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Clinton Presidential Records
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Speechwriting
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Michael Waldman
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14460
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SOTU [State of the Union] 1997 - Memos
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DOCUMENT NO.
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001. memo
SUBJECT-TITLE
DATE
Don Baer to the President; RE: State of the Union Address (3 pages)
01/25/1997
RESTRICTION
P5
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
Speechwriting
Michael Waldman
OA/Box Number:
14460
FOLDER TITLE:
SOTU [State of the Union] 1997 - Memos
2006-0469-F
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Don Baer to the President; RE: State of the Union Address (3 pages)
01/25/1997
RESTRICTION
P5
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
Speechwriting
Michael Waldman
OA/Box Number:
14460
FOLDER TITLE:
SOTU [State of the Union] 1997 - Memos
2006-0469-F
db3341
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b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
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b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
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b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
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b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
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b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
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b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
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of gift.
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2201(3).
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�STATE OF THE UNION - OVERVIEW
Saturday, January 25, 1997
Introduction/thesis of speech (5 minutes): Concrete action plan to prepare for challenges of next
century.
This isfleetingmoment — we have opportunity, not guarantee, to create future brighter than our
past. The enemv is inaction state of union is strong, opportunity we face as a nation is even
stronger. Here is my action plan:
I . Finish the unfinished business before this body: balanced budget, welfare reform, campaign
finance reform. (5-10 minutes)
H. Stronger education (10 minutes)
HI. Stronger families and communities (families, environment, underclass, service, crime) (510 minutes)
IV. Stronger preparation for the Information Age (technology) (5 minutes)
V. Stronger leadership in the worid (indispensable nation) (foreign policy/global economy)
(10 minutes)
VL Stronger American union (race/unity) (5 minutes)
TOTAL; 50 minutes
�STATE OF THE UNION - POLICY OUTLINE
Saturday, January 25,1997
Thesis of speech: This speech will be a concrete action plan to prepare our people for the
challenges of the next century.
"This is afleetingmoment ~ a time when we have an opportunity, not a guarantee, but an
opportunity to create an American future even brighter than our past. It would be easy to be
complacent, for we are at a moment of peace and prosperity, and we face no enemy bent on
destroying our country. Instead, the enemv of our time is inaction. The opportunity created by
the global economy and the Information Age can be lost - or even turned to our disadvantage if we do not act to prepare America for the 21 st Centurv. The state of our union is strong- but
the opportunity we face as a nation is even stronger.
"A child bom tonight is likely to have almost no memory of the 20th Century. Everything
she is likely to know personally about the progress of America will be because of the work we do
now to help build the future in which she will live. So tonight, I present a plan of action to
prepare our people and our nation for the challenges of the next century."
1. Finish the unfinished business before this body (5-10 minutes)
A. Balance the budget
Support for balanced budget - our plan to be submitted shows we can balance the
budget while investing in our people
Entitlements discussion (Sperling/Raines working up language)
Call for bipartisan action
B. Welfare-to-Work (there is some overlap between this and Underclass issues below, but
this seems important to do high up)
Tax credit to private sector employers
Tax credit to private job placement firms
Private sector initiative ~ announce CEOs (if ready)
(Fixing last year's bill)
C. Campaignfinancereform
McCain-Feingold
[possible proposals to expand electoral participation]
2. Stronger education (10 minutes)
�When it comes to preparing our children, nothing is more important than education. Our
goal: every 8 year old can read, every 12 year old can log on to the Internet, every 18 year old can
go to college - and all our children go to world-class schools.
