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DEVELOPMENT
"Hie Administrator
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Sandy Berger, A s s i s t a n t t o t h e P r e s i d e n t f o r N a t i o n a l
S e c u r i t y A f f a i r s , NSC
FROM:
J. B r i a n Atwooc^&dministrator,
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Development
SUBJECT:
S t a t e o f t h e Union Address
U.S. Agency f o r
T h i s y e a r ' s S t a t e o f t h e Union p r o v i d e s t h e P r e s i d e n t w i t h
an e x c e l l e n t o p p o r t u n i t y t o s t r e s s t h e r e l e v a n c e o f o u r f o r e i g n
a s s i s t a n c e programs t o U.S. n a t i o n a l i n t e r e s t s , and t o emphasize
areas o f p a r t i c u l a r importance t o t h i s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n i n t h e
f o r e i g n a f f a i r s arena. F o l l o w i n g a r e examples o f a s s i s t a n c e
i s s u e s t h e P r e s i d e n t c o u l d h i g h l i g h t i n t h e S t a t e o f t h e Union.
The
Importance o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l Development
Cooperation
Suggested language:
"Our e f f o r t s t o a i d t h e A s i a n economies h i g h l i g h t s t h e s t a k e
our n a t i o n has i n g l o b a l s t a b i l i t y and economic g r o w t h . The
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Monetary Fund, t h e World Bank and o t h e r
i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s a r e i n s t r u m e n t s t h a t serve
t h i s v i t a l American i n t e r e s t .
Our b i l a t e r a l development
c o o p e r a t i o n programs a r e e q u a l l y v i t a l .
I n t h e p a s t f o u r years we have t r a n s f o r m e d o u r b i l a t e r a l a i d
program t o assure t h a t i t i s s e r v i n g America's i n t e r e s t s as w e l l
as o u r n a t i o n a l v a l u e s . We no l o n g e r have a " f o r e i g n a i d "
program. Working w i t h t h e Congress, we have c r e a t e d a program o f
i n t e r n a t i o n a l cooperation t h a t places the United States i n a
leadership r o l e i n working w i t h other i n d u s t r i a l n a t i o n s t o
p r o t e c t o u r s e l v e s a g a i n s t g l o b a l t h r e a t s and t o open new
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�-2o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r t h e American people.
I n t h e p r o c e s s we a r e
c r e a t i n g new markets f o r American e x p o r t s ; p r o t e c t i n g Americans
a g a i n s t e n v i r o n m e n t a l and d i s e a s e t h r e a t s t h a t know no b o r d e r s ;
p r o v i d i n g v i t a l f a m i l y p l a n n i n g s e r v i c e s on a v o l u n t a r y b a s i s t o
t h o s e who want an a l t e r n a t i v e t o l a r g e f a m i l i e s o r a c h o i c e o t h e r
t h a n a b o r t i o n ; and we a r e w o r k i n g t o reduce t h e extreme p o v e r t y ,
m a l n u t r i t i o n and human s u f f e r i n g t h a t produces r e f u g e e f l o w s ,
s o c i a l c o n f l i c t and i n s t a b i l i t y .
Our program of i n t e r n a t i o n a l development c o o p e r a t i o n
r e f l e c t s b o t h our i n t e r e s t s and our v a l u e s .
I t i s t h e r i g h t mix
of h u m a n i t a r i a n i s m and pragmatism. And i t i s s t i l l about oneh a l f o f one p e r c e n t o f t h e f e d e r a l budget."
Family
Planning
I f we w i s h t o h i g h l i g h t t h e consequences o f l i n k i n g t h i s
i s s u e t o o t h e r v i t a l m a t t e r s , I would suggest t h e f o l l o w i n g :
"Congress s h o u l d move p r o m p t l y t o approve t h e IMF
r e p l e n i s h m e n t and t h e payment o f our UN a r r e a r s . B o t h m a t t e r s
a r e v i t a l t o o u r n a t i o n a l i n t e r e s t s , t o our economy and t o o u r
a b i l i t y t o m a i n t a i n o u r i n t e r n a t i o n a l l e a d e r s h i p . Remarkably,
b o t h t h e s e v i t a l i s s u e s remain u n r e s o l v e d because some members
w i s h t o pass h i g h l y r e s t r i c t i v e p r o h i b i t i o n s on o u r
i n t e r n a t i o n a l f a m i l y p l a n n i n g programs -- r e s t r i c t i o n s t h a t w o u l d
be u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .
L e t me be c l e a r : t h e r e i s no l i n k between these v i t a l IMF
and UN funds and i n t e r n a t i o n a l f a m i l y p l a n n i n g programs. I u r g e
t h e Congress t o s t o p h o l d i n g these i m p o r t a n t measures hostage.
Our f a m i l y p l a n n i n g programs have always had b i p a r t i s a n
s u p p o r t . These programs s t r e n g t h e n f a m i l i e s , improve women's
h e a l t h and save c h i l d r e n around t h e g l o b e . These programs, w h i c h
are e n t i r e l y v o l u n t a r y , p r e v e n t t h e l o s s o f l i f e f o r hundreds o f
thousands o f mothers and c h i l d r e n by b e t t e r s p a c i n g b i r t h s and
i m p r o v i n g i m m u n i z a t i o n s and p r e n a t a l c a r e . The r e c o r d i s
c l e a r : f a m i l y p l a n n i n g and h e a l t h s e r v i c e s reduce u n i n t e n d e d
p r e g n a n c i e s and d i r e c t l y reduce t h e number o f a b o r t i o n s around
the world."
Microenterprise
One o f t h e most p o p u l a r a i d programs on t h e H i l l i s t h e
m i c r o e n t e r p r i s e l e n d i n g program. Suggested language:
"As Governor o f Arkansas, I became i n v o l v e d i n l o o k i n g f o r
ways t o c r e a t e economic o p p o r t u n i t y i n poor p a r t s o f my s t a t e .
L i t t l e d i d I know t h a t some o f t h e most p o w e r f u l l e s s o n s i n
�-3c o m b a t t i n g p o v e r t y would come from overseas. I had h e a r d about
t h e e x c i t i n g economic work b e i n g done t h r o u g h o u r f o r e i g n
a s s i s t a n c e programs c a l l e d ' m i c r o e n t e r p r i s e l o a n s . ' Through o u r
own a i d programs, m i c r o e n t e r p r i s e was p r o v i d i n g v e r y s m a l l l o a n s
-- o f t e n o n l y a few hundred d o l l a r s - - t o i n d i v i d u a l
e n t r e p r e n e u r s , e n a b l i n g them t o s t a r t up v e r y s m a l l b u s i n e s s e s
and g e n e r a t e an income. I am p l e a s e d t o say t h a t l a s t y e a r , o u r
programs i n m i c r o e n t e r p r i s e helped more t h a n a m i l l i o n f a m i l i e s
i n t h e d e v e l o p i n g w o r l d g a i n access t o s m a l l l o a n s .
The main b e n e f i c i a r i e s o f these programs a r e low-income
women and t h e i r f a m i l i e s , many o f whom l i v e i n g r i n d i n g p o v e r t y .
Perhaps t h e most s t r i k i n g aspect o f m i c r o e n t e r p r i s e i s t h a t
repayment r a t e s f o r these loans t o p o o r customers have
c o n s i s t e n t l y been as good, o r b e t t e r , t h a n t h e repayment r a t e s
most commercial banks e n j o y w i t h f a r w e a l t h i e r c l i e n t s .
These may be s m a l l l o a n s , b u t t h e y have been d e m o n s t r a t e d t o
have a p o w e r f u l impact on t u r n i n g l i v e s around. B o t h H i l l a r y and
I have w i t n e s s e d f i r s t hand how much d i f f e r e n c e a s m a l l l o a n can
make t o f a m i l i e s s t r u g g l i n g t o improve t h e i r own l i v e s . These
m i c r o e n t e r p r i s e programs can work i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s as w e l l .
We have worked w i t h t h e Department o f T r e a s u r y and t h e S m a l l
Business A d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o expand these l o a n s t h a t h e l p America's
s m a l l e n t r e p r e n e u r s f l o u r i s h . The Small Business
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' s M i c r o l o a n Program -- a p u b l i c - p r i v a t e
p a r t n e r s h i p w h i c h has a l r e a d y awarded $70 m i l l i o n i n g r a n t s t o
n o n p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n s -- i s showing t h a t good i d e a s from abroad
can work r i g h t h e r e a t home. Because o f t h e promise t h a t
m i c r o c r e d i t h o l d s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , I have r e q u e s t e d
s u b s t a n t i a l i n c r e a s e s i n f e d e r a l f u n d i n g f o r t h e Community
Development F i n a n c i a l I n s t i t u t i o n s Fund."
