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�MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
MICHAEL WALDMAN
SUBJECT:
ATTACHED DRAFT OF STATE OF THE UNION
Here is the latest redraft. It includes your edits from this morning, and more cuts and
edits that I made. It is now about 7000 words long ~ one hour and 10 minutes at last year's
reading rate (with much applause), an hour and 5 minutes at the 1995 reading rate (less
applause). We need to keep cutting, since there is now no full introduction of people in the First
Lady's Box, for example.
Here is the breakdown of sections:
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Introduction - 5 minutes
Aging - 8 minutes
Families - 8 minutes
Economy - 10 minutes (6 minutes of which is international economy)
Foreign policy - 13 minutes
Communities - 10 minutes
Peroration: The Millennium - 5 minutes
I have begun deleting some policies:
- drunk driving
- Financial Consumer protections and antitrust
I will continue to look for proposed cuts overnight.
�Draft 1/15/99 11:30pm
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
UNITED STATES CAPITOL
January 19,1999
�Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of
Congress, honored guests, my fellow Americans:
[introduction is 5 minutes"
Tonight, we begin anew our work together for the
people of America. Let me start by saluting the new
Speaker of the House. Wfterryou were sworn m, you
asked us to work in a spirit of civility and bipartisanship.
Mr. Speaker, let's do exactly that.
Tonight, I have the honor of reporting on the State
of our Union.
�I stand before you to report that we have created the
longest peacetime economic expansion in American
history - with wages rising at twice the rate of inflation
and nearly 18 million new jobs.
(j[ stand before you to report that)homeownership is
the highest in history
in 29 years -
welfare rolls are the smallest
the peacetime unemployment rate is
the lowest it has been since 1957.
J stand before you, the first president)in three
decades to report, not just that) the budget islbalanced;
(but thai will have a $76 billion surplus - the highest in
American history.
�And^l can report that^we are now on course to run a
surplus year after year for the next 20 years.
I stand before you to report that violent crime is at
its lowest point in a quarter century.
^ I stand before you to report that^he environment is
the cleanest in a quarter century; (and that)-- even as our
economy has boomed ~ we have cut pollution from
factories in half.
I stand before you to report that America stands
strong - a peacemaker in lands torn by ancient hatreds,
from Northern Ireland, to Bosnia, to the Middle East.
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�I stand before you to report thatjonce again our
government is a progressive instrument of the common
good. (Thanks to the pioneering leadership of Vice
President Gore^merica has-a-government-fertile
Tnfbrmatiefi-Age
the smallcflt gov
devoted
to fiscal responsibility^nd determined to give the
American people the tools they need to make the most of
their own lives. A 21st Century government for 21st
Century America.
My fellow Americans, I stand before you to report
that the State of our Union is strong.
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�promise of our future is limitles^§tunmQg
stieiilific discoveiies; lemaikHbtc advances in the health
of our people; a time when cancer will be cured^vhen
new technologies will make it easier for parents-to
succeeiTboth at work and Vtttrome; when children will
acquire new knowledge in kew ways - all moving-tts
^farto-a^iew-time of longer, more rewarding lives.
Yes, America is working again.|But we cannot
realize our promise if we allow the hum of our
prosperity to lull us into complacency. How we fare as
a nation
infe the 21st Century will depend-^=^en
what we enjoy today, butjwe do today.
�So with our budget surplus growing, our economy
expanding, and our confidence rising, let's get to work.
AGTNG OF AMERICA [8 minutes]
Our fiscal discipline gives us an unsurpassed
opportunity to address a remarkable new challenge: the
aging of America.
^We are blessed with-the-longest life expeetocy^ve
have ever laiowm)With the number of elderly Americans
set to double by 2030, the Baby Boom will become a
Senior Boom.
�So first and above all, we must save Social Security^ tw^£
Early in this century, being old meant being poor. When
President Franklin Roosevelt created Social Security,
thousands wrote to thank him for eliminating what one
woman called the "stark terror of penniless, helpless old
age." Even today, without Social Security, half our
nation's elderly would be forced into poverty.
Today, Social Security is strong. But by 2013,
payroll taxes will not cover retirement obligations. And
by 2032^the Trust Fund will be exhausted, and Social
Security will be unable to pay ©n^the %Q benefits older
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Americans have been promised.
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�hast year, from this podium, I said wc must set aside
the surplus until we~save-Social Security.
The best way to keep Social Security a rock-solid
guarantee is not to make drastic cuts in benefits; not to
raise payroll tax rates; and not to drain resources from
Social Security in the name of saving it.
