will be measured by how we think about ourselves. Will we
be passive and discouraged? Or will we seize the moment and take control over our own lives?
We have power to control history; we have the power to change; we must now find the
courage to change.
The w
My fellow Americans, I ask for your help, and your prayers.
We have changed the guard. And now, each in our own way, we must answer the call.
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�changing the guard
new sense of security in the face of change
We "have to do two things at once. (GS response: Reagan's inaugural: govemment isn't
the solution)
Values Oz Guinness — religious philosopher - doesn't want to use this line, but ... He
says he really hates this religious right movement in America, but he also hates the movement
to take spirituality out of America, America's always been a spiritual country - and that "we
need to go beyond the reimposers and the removers."
Then I used some of my slogans: We need empowerment over entitlement; we need
teamwork over personal pursuit of ambition; we need a government of the common good instead
of the special interests; we need strength, instead of weakness, out of diversity; we need
investment instead of consumption; we need to value families, and not just talk about family
values; we need results, and not just rhetoric - we've had a hell of a lot of rhetoric in the last
ten years;
Almost every American problem has been solved by somebody, somewhere, but we have been
absolutely unable to make the exception the rule.
Our children have to believe in tomorrow. And to make tomorrow happen, we have to have a
constituency for the future.
And 1 talked about not just change, but what is the same. We change the guard, but
remember it's a guard: what are you guarding? When you change the guard, you're marching
to the music of time; but what you're guarding is timeless.
timeless mission - We have to march to the music of time, but ours is a timeless mission.
America still stands for the protection of human rights and democracy, for the idea that
every generation of young people deserves a shot at the brass ring, that every person should
have a chance to move up and out, to live, to love, to become whatever they can.
One of the problems of our times is simply not being overwhelmed by a America's
responsibilities.
We need a whole bunch of "I can't do this alone." This is about the American people
changing.
In the end, we have to change the heart of America. Because, in a democracy like ours,
with a great deal of personal freedom, if people feel they can just shoot each other on the street
�INTRO
Today we celebrate the miracle of renewal.
We have to say what the government's about. Then we have to say in four or five lines what
this whole thing is about.
the things that seem contradictory actually having to be synthesized and put together, going
beyond ... beyond left and right, beyond Democrat and Republican, beyond labor and
management, black and white, rights and responsibilities,
WHERE WE ARE
The country's going in the wrong direction.
The major ideas were ... when we were changing the guard (the topic with Blackmun). There
was a sense of changing the guard, going from one President to another, and one generation to
another, and one party to another, but it was beyond that -- beyond left and right, beyond
Democrat and Republican, beyond liberal and conservative. We live in a global economy, in
which there's no easy division between domestic and foreign policy; in which people are the
most important thing, and we don't have a person to waste; in which people need more rights,
but they need to assume more responsibility as well - both more rights and more
responsibilities.
WHAT'S THE CHANGE
We have incredible opportunities, but to do it, we have to do things that once seemed
contradictory. We have to find security in change. We have to find unity in diversity."
WHAT YOU MUST DO
I think we need to say:
What the change is, we have to define that.
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<p>Michael Waldman was Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting from 1995-1999. His responsibilities were writing and editing nearly 2,000 speeches, which included four State of the Union speeches and two Inaugural Addresses. From 1993 -1995 he served as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Coordination.</p>
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2006-0469-F
Extent
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Segment One contains 1071 folders in 72 boxes.
Segment Two contains 868 folders in 66 boxes.
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Publisher
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Format
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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paper
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Title
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Inaugural - Drafts [1]
Creator
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Office of Speechwriting
Michael Waldman
Is Part Of
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Box 35
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36404"> Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7763296">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Identifier
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2006-0469-F Segment 2
Provenance
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White House Staff and Office Files
Publisher
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Format
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Adobe Acrobat Document
Medium
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Preservation-Reproduction-Reference
Date Created
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6/3/2015
Source
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7763296
42-t-7763296-20060469F-Seg2-035-007-2015