Global Climate
Change
Sugge s t e d 1anguage:
" F o l l o w i n g o u r success a t t h e n e g o t i a t i n g t a b l e i n Kyoto, we
are o r g a n i z i n g t o a s s i s t d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s i n t h e e f f o r t t o
a v o i d o r m i t i g a t e t h e worst e f f e c t s o f g l o b a l c l i m a t e change by
encouraging energy e f f i c i e n c y , renewable energy and c l e a n
technology.
By e n c o u r a g i n g t h e use o f such "green f r i e n d l y "
t e c h n o l o g i e s i n d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s , we a r e a l s o h e l p i n g t o
c r e a t e a new and dynamic market f o r b o o s t i n g America's e x p o r t s i n
a f i e l d where t h e U.S. has a s t r o n g c o m p e t i t i v e advantage."
�-4World Hunger
Suggested language:
"At the World Food Summit l a s t year, our n a t i o n j o i n e d the
i n t e r n a t i o n a l community i n a commitment t o reduce the number of
people s u f f e r i n g from m a l n u t r i t i o n by one-half. Today 800
m i l l i o n people, mostly c h i l d r e n , survive on the margins w i t h less
than the minimum r e q u i s i t e c a l o r i c intake each day. This i s a
goal we can reach through i n t e r n a t i o n a l cooperation and w i t h a
modest c o n t r i b u t i o n t o a g l o b a l food s e c u r i t y e f f o r t .
We should s t a r t t o meet t h i s i n t e r n a t i o n a l goal by
committing ourselves t o the e l i m i n a t i o n of hunger r i g h t here i n
America." ( A g r i c u l t u r e can supply language re our domestic
goal).
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United States Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
Washington, D.C. 20240
PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE
By JOHN GARAMENDI
As we prepare to turn the corner on this century and take stock of where we are, a useful
measure is to tour the great art galleries of America and view our progress from the keen eyes of
the artist. Two Washington, D.C. galleries - the Museum of American Art and the National
Gallery of Art - are displaying American art of the 19th and 20th centuries and the contrast is
stark .
The art of the 20th Century is powerful and reflects both the wonders of the technological
age we live in and the current inward focus on self and life styles.
Much of the art of the last century looks outward - at the grandeur and beauty of an
American being newly explored and discovery. Among the best examples of this art are the grant
grand paintings of Thomas Moran - epic depiction of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
There is no doubt the 20th century has been an American century - we have become the
world's pre-eminent power by any measuring standard, and we have achieved dramatic increases
in the standard of living for most of people. But we have paid a price - a cost than can be added
up in the losses of the land.
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The works of Moran and other anists - such as the naturalists of what was known as the
Hudson Valley school of grand landscape painters - capture in oils and bright colors the aweinspiring natural beauty of America.
But increasingly, that natural grandeur has been destroyed or damaged by the mighty hand
of progress. The Hudson River no longerflowsclean and pure, the mountains are stripped of
much of the old-growth forests of the 19th century, and the Grand Canyon too often disappears,
covered by a haze of soot and pollution. The once-abundant salmon are all but gone from the
rivers of the Northwest and the great flocks of geese and ducks no longer darken the skies of the
Chesapeake Bay and the great Central Valley of California.
As we prepare to enter the 21st century, we must take stock and resolve to restore our
natural heritage.
Many of the steps appear small and isolated when viewed by themselves, but when we
step back and look at the larger picture - as those 19th century painters did - we see a new and
different picture beginning to emerge, a new ethic being sketched.
That new ethic can be seen in a number of areas:
WATER - No longer are we simply building dams and diverting rivers for the use of
agriculture and cheap power. Now, we are asking questions we didn't ask before - such as
whether the distribution of water is fair and whether the use of the water helps fish and animals.
And increasingly, we are including more people and interests in answering those questions people such as environmentalists and residents of cities and suburbs. In the past, those people
were seldom asked their opinion about water issues.
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RESTORATION - Of course, we cannot turn back the clock, but we can undo some of
the damage we have caused. In the Central Valley of California, we preparing for the largest
restoration of a watershed in history, an effort that will restore some of the habitat and waterfowl
that greeted the gold seekers who rushed in 150 years ago. In Florida, we are undertaking an
equally ambitious effort to save and restore the Everglades, the huge swath of marsh and swamp
that was once home to a veritable Noah's Ark of wildlife.
PROTECTION - Where we can, we are protecting the remaining natural wonders. For
example, we are working to save the Headwaters forest on the northern California coast, the
largest remaining stand of old-growth redwoods now in private hands. Fewer than 5 percent of
old-growth redwoods are left from 150 years ago, and we must save as many of those as we can.
And one of the most heartening developments is that throughout the West, groups and
people who once fought each other - such as environmentalists, ranchers, and developers, are
now finding common ground to protect their heritage. For example, a wide variety of groups are
finally working together to protect Lake Tahoe - the lake that Mark Twain once called "the fairest
jewel nature has to offer." For too long, too many people looked at Tahoe as a way to further
their own interests. Now, groups and people who once fought over it are working together.
We're also seeing a new focus on recreation and tourism, which sees the natural beauty of
America as a resource to be treasured, not simply developed. For example, businesses in
northern Arizona have reported an increase in visitors after the return of the California condors to
the skies there for thefirsttime in almost 80 years. In Yellowstone, the return of wild wolves has
also sparked an increase in visitors.
While perhaps most profound in the United States, this renewed interest in nature has not
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been limited to America. Around the world, other nations such as South Africa and China are
trying to balance development and the needs of growing populations with their need to protect
resources. Global bodies such as the United Nations are trying to develop ways to protect the
earth's resources, such as deserts.
In December, we took another major step forward when, with other nations, we agreed to
limitations on the types of gases which are causing the planet to get warmer, a trend that must be
slowed and halted as much as possible if we want to protect what we have built in America.
Taken together, these steps will help us protect and preserve much of the awe-inspiring
America that Moran and travelers saw. We can do that, while at the same improving our
standard of living and including more of the people who have been left out in our society.
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�January 20, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL WALDMAN
FROM:
DON GIPS
JIM KOHLENBERGER
SUBJECT:
STATE OF THE UNION EDITS
Education — Needs ed-tech reference:
Instead of the education paragraph on page 5 that begins: We must do even more...
Replace with:
They also must know that their children will be provided a true learning
environment. That means they need a 21st century infrastructure. That is why my
balanced budget helps repair or build thousands of new schools. That is why this
month we launched a new $10 billion effort over the next 4 years to connect every
classroom to the Internet and put the future at our children's fingertips.(erate)
And with my budget we will ensure that every school will have an educational
technology expert and teachers will have the training they need to make the most
of these new technologies. And this budget will enable us to teach millions of
children to read by the third grade.
Space Station — the facts
•
The draft suggests that the space station will be the "first time in human history of the
world" that we build a new home in space. This is not really accurate, the Russian Mir
space station has been up there for over a decade already, we also had Skylab.
•
The phrase on "as much electrical power as a small city" has got to go, it is wildly off in
terms of power levels.
•
The phrase "inside its vast compartments" should go. While the station will be larger that
the Shuttle, its too much of a strain to call the modules "vast". It will only hold 6 and
that's at assembly complete.
•
One other observation, can we weave in some mention of the planetary exploration side
of our space program? We've gotten so much mileage out of Mars Pathfinder and the
images from Hubble, plus under the Research Fund, we are looking at giving NASA an
additional $677M over 5 years for space science.
•
Our suggestion would be for Speechwriting to task Eric Schnure (formerly in OVP
speechwwrting) at NASA's speechwriting office 358-2385 and ask him for 5 lines. He'll
know what needed in terms of length, tone, etc.
�The centuries of Physics vs. Biology
This can & does cause us lots of problems.
Instead of:
If the past century was the age of physics, the next century will be the age of biology.
Use something like:
If the past century was built by the auto, the airplane and the atom, then the next century
will be built by bytes, brains, and biology.
Or:
The past half-century has seen mankind split the atom; splice genes; create the microchip;
explore the heavens. We enter the next century propelled by new and stunning
developments.
Community Empowerment
Our community empowerment agenda is helping residents of our Nation's distressed
urban and rural areas ~ from the inner-city of Detroit to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas - breathe new life into their neighborhoods. With initiatives from Empowerment Zones
and Enterprise Communities to community development banks and cleaning up and
redeveloping abandoned Brownfields in our cities ~ we are partnering with local
communities and providing people with the tools and flexibility to solve their own
problems. And I want to build on this approach, with you. Today, I will be calling on
Congress to provide the necessary funding for a "second round" of Empowerment Zones,
along with funding for new "Education Opportunity Zones." And I will be calling on
Congress to boost funding for Brownfields redevelopment, community development
banks, an expanded Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and other programs that open the
door to homeownership and even greater opportunity for all Americans.