Instead, I propose that we make the historic decision
to invest the surplus to save Social Security.
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�Specifically, I propose that we commit half the
budget surplus for the next 15 years to Social Security.
And ^ invest^g a small portion of the Trust Fund
surplus?] in the private sector « Hke aafy private m state
government pensiomweski
we wiH earn a higher return
and wgrwH keep Social Security sound for 50 years
without benefit cuts or tax rate increases.
We need to make other changes, tooS We need-to
reduce poverty among elderly widows, whietes-irearly
twkc"tte ovei^lf>overty-rate-f0r-0lder-A^
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need to eliminate the earnings test which limits what
senior citizens on Social Security can earn for themaefees.
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�And we need to put Social Security on a sound footing for
^at-kast the next 15 years. These changes will require
difficult but achievable chi)oces. They must be made on a
bipartisan basis. They should be made this year. -te^Jl
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Tiorter^asy7irutwe4iave^o-de4t."^ itet us commit
together to save and improve Social Security for the 21st
Century. Now,
Second, once we have set aside sufficient funds from
the surplus to save Social Security, we must fulfill our
obligation to save and improve Medicare. Already, we
have extended the life of Medicare by 10 years - but it
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should be extended for at least another decade beyend
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^Tonight I propose that we use one out of every five
dollars in the surplus over the next 15 years to guarantee
the soundness of Medicare, tf we du nothing more^-we
can-seeure-the program until at least the year 2020. T^iPif
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fc^we eb more^ carefully reviewing the report of the^panel
chaired by Sen. John Breaux and Rep. Bill Thomas in
March, we can not only ada to the lite of Medicare ^tQr
can-improve the lives-of our seniors by covering tkeir
greatest growing need, affordable prescription drugs. £
Third, we must help all Americans, from their first
day on the job, to save, to invest, to create wealth. Today,
tens of millions of people retire with little to live on other
than Social Security. Americans living longer than ever
must save more than ever.
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Tonight I propose a new initiative for retirement
security in the 21 st Century^ Lpropose- that we use 10%
of the surplus to establish Universal Savings Accounts —
USA Accounts. Americans will be able to set up their
own personal pension accounts, investing as they choose,
with-the government matching a portion of their savings,
with
mest help for those least able to save.
USA Accounts will give all Americans the means to
save, to share in the nation's wealth, sad^enjoy a more
secure retirement.
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�Fourth, we must invest in long-term care. In my
balanced budget, I
propose a tax credit of $1,000 for
^^ailing, aged_ordisable^f^?those who care for tfeem.
The care our families can provide at home is invaluable;
let us show that we value it.
With these four measures - saving Social Security,
strengthening Medicare, establishing USA Accounts, and(ffa\n^
the long-term care tax credit ~ we can begin to meet our
historic responsibility to establish true security for 21 st
Century seniors.
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�I was bom in 1946,^ the first year of the Baby
Boom. Andj-knew that I speak for^ny generation: None
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-of us wants our growing old
place an intolerable burden
on our children and their ability to raise our
grandchildren. There is no better use for our surplus than
lifting that burden.
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STRONG SCHOOLS FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY
9 minutes
Today there-are-more elderly than ever—and there
are
more children^ from more diverse backgrounds,
in our public schools than at any time in our history.
Their education must provide the knowledge and nurture
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the creativity prized by the new economy.
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�Today we can say somethingitcould not say six years
ago: with more affordable student loans, more Pell
grants for deserving students, 1 million new work-study
jobs, education IRAs, and the HOPE scholarship tax cut
that more than 5 million Americans will receive this
year, we have opened the doors of college to all.
Nearly every state has set has set higher academic
standards for public schools, and we will soon have a
voluntary national test to measure the progress of our
students. We~havc supportcd^chools m cracking down
on drugs and gangs and guns and violence m improving
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learning and discipline with school uniforms, teaching
values, and finding a proper place for religious faith.
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�With our help and the leadership of Vice President
Gore^there are 9 times as many classrooms connect^ to
the Internet as there were six years ago. ^BETwith over
one billion additional dollars esaaiBg ^^^ear to make
Internet connections affordable, we can meet our goal:
every classroom and every library connected to the
Internet by the dawn of the new century.
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We are marshalling a volunteer army of college
students to teach young children to read and to mentor
middle school children and prepare them for college.
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�Last fall, we reached across party lines and began to
hire 100,000 new highly-trained teachers to reduce class
size in the early grades. I ask this Congress to finish our
mission of hiring 100,000 new teachers.