A. Plan for America's Schools (present all our efforts/plans as a unified approach to
reform K-12 for the 21st Century)
Call for higher standards
[Call for national 4th grade literacy and 8th grade math test ~ and set
national goal of 12th grade test as graduation requirement; no social
promotions; teacher hiring issues]
[Announce state legislative campaign for testing and standards, possibly
including model legislation or declaration of principles for school reform]
[One idea is to praise good teachers]
Charter schools (budget doubles #)
America Reads challenge — work study announcement by college presidents
School construction
Early learning
1 million children in Head Start by 2002
WH Conference on the Brain
VP Family Conference on Parental Involvement in Early Learning
B. College: make the 13th & 14th years of education universal
Hope Scholarship
Taxfreesavings for college (IRAs, $10,000 deduction, Hope Scholarship)
Pell Grant expansion
C. Iiaimng: GI Bill/skills grants
3. Stronger families and communities (5-10 minutes)
A. Eamilks
Health care:
Children's health initiative
Coverage for workers between jobs
Breast cancer benefits (Feinstein-D'Amato proposal) or drive-by
mastectomies
�Family leave expansion: allow time off for PTA meetings, routine doctor visits
Flextime: employees choose how to use their overtime
Possible tobacco initiative (if anything new)
B. Environment
Toxic waste cleanup: 500 sites, 2/3 by 2000
Make polluters pay
C. Underclass (explain coherence of our policy for urban and rural areas in need —
sparking the creation of private sector economic activity)
(In addition to welfare-to-work:)
Round two of Empowerment Zones
D.C: as example of approach throughout
D. Service
Service Summit
Presidential Medal of Service (if you went forward, this would be akin to physical
fitness award)
E. dime
Juvenile justice bill (including antigang initiative, Brady expansion to youth
offenses, after-school programs, trigger safety lock, other provisions)
Announce Bratton as community crimefightingleader
Set date for 100,000 police on street
Largest anti-drug budget ever
Plea to young people to stay off drugs
4. Stronger preparation for the Information Age (5 minutes)
Computers in the classrooms (in budget)
- more Net Days
- all 6th grade teachers leam computers in 1 summer
Second generation Internet (in budget)
Internet connection to children's hospitals
Putting Smithsonian collection online
Internet obscenity (restating support for law, now in Supreme Court)
Air safety reforms: announce three major recommendationsfromVP commission
New satellite-based navigation system by 2005 (instead of 2015)
�New, tougher standards for aging aircraft (forfirsttime, test old wiring)
$500 million in NASA funding for air safety R&D
Spectrum allocation for law enforcement
Big items, policy not yet approved:
[Goal of AIDS vaccine by 2000]
[Speed up Human Genome Project: map DNA to help solve genetically-related
diseases and defects]
5. Stronger leadership in the worid (indispensable nation) (foreign policy/global economy)
(10 minutes)
A. Undivided Europe of democracies at peace
Expand NATO
Strengthen NATO/Russia partnership
B. Build an Asia-Pacific community
Bring China into world community
Denuclearize and advance peace in Korea
C. Strengthen hand of peace and democracy
Bosnia (ask Congress to pay for troops)
[Announce special envoy for Cyprus/Greece/Turkey] [?]
[mentions of Middle East, Ireland, Africa]
D. Terror/weapons of mass destruction/drugs
CWC
E. Open global economy (very important to totality of speech; might need to be higher
up)
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
[Announcing trips to Mexico/Caribbean, South America]
F. Shouldering the burden
Armed forces modernization
Increasing diplomatic budget
UN reform and arrears
�5. Stronger American union (race/unity) (5 minutes)
Race (issue raised: we need specific actions)
�PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR STATE-OF-THE-UNION PROCESS
Saturday, 1/25
Outline of State-of-the-Union Address to President
Tuesday, 1/28
Decision Memo to President on Budget language and other politically
sensitive issues
Circulate first draft of State-of-the-Union address
Submit first draft of State-of-the-Union address to President
State-of-the-Union policy meeting with President and heads of Policy
Councils to review policy issues (non-educational standards) with the
President
Wednesday, 1/29
Meeting with President on School Standards for policy action plan
decisions
Speech prep - 1 hour
Thursday, 1/30
Speech prep - 1 hour
Friday, 1/31
Speech prep - 1 hour
Saturday, 2/1
Speech prep - 1 hour
Sunday, 2/2
Rehearse Address in Family Theater - 2.5 hrs
Monday, 2/3
Rehearse Address in Family Theater - 2.5 hrs
Tuesday, 2/4
Rehearse Address in Family Theater - All Day
STATE-OF-THE-UNION-ADDRESS - U.S. Congress
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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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Michael Waldman
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1993-1999
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2006-0469-F
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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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