FreeTV
The time is now for us to pass real bipartisan campaign reform. I am pleased that the
leadership in both Houses have scheduled a vote for March. But a vote is not enough. I
challenge Congress to pass real reform and send it to my desk. In the meantime, I will
move the reform forward this week by calling on the Federal Communications
Commission to use existing statutory authority to pass rules that would provide free
broadcast time to candidates for Federal office on the public's airwaves.
Global Economy Section
In the global economy section you may want to add some language on promoting
competition and deregulation, here and abroad. In particular add something on opening
markets by pursuing competition in telecommunications — providing choice and lower
prices for consumers and encouraging the entrepreneurs who drive innovation.
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Minyon Moore
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To:
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Michael Waldman/WHO/EOP, Sidney Blumenthal/WHO/EOP
cc:
Sylvia M. Mathews/WHO/EOP, June G. Turner/WHO/EOP, Kevin S. Moran/WHO/EOP
Subject: SOTU thoughts...
Michael I will need to bring you up to speed on this: Last night I raised w i t h Sylvia that I thought it
would be important in the State of the Union, that the President was somehow able to articulate
in his speech a tone that reflected restoring people's faith and trust in him and the Presidency.
Sylvia spoke w i t h the President and he did convey that he wanted us to be mindful of this tone.
I
have come to understand this in my o w n humble way as an oblique message of hope rooted in
scripture, poetry and vision.
Please recognize, I am in no way suggesting that he use his speech to discuss our current situation
head on, I am simply stating we cannot take his supporters for granted nor his detractors and they
need to be reassured on several fronts: ( 1 ) t h a t he's on okay; (2) he will continue to lead this
nation w i t h the passion and vigor that he has for 5 years; and (3) that he remains a great leader,
still energized and a fighter for the American people. I suppose what I am suggesting is that he
uses the bully pull pit of Congress to paint a picture and tell a story of hope against amazing odds
throughout portions of his speech.
To that end, I am proposing the following recommendations based on a very well thought out
speech as it stands to date ~ while recognizing that we have a unique set of circumstances looming
over the top. I am also mindful, that these suggestions will need to be evaluated in the context of
what has already been developed.
Most of my recommendations can be accomplished within the current structure and will only
present an artistic challenge. I only have one goal, and that is to have this speech reflect a person
that has shown exemplary vision and commitment to and on behalf the American family. A n d ,
during his journey these last five years, he has been tried and tested, but through it all " w e the
American people" were able to accomplish great things together.
Why has he worked so hard to make our future prosperous for generations to come?
His faith in God should be strengthen and seen as the underpinning for his policy and thought
process.
In articulating his economic vision for example, we must combine it w i t h the ethics of
what he has tried to accomplish. His vision and his compassion for the middle class and the
"least of these" has been at the cornerstone of our administration. The people based economy has
not been highlighted to the degree it should.
More often than not, his policies have been rooted
in a sense of humane priorities with a vision towards One America
that is his moral voice of
authority. The American people must be reminded of the role he has played in charting a new
course for the 21st century.
If you review the first five pages (based on my last draft 5:20 p.m. 1/21) you will note that
Clinton's vision/principle doesn't really enter the picture until page 4. As we take America on this
journey to the past, present and future, we must weave him into this journey in a subtle and
humble way very early on in the speech. This scripture comes to mind (St. John 1:16 (New
�Ron Klain @ OVP
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To:
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Michael Waldman/WHO/EOP
cc:
Subject: Parochial VP Issues
T w o on my mind:
1. I would trade the second VP ref on ReGo (the one in the back of the speech) for a VP ref on
EZs.
2. Can we get some mention of education technology. Either in the ed section, or in the tech
section.
Thanks.
�Sally Katzen
01/23/98 05:57:48 PM
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To:
Record
Michael Waldman/WHO/EOP
cc:
Franklin D. Raines/OMB/EOP
Subject: SOTU -- Y2K
I volunteered t w o sentences -- there are actually 5, but one is short:
There has been a lot of attention lately to the potential disruption of our millennium
celebration by the computer problem known as "Y2K." It turns out that computers, as smart
as they are, don't always know that the number "zero-zero" in a date means 2000, not 1900.
We are stepping up our efforts to address this problem in the systems that support the Federal
government's activities so that Americans can be sure of receiving government services and
benefits before, during, and after the date change. But responsibility for fixing this problem
goes beyond the Federal government. State and local governments and private businesses
must also move quickly to assess and fix their computers and other electronic systems so that
they can process data correctly in the twenty first century.
�TH E W H I T E
HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 22, 1998
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Michael A. Waldman
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting
FROM:
Thurgood Marshall, J r ^ ^
Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary
Bibb Hubbard
Director of Special Projects
SUBJECT:
The State of the Union
Please find attached the Office of Personnel Management's suggestions for the President's
State of the Union Address.
If you have any questions, please give either one of us a call (6-2572).
Thank you.
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M E M O R A N D U M FOR M I C H A E L W A L D M A N
ASSISTANT T O T H E PRESIDENT
AND D I R E C T O R O F / S P E E C H W R I T I N G
FROM:
LEIGH M . SHEIN^
CHIEF OF STAFF w
SUBJECT:
Additional Idea* tor State of the Union Address
DATE:
January 21, 1998
Here are some additional ideaj; tnr the State of the Union address. Please call me if you need any more
information. We can m m around anything you would like to use around very quickly.
Announcements / Challenges
•
A Day of Service: As a dramatic step to lead by example and encourage community service,
we recommend the President announce that he is allowing each Federal employee to spend 1
work day a year in service to their communities by participating in service projects organized
by the Federal agencies for which they work. (No Budget Impact. Value of time:
$325,000,000.)
Language; "Today I am announcing an initiative that I believe will help
(names of federal
heros
) and all the federal workers s/he represents do even more for their communities.
Fvcry federal w orker hencetnnh will have one udditional day per year To contribute their services
as a volunteer - one work day. This is in recognition of the many volunteer days they already
give to their locaJ and narionaJ communities. With apologies to 'Jerry McGuire,' the least we can
da is help them help us.
.!^bJic>Sej;vjce. Hero: A Fedcra.! employee who is an active community volunteer.
•
Expanding Federal Child Care: To provide Federal employee parents and their pre-school
children with more available,, affordable, and quality child care, we recommend the President
announce a legislative proposal to expand the authority of agencies to establish and fund
dependent care programs. (Currently, Federal agencies-other than DoD— are severely restricted
by law as to their use of appropriated funds for subsidizing child care. The most significant costs
that may not be paid for by agency funds are those of staff salaries and benefits.)
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A Call to Government ServifL-: We recommend the President tell Americans that while we
have created a government that is smaller and more cost effective, there is still a need for the
"best and the brightest" to answer the call to government service (similar to the calls put out
by John and Bobby Kennedy). We should also emphasize our goal (and achievements) of
having a federal workforce thai "looks like America" as a tie in to the Race Initiative.
Examples of Past Successes
Welfare to Work: Ln March of this year, the President asked Cabinet agencies to do their fair
share in moving people from welfare to work. The Cabinet embraced this challenge and
committed to hiring at least 10,000 welfare recipients over the next four years.
And less than one year later, federal agencies have moved almost 2,500 people from welfare to
work. We are on schedule to meet our share of the obligation to move people from dependency
into the workplace. And that is one small example of what federal workers are doing as they
create a workforce and workplace for the future,
Public Service Hero: A new Federal employee who was hired as part of the Federal
government's welfare TO work initiative. (We can provide names)
>•
Reducing the Cost and Size of Government: President Clinton reduced the size of the
Executive; Branch by 331,000 people (almost 15 percent) since taking office. Enough people
have left federal service lo nil the stadium where the Super Bowl was just played more than
4 times. This downsizing was accomplished as humanely as possible.
>•
Pioneering Privatization: As part of its downsizing and reinvention efforts, the Office of
Personnel Mansircmcm prn Mtired it? personnel security investigations unit through the creation
of the Federal government's first Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP, and helped more
than 700 government investigators start their own private enterprise. The success of the new
company has far surpassed projections; the initiative is now on a course to triple the anticipated
savings to the taxpayer of $20 - 25 million. It has compleiely satisfied the three goals we set
for it' generate savings tor the taxpayer, make it a seamless transition for the customers, and
treat the unit's employees in a humane fashion.
>•
Family-Friendly Workplace Initiatives: As an employer, we have blazed the trail to family
friendly policies in many ways-flexible work schedules, telecommuting, leave-sharing, and parttime work schedules, among many others. Federal employees can now use sick leave to care for
family members or when adopting a child. Such efforts allow federal employees to structure
their working time to care for family members who are ill, and to participate in their children's
lives, so they don t have to choose between their profession and their parenthood. The best
private sector workplaces also make such provisions for their workers, recognizing that allowing
people to meet their responsibilities to their families makes them better, happier, more productive
people.