Our children are doing better. SAT scores are up.
Math scores have risen in nearly all grades nationwide.
But there is a problem: While our fourth graders
outperform their peers in other developed countries in
math and science, our eighth graders are around
average, and our twelfth graders rank near the bottom.
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�Each year the national government invests over $20
billion in our public schools. I believe we must change
the way we invest that money, We-knew what-^works wc must invest mil, and stop investing in what doesn't.
Later this year, I will send Congress a plan that for
the first time holds states and school districts accountable
for progress and rewards them for results. I propose
every school district receiving federal help mmt take
the following four steps.
First, all schools must end social promotion.
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Because we-know^students om learn what they doi^t
lenow, wc must help all young people to meet-Mgher
standards. My balanced budget triples the funding for
summer school and after school programs. We can keep
one million students learning kHhe hours
-seheol4ets-o«t, when parents work and juvenile crime
soars.
Three years ago, under Mayor Daley's leadership,
Chicago ended social promotion. Students who fail to
master the basics go to summer school and get special
tutoring until they do pass --and^mes^do. Math and
reading scores are up three years running. Some of the
biggest gains have come in whaH¥ere-seme-o£4ie-vvorst
schools in the toughest neighborhoods.
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�Second, all states and school districts must turn
around their worst-performing schools or shut them
down. That is the policy established by Gov. Jim Hunt
in North Carolina - and last year, that stated test scores
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made the biggest gains in the natior^ My budget includes
$200 million to help) states adopt this policy and turn
around their failing schools. We can no longer tolerate
seheois-lhat-deny any young Americans the opporttmity
to leam and earn their-way-up.
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Third, all states and school districts must be held
responsible for the quality of their teachers. Nene-o^is
woufd-bc here tonight if not for our teachers. Wc mast
lift them up, not tear them down. But in too many
schools, teachers don't have college majors~or even
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minors-in the subjects they teach. (j^iHTew-teaehers ^;
mustrpass-skills tcsts-am^ll teachers should be required
to know the subjecf they are teaching.
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To attract talented^teachers to the toughest teaeteg
assignments, I recommend a five-fold increase in
scholarships for college students who commit to teach in
the inner city, in isolated rural areas and on Indian
reservations.
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�Fourth, we must empower parentsJI In too many
communities, it is easier to get information on the
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quality of local restaurants than^the quality of local
public schools. Every school district should issue report
cards on every school.
^jfe-must create a public school systcm-drivea-by
more Information, more competition, more-ehotee.
When I became President, there was one independent,
public charter school in all of America. With our
support, there are 900 today. My budget assures that
early in the next century, there will be 3000.
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If we do these four things ~ end social promotion,
tum around failing schools, demand and support
qualified teachers, and promote accountability,
innovation and competition - we will begin to meet our
generation's historic responsibility to create 21st Century
schools.
Let's do one more thing for our children. Today,
too many of our schools are so old that they're falling
apart, or so overcrowded students must learn in trailers.
Last fall, Congress missed an opportunity to create a tax
break to modernize or build 5000 schools. This year,
for the sake of our 53 million schoolchildren, Congress
must not miss that opportunity again.
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�BTJTLDTNG STRONG FAMILIES FOR THE 21st
CENTURY [8 minutes]
We must do more to help the millions of ws^kkig
American parents who give their all every day at home
and at work. Nirgovemmciil can laisc or love a child.
But government can cmpo wei paienls to meet theit^aest
-vital responsibilities.
The most basic tool of all is a decent income. So
first, let's raise the minimum wage by one dollar over the
next two years.
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One of the biggest needs working parents face is
quality child care. ^
again, I ask the Congress to make
quality child care more affordable and more accessible.
My balanced budget provides tax credits for working
families, child care subsidies for small business, and high
standards and training for child care providers. Our child
care plan also includes a new tax credit for stay-at-home
mothers. They need help too.
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�The Family Medical Leave Act ~ the first bill I
signed into law — has helped nearly 20 million Americans
care for a new baby or an ailing relative without risking
their jobs, at minimal cost to employers . -New-lel^s
extend this to WQrkefs4n-smaUerxQmp^ttesmd
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-guarantee Family Leave to 10 million more|working
Americans.
^teef^arents should never face discrimination in the
workplace. I will ask Congress to prohibit companies
from refusing to hire or promote workers simply because
they have children.
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�America's families deserve the world's best medical
care. (We must continue our cutting-edge research and
pathbreaking innovation?^
We have begun testing the first drugs to prevent or
reduce risk of cancer. Medical researchers have
introduced the first effective drugs to treat AIDS. They
have made new discoveries about the process of aging
itself - increasing the odds of developing new treatments
to prevent or delay diseases from Parkinsons to
jMzheimers to arthritis^ I ask Congress keep us on track
to increase the budget for the National Institutes of Health
by fifty percent.
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science advances, we cannot let our health
care system lag behind.
Managed care has transformed medicine in America
~ driving down costs, but threatening to drive down
quality as well. L^s-make-all Americans a promises
This year, we mH pass a strong and enforceable patient's
bill of rights ... so every American can have the right to
the best care, not just the cheapest. The right to see a
specialist. And the right to emergency care.
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Within mypo^^er as President, I am extending these
rights to the 85 million Americans served by Medicare,
Medicaid, and other federal health plans. But only
Congress can enact the Patients Bill of Rights for all
Americans. Last year, Congress missed that opportunity.
This year, for the sake of our families, Congress must not
miss that opportunity again.
As more of our medical records are stored
electronically, the threats to our privacy increase. If
Congress does not act by this August, I have the authority i^Eb^b
to protect the privacy of medical record^ ~ and I will use
it.
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�Two years ago, we extended health insurance to up to
5 million children. Now, we should give people 55 to 65
who lose their health insurance the chance to buy in to
Medicare. We should make it easier for small businesses
to offer health insurance to their employees. And we
should pass the historic bipartisan legislation, introduced
by Senators Jeffords, Kennedy, Roth and Moynihan, to
allow people with disabilities to keep Medicaid health
insurance when they go to work. No one should have to
choose between keeping health care and taking a job.
=^sd we should increase support for the community
health centers providing basic care for families who lack
health coverage altogether.
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�"^^rt,^we must step up our efforts to treat and prevent
an illness that brings pain to millions of families ~ mental
illness. No American should ever be afraid to recognize
and treat this disease. This year, we will host a first-ever
White House Conference on Mental Health. With
sensitivity and commitment, Tipper Gore halted our
efforts here ~ and I thank her.
As everyone H^m-Ghaslber knows, our children whom the tobacco industry has called "replacement
smokers" ~ are targets of a massive media campaign to
hook them on cigarettes. I ask this Congress to resist the
tobacco lobby and pass a bipartisan bill that safeguards
our children while protecting farmers.
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�For decades the tobacco industry has passed too
much of the real cost of smoking ~ medical care for
illnesses from cancer to emphysema ~ onto you, the
taxpayers. It is time to recover those costs, as the states
have done.
Tonight, I am directing the Department of Justice to
prepare and bring a lawsuit against the tobacco companies
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for the costs to Medicare of tobacco-related illnesses.(The
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fiinHs^we r e m v e r shonlH hp nspri-to stre^gtheyi Mndinnrn^
In all these areas « minimum wage, child care, health
care, family leave and the safety of our children ~ we can
begin to meet our historic responsibility to strengthen our
families for the 21 st Century.
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�A 21st CENTURY ECONOMY [10 minutes -- 6
minutes of which is international]
Next, we must build a 21st Century economy for all
Americans.
Today, America is the most dynamic, competitive,
job creating economy in history — because the qualilies
4hat-bnng-succjessin4he-global economy aie at the core of
theLAiQeriean-chameter.
But we can do better.
We must make a place for all our people in the new
economy.
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Today,-there~rs-nQt-so much an income gap as a skills
gap. Last year I signed bipartisan legislation to transform
our worker training system. With a simple skills grant,
Americans eligible for training assistance can now choose
the skills they need. Now I recommend a national
campaign to increase adult literacy for one of four
working people who read at less than a sixth grade level,
and a commitmenHhatevery Americanswho losefcfcjobs
will-be able to-get the training they need.
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In the last six years, we have cut the welfare rolls
nearly in half.
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�Two years ago, from this podium, I asked five companies
to lead a national effort to hire people off the welfare
rolls. Tonight, our Welfare to Work Partnership includes
10,000 companies who have hired hundreds of thousands
of people. Ami t^y budget provides funds to help
another 200,000 people}from welfare to work.
We also must bring the spark of private enterprise
into inner cities and remote rural areas. My balanced
budget provides tax credits to create venture capital funds,
supports community banks, and provides tax credits and
100,000 vouchers so people can find affordable housing.
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�We already have an Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, to help develop untapped markets abroad. I
propose an American Private Investment Corporation to
.develop untapped markets at home.
And we must bring prosperity back to rural America.