?
ee:
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Assistant to the President
and Secretary to the Cabinet
Bruce N. Reed
Assistant to the President
for Domestic Policy
�THE DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE CORPS
WASHINGTON. D C.
January 19, 1998
Mr. Michael Waldman
Deputy Assistant to the President
Director
Office of Speechwriting
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Michael:
I am sure that you are the recipient of more than a few requests for lines in the
President's State of the Union Address. I thought, however, that you might be
interested in seeing some of the excellent press that we have received since the
President announced that he would seek funding to expand the Peace Corps to
10,000 Volunteers by the year 2000. Enclosed you will find favorable editorials on
the President's initiative that have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Boston
Globe, The Sacramento Bee, The Atlanta Constitution, The Columbus (Ohio)
Dispatch, and The Herald Sun in Durham, NC, as well as a very positive op-ed by
David Broder and a bipartisan press release from six Members of Congress who
served in the Peace Corps. In addition, our eleven recruiting offices across the
country have received numerous calls of support from ordinary Americans who
support the Peace Corps and the contributions that our Volunteers are making. In
the weeks and months ahead, we plan to continue our efforts to amplify the
President's announcement.
I believe that a reference to the President's Peace Corps initiative in his State of the
Union Address would be received with bipartisan support in Congress and wide
popularity among the American people. I hope that you will keep this in mind as
you move forward with your drafts for the President and would appreciate any
reference to the initiative.
Best wishes.
Mark D. Gearan
Director
�Cos Angete* ©mes
Expand the Peace Corps
When John F. Kennedy created the Peace
Corps in 1961. it; was embraced by Americans as
a reflection of their national idealism. It took
hold strongly and survived the end of the Cold
War and federal budget-choppers, diminished
but intact. Now President Clinton has proposed
an expansion to 10,000 volunteers, well below
its peak of 15,000 but a. healthy increase from
the current 6,600. It's an idea with high rewards
for low cost.
Peace Corps volunteers nowadays travel to
the former Soviet Union and other former
Eastern Bloc nations as well as Africa, Asia and
Latin America. They are about to enter South
Africa, with a project to improve science and
math teaching. They work on small business
formation, nutrition, maternal health, schooling and more. Worthy projects, but the biggest
dividend may be America's—citizens who
return home with a sense of internationalism.
self-reliance and civic responsibility. Exvolunteers enter lublic life and do domestic
volunteer work at ligher than average rates.
True, the Peace Corps can't solve the world's
problems. But on a budget of just S222 million,
which Clinton would raise to $270 million in
fiscal 1999, it presents the best face of this
nation to the rest of the world. Volunteers are
still generally in their 20s (there is no upper age
limit), though job skills requiring experience,
such as nursing, are more valued than they
were at the beginning.
Clinton's goal, 10,000 volunteers, is about,
right. In the early years, fast expansion left
some volunteers without adequate jobs, and it
was a scramble to find them all useful slots.
There's no better time to strengthen the
Peace Corps than now. with the U.S. buoyed by
optimism. Share that outlook with the world, at
A bargain price.
Tuesday
January 13
1998
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DavidS. Broder
The Peace
Corps:
Winner
All Around
Credit President Clinton for at
least one initiative that has received
warm praise in both parties and
reflects well on this nation around
the world.
In his budget for next year, Clinton
will ask for a substantial increase in
funds for the Peace Corps, a legacy
of the idealistic 1960s that has taken
on fresh significance in this end-ofthe-century environment.
Hie president has announced he
will seek a 21 percent boost in Peace
Corps funds--$48 million—as the
first stage in increasing the number
of Americans in its overseas assignments to 10,000 by the end of the
decade. Today there are roughly
6,600 vokmtws working in schools,
clinks, nascent businesses and helping on agricultural and environmental projects in 85 countries.
They may be the best ambassadors this country has ever had.
John Kennedy launched the Peace
Corps in 1961, borrowing the idea
from Hubert Humphrey, and in its
first heady years it sent as many as
15,000 young Americans to remote
villages m the Third World. But it
languished in the go-go 19808, when
barely one-third that many volunteers were in the field at any time.
Today, happily, the supply of
would-be Peace Corps workers is
increasing at the same time that
worldwide demand is on the rise.
Last year, according to Director
Mark Gearan, more than 150,000
people contacted Peace Corps offices inquiring about slots—up 40 percentfrom 1994.
The end of the CoW War and the
spread of democracy in previously
authoritarian countries have opened
new opportunities and responsibilities for the Peace Corps. This year, it
will start programs in the former
Soviet republic of Georgia, in Bangladesh and in Moiambique. Last year,
at die request of President Nelson
Mandela, it began working in South
Africa.
Later this week, a new contingent
of 41 volunteers will leave Atlanta for
South Africa, after a sendoff from
Gearan, Franklin Sonn, South Africa's ambassador to Washington, and
Sargent Shriver, the first director of
the Peace Corps.
One of those volunteers is Jason
Carter, a recent graduate of Duke
University and the grandson of former president Jimmy Carter. Hie
Peace Corps is of course a Carter
family tradition. Jason's great-grandmother, Miss Lillian, served as a
volunteer nurse in India in the late
1960s, when she was well along in
years.
Young Carter tells me he asked
for an African assignment after seeing the devastation in Liberia on a
visit with his grandfather and calculating that "I may never have another
chance" to explore what can be done
to help on that continent But, at 22,
he also sees the rewards for himself.
"Even if you go to Duke," he said, "or
maybe to make up for going to Duke,
you want a new way of going out to
look at the world. Our culture is
stampeding, and this may be a way to
see what parts you can take at &ce
value and what parts you need to
reject"
Gearan, an understated Boston
Irishman, askedforthe Peace Corps
assignment after carrying lots of
water for Clinton,firstas director of
the Democratic Governors' Association, then as a 1992 campaign press
spokesman and finally as White
House communications director during the toughest parts of the first
term.
One of the least cynical politicians
I have known, Gearan said the other
day, "It was a great honor to work in
the White House, but it is really
inspiring to be in this job and see the
very tangible differences our volunteers are making.
"In Botswana," he said, "I was with
one of our volunteers, a 64-year-old
grandmother who has helped a cooperative of women weavers triple their
income in the past year. She's living
in a thatehed-roof hut filled with
drawings by her nine grandchildren."
Gearan has used his influence
whh Clintontoset the Peace Corps
on its upward trajectory, but he has
had many allies. "When heads of
state andforeignministers come to
Washington, many of them come by
here to thank us," Gearan said.
"Some of them, in their youth, were
taught by Peace Corps volunteers."
The returned volunteers, now
numbering 150,000, form a powerful
grass-roots lobby. On Capitol Hill,
the support is bipartisan. Georgia
Republican Sen. Paul Coverdell, who
ran the Peace Corps during much of
the Bush administration, told the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution he is
enthusiastic about Clinton's expansion plans. "I never met an ambassador ... of another government that
had been the beneficiary of this
program who did not view it as the
most successful of its kind." Similar
support has come from six other
legislators—three Democrats and
three Republicans—who were Peace
Corps volunteers.
Ihis one is a winner all around.
�SUNDAY, JANUARY 11. I'm
The P a e Corps payoff
ec
President Clinton is right: The Peace Corps
should be bigger. One important reason is that it
sends grandmothers ~ take Marion Hoffman of
Minnesota - to Guatemala.
In
the same year that he provoked
Americans to wonder w hat they could do for their
country, President Kennedy started the Peace
Corps. Then as now, its lofty purpose was to promote world peace and mutual understanding by
sending volunteers to serve around the world. Today that's 87 countries.
But at home, the crackling value of the Peace
Corps is that it makes Americans smarter. People
learn about the world not through newpapers or
network anchors but from the aforementioned
grandmother and others - friends, siblings, college
roommates, and co-workers - who serve.
While the average age of the volunteers is 28,
the Peace Corps's oldest volunteer is 78, an impressive reminder of the high-octane contributions
to be made by American retirees.
The Peace Corps amplifies its reach with the
"World Wise Schools program. The program cre-
ates pen pal relationships between volunteers and
school classes in the third through 12th grades.
Volunteers' letters are supplemented by videos
and teaching guides.
As the world changes, the Peace Corps
changes. In 1995, director Mark Gearan created
the Crisis Corps - a team of experienced Peace
Corps volunteers who provide short-term assistance to countries during natural disasters or humanitarian crises. In 1997, the Peace Corps entered South Africa and Jordan, and it will enter
Bangladesh. Mozambique, and Georgia in 1998. It
pulls out of countries where it perceives a shrinking need, such as Hungary, Chile, and Costa Rica.
And the organization is advising Mali and Thailand
on how to set up their own volunteer corps.
Clinton's proposed $48 million increase would
bring the Peace Corps's budget to $270 million.