Farmers ~ the backbone of our country - are in trouble.
Dropping prices and the loss of foreign markets have led
to dire economic conditions for too many of our
hardworking family farmers. We need to craft a better
farm safety net for rural America, with crop insurance
reform and income assistance. I am ready to work with
Members of Congress of both parties to get it done.
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�We must strengthen our lead in the^^ew^eomiufograal
^OBomy.
Government investment in computers led to the
creation of the Internet.
I propose a 30% increase in
long-term computer research.
We must be ready for the 21 st Century from its very
first moment^ That iiHSans solving the "Y2K" computer
bug. We have already made sure Social Security checks
will keep coming on time. Butjevery business, every city
and county, every university must be ready^ Wo-ullj±mst
do our part so the millennium bug will be remembered as
the last headache of the 21 st Century, not the first crisis of
the 21st.
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�Economic growth at home also depends upon
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economic growth abroad.
Until recently, one third of our economic growth
came from exports. But over the past year and a half, the
financial turmoil thul bugun iw 'A^ia has put that growth at
risk. Today, much of the world is in recession. Across
Asia, an entire generation that worked its way into the
middle class has plunged into poverty.
This is the most critical financial crisis in a half
century. Last Septemberrl-se^Qut a UCAV stategyirrepur
globafgrowth, to stabilize the global economy anchkeep
the world trading system open, free, and fair.
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�Together with other nations, America has
reducing interest rates, mooting our obligations to the
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International Monetary Fund, and taking otops to coHtain
the crisis.^ The turmoil is not over^ But bccause-of
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America's leadership, the woild's economy and ours are
more sound than they would have been—and-our
economy continues to grow, steady and sliungr—I-4hank
lawmakers of both parties for youi suppoit.
Now we must build a global financial system for the
21st Century that tames the cycles of boom and bust.
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This spring, I will meet with other world leaders to lay
plans for a modem world financial system — withj^ open
-books, stronger international bank regulations, an
aggressive response to prevent regional problems from
becoming global crises, and a strong social safety for the
most vulnerable victims of financial turmoil.
We must also buila a freer and fairer trading system
for the 21st Century ~ one that spurs growth, expands
opportunity for ordinary citizens, and supports basic labor
and environmental standards. Trade has divided
Americans for too long. We must find the common
ground on which business, workers, environmentalists
and government can stand together.
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�We must do more to help American manufacturers
hit hard by the present crisis. I ask the Congress to
provide $2 billion in new credit to promote U.S.
manufacturing exports abroad. Protectionism could start
a-chain reaction, hurting om expoils and triggering a
global recession. "Btrfc When imports are unlawfully flood)
into our nation, wc-musfc^et. I have already informed the
government of Japan that if Japan's sudden surge of
cheap steel imports into our country is not reversed, I will
respond.
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�Five times in the past half century, we have
negotiated worldwide agreements that have opened
markets and lifted prosperity. I will launch a new round
of negotiations in the World Trade Organization to
expand our exports of farm products, services and
manufactures. And we will seek to expand trade with
Africa, with ^e- Caribbean and Central American
neighbors devastated by the recent hurricanes, and%y
a Free Trade Area of the Americas.
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�We must also press for trade that promotes the
dignity of work and the rights of workers. We must insist
that international trade organizations be open to public
scrutiny^ We~TnTrefrij*sist that trade rules never be used as
a pretext to destroy environmental protections. We must
never let ^ ^ e u s international competition become a
race to the bottom among nations.
I ask Congress to join me in this common approach
and pass legislation granting the President traditional
trade authority to advance our prosperity.
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�will work with the International Labor
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Organization on a new initiative to lift labor standards
around the world. And we must act, once and for all, to
end the most exploitative trade practices of all: I will sign
a new international agreement to ban child labor
everywhere in the world.
If we do these things, then we can begin to meet the
historic responsibility of this generation to build a 21st
Century prosperity for America in a more stable and
growing world economy.
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�A STRONG AMERICA IN A NEW WORLD [13
minutes]
No nation in history has had the opportunity and the
responsibility we now have to help shape a world more
secure, peaceful and free.
All Americans should be proud that our leadership
helped bring peace to Northern Ireland. Now that
Protestants and Catholics there have chosen peace,
America will help them build it.
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�All Americans can be proud that our leadership has
put Bosnia on the path to peace. This year, we will help
that peace take deeper root - and continue to bring our
troops home. In Kosovo we will work to sustain a
fragile cease fire and to restore self government.
All Americans can be proud that our leadership
renewed hope for a lasting peace in the Middle East.
Some of you were with me in December as we watched
the Palestinian National Council completely renounce its
call for the destruction of Israel.
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I ask the Congress to act now to provide resources to
support the Wye Agreement... to protect Israel's
security, stimulate the Palestinian economy, and support
our friends in Jordan. We must not, we cannot, let
them down.
As we work for peace, we must also meet threats to
our nation's security - including increased dangers from
outlaw nations and terrorism. The bombing of our
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania reminded us of the
risks faced every day by those who represent America to
the world. They deserve protection, recognition and
support. Let's give them the resources they need so
America can continue to lead.
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�We will defend our security wherever it is
threatened ~ as we did this summer when we struck at
Osama bin Laden's network of terror in Afghanistan and
Sudan.
i am-prepesmg a 40%~-incrcasc in funding to keep
terrorists from disrupting computer networks, ^ prepare
local communities for biological and chemical
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emergencies, and % support research into vaccines and
treatments. <^*f^
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We will work to retrain the spread of nuclear
weapons, from North Korea to India and Pakistan.
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�My balanced budget will expand our work with
Russia, Ukraine, and the other former Soviet nations to
safeguard their weapons and technology so they never
fall into wrong hands.
There is another vital step Congress can take. In
1963, the Senate approved the Limited nuclear Test Ban
Treaty just two months after President Kennedy signed
it. It's been two years since I signed the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty. By acting now, the Senate can make it
harder for new nations to develop nuclear arms, and end
nuclear testing forever.
50
�Let me say something to Russia's legislature, the
Duma. I ask you to promptly ratify the START II
treaty, for the sake of Russia's security as well as our
own. We have already agreed on a framework for
START III to cut our arsenals by 80 percent from their
Cold War height. Together, our nations can de-mere
than any others to lift the cloud of nuclear annihilation
from the Earth. -For our children^NWe must do so.
For nearly a decade, Iraq has defied its obligation to
destroy its weapons of terror and the missiles to deliver
them.l America will continue to contain Saddam - with «
diplomacy and sanctions when possible, with force when
necessary. We also will work for the day when Iraq has
a government worthy of its people.
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�Every~Americaii shonM be proud of tfae-scrviccmen
-afld-wefflefl-^who last month[struck at Saddam's deadly
arsenal^ Our troops were superb^ Iheir weapo^^u
powerful aM^preciGe. Their mission was so flawlessly
executed that we risk taking for granted the bravery and
skill it required, [x] flew [x] missions, destroying [x]
that made [chemical weapons][or whatever]. He is here
with us tonight. Let us all honor the 10,000 men and
women of Desert Fox.
Republicans and Democrats worked togetherrto
streamline om military while ensming that it remains
-seeefld-te-ttene-.
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52
�In the last nine months, I have asked and Congress
has agreed to add nearly $6 billion to maintain our
readiness. My balanced budget calls for an increase of
$12 billion for readiness and modernization —^fte^mrt^f
-a^ustained-six-year reversal of the decline in defense
speiiding~that-began m-4985. It will ensure that our
troops can deploy rapidly, with the best training and
weapons in the world. And it will provide for them and
their families.
America's defenders stand ready at a moment's
notice to go where comforts are few and dangers are
many, doing what needs to be done as no one else can.
They always come through for America. We must come
through for them.
53
�The new century
demands new partnerships for
peace and security.
Sixycars ago, I said NATO had an unprecedented
opportunity to help build a Europ^that for the first time
is midividedrr-peaeeful and free) This spring, I will
convene the leaders of a tfew NATO in Washington for
its 50th anniversary summit
the mission^ of the next 50 years^ ^ffidN^ will welcome
Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic as our first
new allies from Central Europe.^Europe will never
again be divided by concrete and barbed wire.
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�More than ever, we know that the security of
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America is also linked to the stability of Asia. I have
worked to strengthen our relationships with our allies
Japan and Korea. Last year, I also traveled to China
because our relationship with Itet country, homo to-one
-4fr#^e=of1he world's people, will help determine
prospects for peace and prosperityjacross Asia. I spoke
candidly about our shared interests as well as our
differences. I said to the leaders of China ~ and I will
say again tonight — that in the Information Age, stability
cannot be bought at the expense of liberty.
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-tf-we4so1qte the fTrinpse people^from the forces-of
ehaage. The more we bring China into the world, the
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more the world will bring freedom to China.