The corps could expand its ranks from 6,500 to
10,000 by the year 2000 - a boost to international
service and American awareness. Now it's up to
Congress to do the right thing and approve this
modest increase.
�THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Peace Corps deserves support
Imagine this: President Clinton has singled
out one federal agency for a 21 percent
increase in funding for next year and more
than a 50 percent hike in personnel by 2000,
and yet not a single peep of protest has been
heard so far from Capitol Hill.
Maybe that's because a bipartisan group of
senators and representatives are alums of the
organization in question: the Peace Corps.
They include a former director, Sen. Paul
Coverdell (R-Ga.), and six ex-volunteers: Sen.
Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), Rep. Sam Fair
(D-Cal.), Rep. Tony Hall (D-Ohio), Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wis.), Rep. Christopher Shays (RConn.) and Rep. James Walsh (R-N.Y.).
All are good salesmen for the corps, having
witnessed its effectiveness up close, but
Coverdell is in an especially good position to
help the corps. He is a ranking member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and its
chairman, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C), respects
Coverdell's judgment on Peace Corps issues.
Clinton's proposal drew a welcome endorsement from Coverdell and a promise to urge his
RepubUcan colleagues to approve it. " I never
met an official representative of another government that had been the beneficiary of this
program who did not view it as the most successful of its kind," Coverdell said.
To maximize the good it does, the Peace
Corps will have to do more than put more volunteers in more countries eager to receive
them. It will need to ensure its training programs and support systems are strengthened to
match the 3,500 additional volunteers Clinton
intends to send into the field.
Over the years, the Peace Corps experience
has taught the best way to help poor countries
is to provide teachers, health workers, small
business counselors and agricultural and other
development advisors. In the process, these
volunteers have won countless friends for
America but also have brought back with them
a heightened understanding and appreciation
for foreign cultures.
In Coverdell's estimation, it is a partnership
in which the United States is by far the big
winner. This is one Clinton plan to expand the
federal government that ought to sail through
Congress.
January 16, 1998
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An investment
PThisenot charity. This xa partner-o spending on all sorts of programs.
e cis Corps eisp ni n merits consideration
a
as
ship, and the United States is by far the big
ivinner. — Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga.,
Peace Corps director in the Bush administration
Budget-conscious conservative mtmbers of Congress reasonably may be skeptical of President Clinton's proposal to expand the Peace Corps to l . O from 6,500.
OO P
The president figures it will take a $48
million increase in the Peace Corps budget
for fiscal year 1999, to $270 million.
Peace Corps volunteers provide a variety of helpful services, often as teachers of
fanning, rural-community skills and urban
planning. Today volunteers are at work in
85 countries.
With the federal budget possibly headed for the black for the first time in many
years, budget hawks need to be on guard
against a barrage of schemes to increase
Would the results justify the additional
Peace Corps costs?
Coverdell certainly is a behever.
"This is one idea that does work," the
former director asserted. " I can certify
from personal experience, I never met an
ambassador and I never met an official
representative of another government that
had been the beneficiary of this program
who did not view it as the most successful of
its kind."
The Peace -Corps, created in 1961, has
helped thousands of people climb at least a
few rungs up the ladder from the pit of
desperate poverty. In the process, the volunteers have helped to stimulate the growth
of markets for products made in more
industrialized countries.
Congress should give serious consideration to the president's plan.
January 9, 1998
�MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1998
FINAL
DURHAM, NORTH C A R O L I N A
PEACE CORPS
;
FKs living legacy
Buily for President Clinton, who said Saturday in his weekly
radio address that he wants to expand the Peace Corps by the
year 2000. The Peace Corps, a living legacy of President John
F. Kennedy, remains one of this country's best and most
affordable foreign-aid programs.
That's because the Peace Corps is a p<v')ple-to-people
program. It isn't sacks of grain bearing the likeness of the
American flag, but rather another kind of nourishment —
skills and knowledge. The Peace Corps is also one of those rare
programs that probably does as much for its volunteers as
they do for people in their host country. No one who goes to a
third world country for two years of life reduced to its basics
wdll come home unchanged. The Research Triangle is home for
many former volunteers who will attest to that.
Clinton wants to raise the number of Peace Corps slots from
6,600 to 10,000 at a cost of $48 million, or about the sticker
price of an F-15 fighter jet. The Peace Corps reached its
highest level of volunteers in 1966, when 15,600 young
Americans were in the program.
The average: age of a volunteer is 29. Today's volunteers are
more likely to possess computer literacy and other high-tech
skills than Americans who went into the program 30 years ago.
Poor countries want volunteers who will help jump start their
telecommunications systems, schools and other vital assets.
Not much remains of Camelot these days. No doubt few .in
that era expected the Peace Corps to survive after Kennedy's
death. Sometimes, though, it's the little things that last.
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Expand the Peace Corps? Despite cost-cutting
trend, Clinton's plan makes sense
(Published fan. 7, 1998)
H In an era of shrinking budgets and growing popular skepticism about big
government, expansion is rarely on the agenda for public programs these
days. President Qinton wants to change that dramatically for one program:
the Peace Corps.
Clinton has proposecTa more than 50 percent expansion in the number of Peace
Corps volunteers, seeking funds to send as many as 10,000 American volunteers
-to overseas missions by 2000. To pay for the increase there are about 6,500
volunteers today he seeks a 22 percent hike in the agency's budget, to S270
million.
That is a small price to pay for a big return. The Peace Corps has long enjoyed
bipartisan support in Washington for its no-nonsense approach and the good
it does. Prominent lawmakers in both parties have Peace Corps service on
their churns, and there is widespread agreement that the program has been
an enduring success since launched by President Kennedy.
In 1969, under President Nixon, the Peace Corps sent 12,000 volunteers
overseas to work on dean water, literacy and other projects. With the
disintegration of the Communist bloc, much more of the world is open to
volunteers today, but funding has been in continued decline. This year,
director Mark Gearan trimmed headquarters staff by 11 percent, cut medical
costs and dosed Peace Corps operations in 12 countries. "Now," he says,
correctly, "is the right time [to expand] because the Peace Corps has its own
house in order."
One of the often-overlooked payoffs of the Peace Corps is the benefit it
brings to the Americans who partidpate. They return to this country
enriched in many ways, with a legacy of activism and involvement that
serves their nation well for the rest of their lives.
That benefit could be immeasurably enhanced if more Americans were
involved. While there is considerable debate about the concept of
compulsory national service, there should be no doubt about the good that
would come from making more opportunities for service available.
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F O R M E R P E A C E CORPS VOLU1STEERS I N CONGRESS SUPPORT
MAJOR EXPANSION
Shays, Dodd, Walsh, Farr, Petri and Hall support President's plan
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 - All six former Peace Corps volunteers in the 105th Congress
announced their support for the major expansion of the corps President Clinton outlined in his
radio address today.
"This Peace Corps initiative will allow more Americans to make more of a difference in more
countries. I could not support it more," said Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Corm., who served in Fiji
from 1968-70. "The Peace Corps is not a Democrat issue or a Republican issue. People from
South Africa to Uzbekistan want better lives for themselves and their children, they want access
to safe drinking water and the know-how to start small businesses, and the Peace Corps allows
Americans to help. I will work with Director Gearan and my fellow former volunteers in
Congress to pass this exciting expansion."
"The President's request for more Peace Corps volunteers makes tremendous sense in this global
economy," said Sea Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., who served in the Dominican Republic from
1966-68.
"The Peace Corps mission hasn't changed in nearly three decades, but the world has. In the midst
of that change, there is new opportunity for us to continue the good work of the Peace Corps and
Tm proud to support that effort," said Rep. James T. Walsh, R-N.Y., who served in Nepal from
1970-72.
" I am pleased to see the President taking these steps to strengthen the Peace Corps, and as such,
America's "helping hand' to our global neighbors. As a former Peace Corps volunteer, I know
service in this manner is one way to teach independence,.build character, and establish
understanding across cultures. I support the President in this endeavor and will do all I can to see
this program expansion become a reality," said Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., who served in Colombia
from 1964-66.
"While helping other nations, the Peace Corps experience also helps the United States by giving
volunteers a greater knowledge of the world," said Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wisc, who served in
Somalia from 1966-67.
"The best foreign policy we have to give other nations ... is our people," said Rep. Tony Hail, DOhio, who served in Thailand from 1966-68.
The President's initiative would put the Peace Corps on the path to having 10,000 volunteers in
the year 2000, aji increase of more than 50 percent from the currant 6,500 volunteers. The Peace
Corps budget would increase 21 percent under the proposal, from $222 million this year to S270
million in the year begmning Oct. 1.
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INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR ERSKINE BOWLES
FROM:
JANET d Q S ^ W
SUBJECT:
STATE OF THE UNION
This memorandum summarizes for your information the action items that we have provided
through various channels for incorporation into the State of the Union speech [the Speech].