Last spring, with some of you, I traveled to Africa,
where I saw democracy and reform rising, butteiBg
held back by the scars of violence and scourge of
disease. We must strive to end conflict and to fortify
African democracy, including in Nigeria. And because
trade and investment are the keys to African prosperity
- we must finally pass the Africa Growth and
Opportunity Act.
56
�In our own Hemisphere, every government but one
is freely chosen by its people. Because we are
determined that Cuba, too, will know the blessings of
liberty, we have taken new steps to help the Cuban
people without helping the Castro regime.
We are strengthening ties to the Americas - to tete
build a hemisphere of open-markets, genuine^ustiee-and
educated, healthy childien. In the wake of Hurricane
(Ays
Mitch, we will continue to-help-. More than 5000
American troops have helped rebuild roads and homes
and lives. Many are there still. I am proud of them and proud of the generosity of the American people to
our friends and neighbors.
57
�In so many of these efforts I have mentioned, the
United Nations plays a crucial role. Unless we want
America to take all the risks and pay all the bills in
solving the world's problems, we need a strong
relationship with an effective UN. I want to work in this
new year with this new Congress to pay our dues ami
our debts.
21 ST CENTURY COMMUNITIES [10 minutes]
At the world has changed, so have our own
communities — we must continue to strengthen them for
this new time.
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�Strong communities are safer communities.
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Chestnut & Gibson tribute
This year, we will reach our goal of putting 100,000
community police officers on the street ~ ahead of
schedule and under budget. The Brady Bill has stopped a
quarter million felons, fugitives, and stalkers from buying
guns. Last year, the crime rate dropped for the sixth
straight year, and the murder rate is the lowest in 30
years.
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B?fcte&3Bsny neighborhoods still arc not safe.
Tonight, I propose a 21st Century crime bill to marshall
the latest technologies and tactics in the fight against
tome.
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My budget provides funds to put up to 50,000 more
police on the beat in the areas hardest hit by crime, and
gives them 21 st Century tools,fromcrime-mapping
computers to digital mug shots.
Congress should restore the mandatory 5-day waiting
period for buying a handgun that expired last year, and
extend the Brady Bill to prevent juveniles who commit
violent crimes from buying handguns for life.
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�We must break the deadly cycle of drugs and crime.
My budget strengthens support for drug testing and
treatment. It says to prisoners: If you stay on drugs, you
must stay behind bars. And it says to those out on parole:
If you want to keep your freedom, you have to keep free
of drugs.
We must make our schools the safest places in our
communities. Last year there were no more tragic events
in America than the killings in our schools. I ask
Congress to pass my plan to strengthen the Safe and
Drug-Free School Act, and to hire and train 2,000 new
community police and school resource officers to keep
our kids safe.
61
�Strong communities are livable communities.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt
defined our "great, central task" as "leaving this land
even a better land for our descendants than it is for us."
Today, we are restoring the Florida Everglades, saving
Yellowstone, preserving the red-rock canyons of Utah,
protecting California's redwoods and our precious
coasts.
But our most fateful new challenge is the threat of
global warming. Last year's heat waves, ice storms, and
floods are but a hint of what future generations may
endure if we don't act now.
62
�So tonight, I propose a clean air fund to help
communities reduce both greenhouse pollution and
smog; new funds for clean energy sources; tax cuts for
energy-efficient cars, homes, and appliances; rewards
for companies that take early voluntary action to reduce
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greenhouse pollution; and vigorous new diplomatic^
efforts to meet this global threat with a global response.
Another new challenge is MteraHy=ri
•every neighborhood. As more citizens are buying new
homes and sharing in the American Dream, our
communities are losing about 7,000 acres of farms and
open space every day.
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�So tonight, Vice President Gore and I propose two
major initiatives: first, an unprecedented Livability
Agenda to help communities save open space, ease
traffic congestion, and grow in ways that enhance every
citizen's quality of life; second, a historic one billion
dollar Lands Legacy Initiative to preserve places of
natural beauty across America ~ from remote wilderness
to city parks. We must ncvei fuigeFfetAe-raost
important park T3~thc oncxloscst to home Wc mu^|^^^^ ^
-koep-eur growing communities livable and grgen.
64
�To get the most out of your community, you have to
give something back to it. That's why I fought to create
AmeriCorps -- our national service program that gives
today's generation a chance to serve their community
and earn money for college.
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So far', 100,000 young people have built low-income
homes with Habitat for Humanity ... helped churches
tutor children ... worked with the American Red Cross
to ease the burden of natural disasters ... and performed
countless other acts of service that have made America
better.
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�Some of them are with us tonight and A^CL should
for their scrvTGg==ABd I ask this Congress to
thank these young people as only you can: by increasing
support for AmeriCorps.
As we work to strengthen our communities, we
must work to renew our democracy. ^ Last year, the
House passed the bipartisan campaign finance reform
legislation sponsored by Reps. Shays and Meehan and
Sens. McCain and Feingold. But a partisan minority in
the Senate blocked reform aficFpreserved ilie^state=ftto.
To the House I say: Pass reform again, quickly. I ask
the Senate: say no to big money and yes to a strong
democracy in the Year 2000.
66
�Finally, and most important, we must be truly One
America.
Since 1997, our Initiative on Race has sought to
bridge the divides between our people. In its report,
issued last September, the Initiative's Advisory Board
found that Americans want to bring our people together
across racial lines - but that we must do more to close
the opportunity gaps that deepen the divides between the
We have more to do.
67
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A13-dtizens should have thexhanG€4a-me-as-fapas
-their God-given talefrts-will take them. Discrimination or
violence because of ancestry or religion, race or gender,
disability or sexual orientation, is wrong. -^geLjii should
be illegal. Therefore I call upon the Congress to make
the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the Hate
Crimes Prevention Act the law of the land.
The face of America will change immeasurably in
the next century. Today, one in ten people in America
was born in another country.Our newest immigrants are
good for America. They are revitalizing our cities,
energizing our culture, building our new economy.
68
�We must make them welcome here. And they must
take responsibility to learn English and to enter the
mainstream of American life. Thai h why Hy balanced
budget m& enhanced our efforts to teach immigrants
English, our laws, and our system of government.
Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower
or on slave ships, whether they landed on Ellis Island or
at Los Angeles International Airport, whether they
arrived yesterday or have been here thousands of years —
we can be, and we must be, one America.
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�PERORATION: THE MILLENNIUM [5 minutes]
Barely more than 300 days from now, we will cross
that bridge into a new millennium. This is a moment, as
the First Lady has said, to honor the past and imagine
the future.
I honor her - for leading our Millennium Project for all she has done to represent our country at home and
abroad - and for all she has done for our children - for
her historic role in serving this nation and advancing our
best ideals.
70
�Last year, Hillary traveled across our country to
inspire more communities to work together to Save
America's Treasures. I thank the Congress for its
support of her efforts to restore the Star Spangled Banner
and other national treasures, from Thomas Edison's
laboratory to Louis Armstrong's house in Queens*
-thatAmcrican drikireircm better understand who we~~are
"aFAmerieans.
71
�I call on all our cities and towns to strive to become
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Millennium Communities" - working to mark the
millennium through one shared endeavor, whether by
restoring historic landmarks, cleaning up a rive^or a
park, recruiting volunteers to help children, bettts-earry
^brward^harGeorge-AVashington-ealled "the sacred-fee
-liberty."
Six years ago tomorrow, I came to office in a time of
doubt for America^ €Nr economy
troubled^ our
deficit w^s highjy our peoplc^^e divided. Some even
wondered whether America's best days were behind us.
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�But across this nation, in a thousand neighborhoods, I had
seen, even amid the pain and uncertainty of recession, tl*§
strcngih, lhe-4dealkm, the heart and character of America.
I had no doubt then of what we Americans could do
for our country.
Tonight, as I deliver the last State of the Union
message of the 20th Century, no one can doubt the
enduring resolve of Americans to work for that "more
perfect union" of our founders' dreams.
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�We are near the end of a century when generations of
Americans answered the call to greatness, overcoming
Depression, lifting up the dispossessed, bringing down
barriers of racial prejudice, building up the largest middle
class in history, winning two world wars, and the "long
twilight struggle" of the Cold War.
Perhaps in the daily press of events, in the clash of
controversy, we do not see our time for what it truly is - a
new dawn for America.
A hundred years from tonight, an American President
will stand in this place to report on the State of our Union.
He - or she - will look back on a 21st Century shaped in
so many ways by the decisions we make here and now.
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�Let it be said of us then that we were thinking not
only of our time, but of their time; that we reached as high
as our ideals; that we put aside our divisions and found a
new hour of healing and hopefulness; thaf^in these next
two years, with pride in our purpose and the grace of our
God) we joined together to serve and strengthen the
country we love.
Let us lift our eyes as one nation, and from the
mountaintop of this American century, look forward to
the next one.
Let us join our spirit and wilf for the work ahead, and
ask God's blessing on our endeavors and our beloved
country.
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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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