PROTECTING AMERICA'S YOUNG PEOPLE:
Background:
In 1997, for the first time in roughly six years, studies uniformly show that
youth drug use has leveled off, or in some cases is now diminishing. Despite
these indications, youth drug use remains alarmingly high; every day,
approximately 8,600 young people try an illegal drug for thefirsttime. A
recent study by Harvard found youth drug use to be the primary concern
among American adults with respect to our children.
The NatiPPgl Anti-Drtlg Youth Medfr Campaign
1998 Deliverable:
By June, the Campaign goes nationwide (e.g., ads will appear on network TV
shows like Seinfeld and Lettetmen). [The President launched the Campaign
in 1997; the 12 pilot "learning lab" test cilies are now underway].
Key Language:
"Focus the full power of the modem media - from
television to the Internet — on teaching children that
drugs can kill you and your ajspirations."
"This campaign will get the message that drugs arc
literally a dead end out, but we all have lo make sure
that this message is heard and understood — parents
must sit down with their children at the kitchen table
and talk honestly about drugs; teachers need to help
give children the tools for brighter tomorrows; police
officers need to keqi our streets safe and free of drugs
— we all must play a role."
The Drug Free Communities Act [Signed by the President in 1997]
1998 Deliverable:
Beginning in 1998, we will help strengthen and build 14,000 community
anti-drug coalitions over the next live years, focusing on preventing youth
drug use.
SECURING OUR BORDERS - STRENGTHENING THE SOUTHWEST BORDER
Background:
In 1997, over 250 million people, 75 million cars and 3.5 million trucks ami
rail cars entered the United States; representing substantial economic
progress for the United States and Mexico. However, over half of the
cocaine and vast quantities of other drugs, such marijuana and heroin, that
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enter the US do so via this border. The Administration has deployed new
resources (e.g., doubled the number of Border Patrol agents), but resources
alone cannot solve the problem
Announcement of a flve-vear povemment-wide plan to strengthen the border.
Key Language:
See Attachment A
THE 1998 NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
Each year, ONDCP is required to produce a national drug control strategy.
Background:
The 1998 National DruP Control Strategy
1998 Deliverable:
The 1998 Strategy is the first strategy to provide a ten-year plan to reduce
drug abuse and its consequences in America by fifty percent - to a historic
new low, This plan is backed by the President's budget — the largest federal
anti-drug budget ever presented.
ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT DRUGS
Over the last few years, international cooperation against drugs has
Background:
galvanized. Recognizing the common threat to the public health and trust
drugs represent, the international community is uniting to combat this threat.
For example, Peruvian coca production declined by an unprecedented 40
percent over the last two years. In 1997, the United Stales and Mexico
signed a joint Threat Assessment and-an.Alliance tofightdrugs; and, with the
CARICOM nations we signed a Plati ofAction against drugs.
The US-Mexico Joint Strateyv
1998 Deliverable:
This historic,first-everbilateral strategy sets forth a unified gameplan for
attacking drug use and includes measures by which the progress of these
efforts can be gauged - can be released by February,
The Santiagp Snmrnlt
1998 Deliverable:
Building upon our efforts at the Miami Summit, the United States will seek
to advance aframeworkfor enhanced hemispheric efforts against drugs at the
Santiago Summit.
The United Nations Special Session
1998 Deliverable:
The US will use the special session to galvanize intemalional counter-drug
support and to advance specific efforts to combat drugs here and around the
world.
Please feelfreeto call me if you require any additional information or assistance.
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Attachment A: Southwest Border Language for State of the Union Speech
Tn 1997 alone, over 250 million people, 75 million cars and 3.5 million trucks and railcars
entered the United States from Mexico. This stream of commerce, people and culture represents
tremendous economic growth and opportunity for each of our two great nations. Sadly, over half
the cocaine and marijuana that enters the United States does so via our Southwest border. The
challenge before us is to expand the beneficial exchange of industry and ideas, but stem the flow
of illegal drugs.
Since taking office, this Administration has significantly strengthened our Southwest
border. We have doubled the size of the Border Patrol; [expanded by a third the number of
commercial inspections]; added sophisticated technologies to the drug fighting arsenal; and,
increased federal counter-drug resources in this region by almost $600 million. This year's
Southwest border law enforcement budget will double 1993 spending levels. In 1998, we will
increase the strength of the Border Patrol and Customs Service by over 1,000 new officers and
agents. We will also continue to develop and deploy the most advanced technologies to ferret
out contraband from commerce. And we will create a unified, streamlined and coordmated
structure for the border that is accountable and dynamic enough to meet the evolving nature of
the drug threat. Our borders will remain the world's most open to commerce, culture and
knowledge, but the gate will close on drugs.
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�Michael I know you don't need any more kibitzers, but one thing struck me about the
opening.
It seemed to me that the Capps-Bono paragraph needed a short lead-in. The
attached suggestion is intended to open with a little more outreach to the Republican side while
separating the remembrancefromthe body of the speech. There could then be a brief moment of
silence before the President launches into his rhetoric.
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�PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
UNITED STATES CAPITOL
January 27,1998
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of the 105 th Congress, distinguished guests,
and my fellow Americans:
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^Since the last time we met in this chamber, America has lost two great patriots and fine
public servants. Though they stood on opposite sides of the aisle, Representatives Walter
Capps and Sonny Bono shared a deep love for this House and an unshakeable commitment to
improving the lives of all our people. They represented the best of America and they will be
sorely missed.
For 209 years, it has been the President's duty to report to you on the State of the
Union: Tonight, it is a duty any citizen would cherish. Because of the hard work and high
purpose of the American people, these are good times for America. Our economy is
prospering. Our incomes are rising. Our social fabric is mending. Our leadership in the world
is unrivaled. The state of our union is strong.
But with barely 700 days left in the 20th Century, this is not a time to rest; it is a time
to build, to build the America within our reach. An America where scientists find cures for
diseases from Alzheimers to AIDS. An America where every child can stretch a hand across a
keyboard and reach every book ever written, every painting ever painted, every symphony
ever composed. Let us reach toward a time when a confident America, which saved
civilization in this century, leads civilization to new heights of peace and prosperity,
environmental preservation and scientific discovery in the next one.
Let us strengthen our nation for the 21st Century.
This unique moment of promise did not come upon us with the roar of guns or sudden
crisis. Quietly but with gathering force, the ground has shifted beneath our feet, as we moved
into an information age, a global economy, a truly new world. Perhaps never before has one
generation seen so much change, in so short a time, in so many areas.
The changes have upset old arrangements, decided new winners and losers, opened
new possibilities and raised new perils.
But for five years now, with renewed spirit and energy, our people have risen as one
nation to meet these challenges -- as we have at every turning point -- by renewing the idea of
America, widening the circle of opportunity deepening the meaning of our freedom, forging a
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INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THURGOOD MARSHAL
FROM:
JANET C R T S j ^ ^ r I
SUBJECT:
STATE OF T i m UNION
This memoiandum summarizes for your information the action items that we have provided
through various channels for incorporation into the State of the Union speech [the Speech].
PROTECTING AMERICA'S YOUNG PEOPLE:
Background:
In 1997, for the first lime in roughly six years, studies uniformly show that
youth drug use has leveled off, or in some cases is now diminishing. Despite
these indications, youth drug use remains alarmingly high; every day,
approximately 8,600 young people try an illegal drug for the first time. A
recent study by Harvard found youth drug use to be the primary concern
among American adults with respect to our children.
The National Anti-Druy Youth Media Camnaipu
1998 Deliverable:
By June, the Campaign goes nationwide (e.g., ads will appear on network TV
shows like Seinfeld and Lettermen). [Tlie President launched the Campaign
in 1997; (he 12 pilot "learning lab" test cities are now underway].
Key Language:
"Focus the fiill power of the modem media - from
television to the Intemet — on teaching children thai
drugB can kill you and your aspirations."
"This campaign will get the message that drugs arc
literally a dead end out, but we all have to make sure
that this message is heard and understood — parents
must sit down with their children at the kitchen table
and talk honestly about drugs; teachers need to help
give children the tools for brighter tomorrows; police
officers need to keep our streets sale and free of drugs
— we all must play a role."
The Dru? Free ConqmiinitiM Arf [Signed by the President in 1997]
1998 Deliverable:
Begmning in 1998, wc will help strengthen and build 1.4.000 conummity
anti-drug coalitions over the next five years, focusing on preventing youth
drug use.
S E C U R I N G OUR B O R D E R S - S T R E N G T H E N I N G TIITC S O U T H W E S T B O R D E R
Background:
In 1997. over 250 million people, 75 million cars and 3.5 million trucks and
rail cars entered the United States; represonting substantial economic
progress for the United States and Mexico. However, over half of the
cocaine and vast quantities of other drugs, such marijuana and heroin, that
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enter the US do so via this border. The Administration has deployed new
resources (e.g.. doubled the number of Border Patrol agents), but resources
alone cannot solve the problem
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Key Language:
See Attachment A
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THE 1998 NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
Each year, ONDCP is required to produce a national drug control strategy.
Background:
The 1998 National Dnifr Control Strateffv
1998 Deliverable:
The 1998 Strategy is the first strategy to provide a ten-year plan to reduce
drug abuse and its consequences in America byfiftypercent - to a historic
new low. This plan is backed by the Preaident's budget - the largest federal
Emti-drug budget ever presented.
ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT DRUGS
Over the last few years, international cooperation against drugs has
Background:
galvanized. Recognizing the common threat to the public health and trust
drugs represent, the international community is uniting to combat this threat.
For example, Peruvian coca production declined by an unprecedented 40
percent over the last two years. In 1997, the United Slates and Mexico
signed a joint Threat Assessment and an Alliance tofightdrugs; and, with the
CARICOM nations we signed a Plan ofAction against drugs.
The US-Mexico Joint Strategy
1998 Deliverable;
This historic,first-everbilateral strategy sets forth a unified gameplan for
attacking drug use and includes measures by which the progress of these
efforts can be gauged ~ can be released by February.
The Santiapn Sffimmit
1998 Deliverable:
Building upon our efForts at the Miami Summit, the United States will, seek
to advance aframeworkfor enhanced hemispheric efforts against drugs at the
Santiago Summit.
The TJnttcd Nations Special Session
1998 Deliverable:
The US will use the special session to galvanize international counter-drug
support and to advance specific efforts to combat drugs here and around the
world.
Please feel free to call me if you require any additional infonnation or assistance.
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Attachmeut A- Southwest Border Language fur State of the Union Speech
In 1997 alone, over 250 million people, 75 million cars and 3.5 million trucks and railcars
entered the United StatesfromMexico. This stream of commerce, people and culture represents
tremendous economic growth and opportunity for each of our two great nations, Sadly, over half
the cocaine and marijuana that enters the United States docs so via our Southwest border, The
challenge before us is to expand the beneficial exchange of industry and ideas, but stem, the flow
of illegal drugs.
Since talcing office, this Administration has significantly strengthened our Southwest
border. We have doubled the size of the Border Patrol; [expanded by a third the number of
commercial inspections]; added sophisticated technologies to the drugfightingarsenal; and,
increased federal counter-drug reBouroes in this region by almost $600 million. This year's
Southwest border law enforcement budget will double 1993 spending levels, fri 1998, we will
increase the strength of the Border Patrol and Customs Service by over 1,000 new officers and
agents. We will also continue to develop and deploy the most advanced technologies to ferret
out contrabandfromcommerce. And we will create a unified, streamlined and coordmated
structure for the border that is accountable and dynamic enough to meet the evolving nature of
the drug threat. Our borders will remain the world's most open to commerce, culture and
knowledge, but the gate will close on drugs.
�THE WHITE H O U S E
WAS H I N G T O N
January 20, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL WALDMAN
FROM:
Fred DuVaUnd Jeffrey Farrow ^
Co-Chairs, Interagency Group on Puerto Rico
SUBJECT:
Puerto Rico Mention in the State of the Union
CC:
Sylvia Mathews
Mickey Ibarra
John Podesta
Ann Lewis
Rahm Emanuel
Ron Klain
The President indicated yesterday that he wanted to address Puerto Rico's political status issue in
the State of the Union Address (see attached). This is to suggest appropriate language.
1998 is the Centennial of the acquisition of Puerto Rico. Its nearly four million
residents are citizens and have local self-government, but the islands are not fully a
part of our country. As we are the champion of democracy around the globe,
so must we be here at home. Congress should complete its work on bipartisan
legislation to finally enable Puerto Ricans to choose their islands' ultimate status.
There are several reasons for this ~ in addition to the obvious historic and democracy themes:
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There is widespread hope among Puerto Ricans that the President will address this, their
fundamental issue, on this anniversary of the taking of the islands during the SpanishAmerican War. The President has expressed the hope that a Puerto Rican status choice
bill will pass by the Centennial and the Administration has testified that he hopes to be
implementing a choice by the Millenium. We have had a major influence on the bill
being considered but Puerto Ricans and some in Congress feel the President is not
exercising enough leadership on it. Speaker Gingrich reportedly plans to bring the bill to
the House Floor in March.
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It would have Hispanic appeal. It would excite the three million Puerto Ricans in the U.S.
House Democrats think the opposition of some conservative Republicans to the otherwise
bipartisan bill - related to Puerto Ricans' Spanish culture ~ will embarrass the GOP.
•
A number of major U.S. papers have already called for enabling a status choice.
•
The President has never mentioned Puerto Rico in a State of the Union Address ~ as
President Bush did in his first Address — and Puerto Ricans are very conscious of this.
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Much of the State of the Union is unlikely to apply to our citizens in Puerto Rico since
the islands are not treated equally with the States or included in some major programs.
•
The President has addressed issues of the District of Columbia in past Addresses.
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The U.N. has called for the end of all colonial situations by the Millenium.
•
Puerto Rican leaders who might be mentioned in the context of this proposed language
include: Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Rossello, Chairman of the Democratic Governors'
Association; Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY); the former head of the islands'
Commonwealth party who was the President's key 1992 supporter; the Independence
Party leaders; and the islands' pro-statehood Congressman.
We would, of course, be happy to help you revise the language should you feel it necessary.
Further Background
Legislation that would enable Puerto Ricans to choose among three options (their
'Commonwealth' arrangement, statehood and independence) has been sponsored by Resources
Committee Chairman Don Young (AK) and Ranking Democrat George Miller (CA), Reps.
Serrano and Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), the Speaker (in a rare co-sponsorship of a bill) and
Minority Leader Gephardt, and over 80 others in the House. A similar bill has been sponsored by
a bipartisan group of 15 senators led by Sens. Craig (R-ID) and Graham (D-FL). While it was
approved by the House committee 44-1, it was put off track by the opposition of Reps. Solomon
(R-NY) and Rohrabacher (R-CA) to the statehood option. (The Commonwealth party's current
leaders like the opposition to statehood but Puerto Ricans broadly and strongly want a resolution
of the issue and a choice.) Proponents hope the House will pass the bill early in the year. Senate
Energy Committee Chairman Murkowski plans quick action if the House does so.
Recent Major Statements
"I will also work ... to establish a process that would enable the fundamental issue of Puerto
Rico's political status to finally be resolved . . . This process should provide options in response
to Puerto Rican aspirations and implement an option that obtains majority support. I hope that it
can be underway for the centennial of the United States-Puerto Rico relationship next year."
The President's Message to Governor Rossello's inauguration, January 2, 1997
"President Clinton is dedicated to supporting the people of Puerto Rico's decision of what status
their islands should have . .. Establishing a process that would enable this matter to be resolved
is his highest priority regarding the islands . . . He very much hopes that such a process will be
underway next year . . . the centennial of the U.S. acquisition of the islands. He looks forward to
our entering the new Millenium having concluded the debate and implementing the will of the
Puerto Rican people . . . Puerto Ricans have been asking the United States to act for years. H.R.
856 provides a basis from which to act."
Administration testimony on the United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act, March 19, 1997
�"My position is that the status of Puerto Rico should be for the Puerto Rican people themselves
to decide. Whether a commonwealth, independence or statehood — it should be totally up to the
people of Puerto Rico."
The President's response to town meeting question, October 16, 1997
Bush 1989 State of the Union
"There's another issue that I've decided to mention here tonight. I've long believed that the
people of Puerto Rico should have the right to determine their own political future. Personally, I
favor statehood. But I urge the Congress to take the necessary steps to allow the people to decide
in a referendum."
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We have invited the women mayors who will be attending the USCM Winter Meeimu to
a State of the Union "watch party" with women from the Administration. AdditionalK .
Audre\ Haynes will attend the women mayors" caucus to address child care and other
initiatives ol import to families
Indian Country
The recoumtion of Wilma Mankiller in the Presidential Medal of Freedom award
ceremony was extremely well-received by the Nati\e American community. We im ued
several community leaders from Indian Country to the ceremony and expect positive
press cov erage of the ev ent.
As you know. John Echohawk. a member of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and the
Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF). attended the Race
Initiative session you held with community leaders on Monday. January 12. This
inclusion has been noted in Indian Country and was highly praised.
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Many Puerto Ricans are encouraging you to mention the status issue in the State of the
Union Address since this year marks the Centennial of the taking of Puerto Rico (as well
Guam) and because of the current bipartisan bill for a Puerto Rican choice. Among
those seeking this are: your key 1992 supporter — former Commonwealth party. Senate.
Democratic committee head. Miguel Hernandez Agosto: Gov ernor Pedro Rossello
(D-PR); Congressman Carlos Romero-Barcelo (D-PR); and the Independence Party
Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY).
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Congress' Immigration Commission found the Northern Mariana Islands' immigration
system "antithetical" to U.S. immigration principles and likened it to "no democracy."
The Commission recommended that federal law be phased-in -- as you. House Resources
Committee Ranking Democrat George Miller (D-CA). and Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
have proposed - if wc cannot get the new governor to correct the system. It also
suggested enabling the islands to become sovereign (if the immigration system is their
priority) as Representative Patsy Mink (D-HI) has proposed. Meanwhile. Pedro Tenorio
(I) took office as Governor, calling for talks with us on that issue and a moratorium on the
growth of the garment industry (which has prompted manv- complaints about the system).
There was also skeptical press attention to a visit to the islands by House Majority Whip
Tom DeLav (TX) who has promised to block our bill.
III.
OTHER ISSUES AND ACTIVITIES
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HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 16, 1998
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Michael A. Waldman
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting
FROM:
Thurgood Marshall,
Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary
SUBJECT:
The State of the Union
The attached suggestions for the President's State of the Union Address found their way into
my In Box.
If you have any questions, please give me a call (6-7072).
Thank you.
�United States Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
Washington, D.C. 20240
January 9, 1998
Mr. Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Senate Leadership
Office of the President of the Senate
Old Executive Office Building, Room 269
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20501
Dear Mr. Marshall:
I have drafted an op-ed discussing our administration's efforts at preserving and restoring our
natural resources and I'd like to pass it on to the President. It is a good subject to be included in
his State of the Union speech later this month. I'd be happy to discuss this with you.
Regards,
�THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE I N T E R I O R
WASHINGTON
�United States Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
Washington, D.C. 20240
PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE
By JOHN GARAMENDI
As we prepare to turn the comer on this century and take stock of where we are, a useful
measure is to tour the great art galleries of America and view our progress from the keen eyes of
the artist. Two Washington, D.C. galleries - the Museum of American Art and the National
Gallery of Art - are displaying American art of the 19th and 20th centuries and the contrast is
stark.
The art of the 20th Century is powerful and reflects both the wonders of the technological
age we live in and the current inward focus on self and life styles.
Much of the art of the last century looks outward - at the grandeur and beauty of an
American being newly explored and discovery. Among the best examples of this art are the grant
grand paintings of Thomas Moran - epic depiction of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
There is no doubt the 20th century has been an American century - we have become the
world's pre-eminent power by any measuring standard, and we have achieved dramatic increases
in the standard of living for most of people. But we have paid a price - a cost than can be added
up in the losses of the land.
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�The works of Moran and other artists - such as the naturalists of what was known as the
Hudson Valley school of grand landscape painters - capture in oils and bright colors the aweinspiring natural beauty of America.
But increasingly, that natural grandeur has been destroyed or damaged by the mighty hand
of progress. The Hudson River no longerflowsclean and pure, the mountains are stripped of
much of the old-growth forests of the 19th century, and the Grand Canyon too often disappears,
covered by a haze of soot and pollution. The once-abundant salmon are all but gone from the
rivers of the Northwest and the greatflocksof geese and ducks no longer darken the skies of the
Chesapeake Bay and the great Central Valley of California.
As we prepare to enter the 21st century, we must take stock and resolve to restore our
natural heritage.
Many of the steps appear small and isolated when viewed by themselves, but when we
step back and look at the larger picture - as those 19th century painters did - we see a new and
different picture beginning to emerge, a new ethic being sketched.
That new ethic can be seen in a number of areas:
WATER - No longer are we simply building dams and diverting rivers for the use of
agriculture and cheap power. Now, we ?re asking questions we didn't ask before - such as
whether the distribution of water is fair and whether the use of the water helps fish and animals.
And increasingly, we are including more people and interests in answering those questions people such as environmentalists and residents of cities and suburbs. In the past, those people
were seldom asked their opinion about water issues.
�RESTORATION - Of course, we cannot mm back the clock, but we can undo some of
the damage we have caused. In the Central Valley of California, we preparing for the largest
restoration of a watershed in history, an effort that will restore some of the habitat and waterfowl
that greeted the gold seekers who rushed in 150 years ago. In Florida, we are undertaking an
equally ambitious effort to save and restore the Everglades, the huge swath of marsh and swamp
that was once home to a veritable Noah's Ark of wildlife.
PROTECTION - Where we can, we are protecting the remaining natural wonders. For
example, we are working to save the Headwaters forest on the northern California coast, the
largest remaining stand of old-growth redwoods now in private hands. Fewer than 5 percent of
old-growth redwoods are left from 150 years ago, and we must save as many of those as we can.
And one of the most heartening developments is that throughout the West, groups and
people who once fought each other - such as environmentalists, ranchers, and developers, are
nowfindingcommon ground to protect their heritage. For example, a wide variety of groups are
finally working together to protect Lake Tahoe - the lake that Mark Twain once called "the fairest
jewel nature has to offer." For too long, too many people looked at Tahoe as a way to further
their own interests. Now, groups and people who once fought over it are working together.
We're also seeing a new focus on recreation and tourism, which sees the natural beauty of
America as a resource to be treasured, not simply developed.
For example, businesses in
northern Arizona have reported an increase in visitors after the return of the California condors to
the skies there for thefirsttime in almost 80 years. In Yellowstone, the return of wild wolves has
also sparked an increase in visitors.
While perhaps most profound in the United States, this renewed interest in nature has not
�been limited to America. Around the world, other nations such as South Africa and China are
trying to balance development and the needs of growing populations with their need to protect
resources. Global bodies such as the United Nations are trying to develop ways to protect the
earth's resources, such as deserts.
In December, we took another major step forward when, with other nations, we agreed to
limitations on the types of gases which are causing the planet to get wanner, a trend that must be
slowed and halted as much as possible if we want to protect what we have built in America.
Taken together^ these steps will help us protect and preserve much of the awe-inspiring
America that Moran and travelers saw. We can do that, while at the same improving our
standard of living and including more of the people who have been left out in our society.
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Rodney Slater
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
FROM.
Joann Payne
SUBJECT:
State of the Union Address
DATE:
December 19,1997
Mr. Secretary, I hope you are well. Thank you so very much for inviting me to your
Christmas Party. I had a great time. You were very gracious.
Per our brief discussion concerning asking the President to "speak to" the Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise Program (DBE) in his State of the Union Address to the American
people, I would like to state my reasons for the request.
It is without doubt, the President should include in his message the importance of the
reauthorization of ISTEA and his undying support of Affirmative Action. Within this
content, the DBE program emerges as an important issue for the President to address.
The DBE Program is the best Procurement and Contracting Affirmative Action program
our government has to offer. Even though its critics ciaim it is not an Economic
Development Program in reality it is just that - the facts speak for themselves: A
significant increase in Women and Minority owned businesses, the success rate and
development of strongly qualified firms, competitiveness among all construction firms, and
taw construction prices. The American people deserve to know about this wonderful
Affirmative Action program and how it has benefited them.
As you may know, thefirstchallenge to Affirmative Action by the 105th Congress will
come when the U.S. SenatereturnsJanuary 27 and addresses ISTEA II. Specifically, the
DBE program will be the test of all Affirmative Action programs. If we lose the DBE
program in a more liberal body - the U.S. Senate, all Affirmative Action Programs will be
lost In the House including the DBE program.
Charles Canady will have his bill passed within a week of the defeat of a DBE program in
the Senate. Even though the President would veto any type of anti-affirmative action
legislation, it would be devastating to the Affirmative Action movement to have the U S.
Congress pass such legislation.
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revenge. I'm sure the Republicans will look to the McConnell Amendment to fulfill this
revenge.
We need to pre-empt them! I believe the President can beat them at their own game. By
highlighting the positive aspect of the DBE Program in the State of the Union and even
introducing Women/Minority highway construction firms to the American people, the media
will follow-up and do stories of interest, and 1 believe Senate Republicans will have no
recourse but to support the DBE program.
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Michael Waldman
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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>
<p>The collection generally consists of copies of speeches and speech drafts, talking points, memoranda, background material, correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, articles, clippings, and presidential schedules. A large volume of this collection was for the State of the Union speeches. Many of the speech drafts are heavily annotated with additions or deletions. There are a lot of articles and clippings in this collection.</p>
<p>Due to the size of this collection it has been divided into two segments. Use links below for access to the individual segments:<br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+1">Segment One</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+2">Segment Two</a></p>
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Office of Speechwriting
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1993-1999
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Segment One contains 1071 folders in 72 boxes.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Office of Speechwriting
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White House Staff and Office Files
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