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, MRS. CLINTON,:" Well,'no" not that 'sQ'much as'-';;'his;,
~klnd invitation,was'of\e tha,t!' wasveryexcit~ci td~accept(""
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',b'ecau$e'I, t-hink h'e ,ot'te'rsvery important' lea!l'ership to not' ,
only ,the' chur::chandthe convention-, which he 'iv'll 1 now lead,
hut also,'to the' ~ountrY,.;( meanl ,', justlisteningt0 that' '
'sermontbisniorning' about', personal respons'ibility 'was',' "
sbmethiJi<i that" I wi$hcqul:dbe piped into eyery home' in :
Am~i:ipa. 'S;q ';r was, y:ery. pleas$d to, have a ,chance to,cotne,
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AN ' INTERVi~w Of. TilE' tIRST L.?-\DY
THE 'TAMPA TRIBUNE"AND THE',ST. PETERSBURG, TIMES
';', ST~, PETERSBURG,' FLORiDA
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;MRS~ ,CLINTO,N,:, , WeI 1, , certain.1Y (wanttc;support,
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candidates, l'ike :the, bnes'whciwere',w.ith us, ,today. ,And r ; , , '
certainlyboth'Congre~swoman ,Brown and· Doug';Jamerson" "and
,others, who are standing, fqr the, kinds of, partne'rship that
this. pr~'sldent, warits" to ,haVe with ,cities and states' -:0:':'" "
" Gov. Chi'les; who has, bee,n irillovat;ive in jobcreation:~and
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betauS~:'I fhirik his.6~~didacy 'ne~ds,to b~'co~~idered by
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'.. residents of,' Flo'rida because it represE!nts an alternativ,e to
", ;the, negat1.ve 'votes' that'l}ave90me from' Sen. Mack and qanceled
"::Sen;,,'Graham 'allthEl{,way thro:u.gl), the .. lasf,t '20 months:", , ' ,
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Tampa: ar~a :" I i ve be'en here ma'ny' times' before,' and so ;this.
was 'ju'st,'a g'ood:opportunity; ,,','
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'I",knowiome p'eople, ',inciudlng those .related to
,m:l p;:ip'er,. ,havca :criti.c:ized your,,(iriaudi1;>le), ,and his opponent
as, (inaudib,le) examples, ~of, ,-what 'the, (inaudible) • .' Hovi',doyou
'respond t,q,that, i11 tetlJls ,of giving' hisqualificati:ons for the '
role ,and, -what- what the,: ({nau¢ti'ble'), the 'sig'ilif icariceof, ,a , '
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' MRS., CLINTON :We 11: of, 'course, he has never' run for'
" ,office.' before, and therE!. were' inanY,peopie,' in. the •st:~te "wp.o ',,'
"coul'dhave stE!Ppedfo'rward' to run in the democratic . -primary,
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for, the noml.natl.on' for' UnIted States Senat~ I butrione cho$e
to do. so.; , One, ot"the:gr~at,beauties: of ',Ptlr "Ameri,c~n system, '
, , 'is t,hat anybody, can decide, ~they ,want to, :runfor of~ice, and I
:, 'think, that's good because:'there/sqlway,s roo~ for' new id~as
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, ; I Delie';'~ that ,my'brother ,has' done ,this on 'his" own;'
",He"s' campaigned' with' int,egrity, he has:' talke,dabo~'t' th~ , ",'
i$su'es thatI,tl1ink a maj'or~ty of, Floridians are concerned' :,'
'abqut ~ ,; He i,$draw,~ a" clear donj:.rast"'He', w~uld have, vOte,d for'
the crime pill ,that"Sen. 'Mack ,did,: riotxote;. for becaus'e,'he,'s
" seen firsthand the, pro'blems Q,f, not havin'g 'enough police
," not:having'enbughprisons', 'or,' not having 'enough'preventipn"
, or having, assault weapons on the street. ' Arid he would have "
voted', for, the'~conomic packag~, :which, h~sriasul,ted ~n:,1 :" "
lowering' oyr defici tthree ,year9 1n'<;1' row for ,the first"
si'nce' Harry Truman,' and/creating ,4. 3 :,million~'new 5.obs~
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sO', there{' s',',a (real: contrast ~" Arid, I, 'think his,
,,' :courage~ln ~ettlnglnto thl.B racewhene~erybody sal.d / you
'kn'ow I you 'can I:t 'posslJ~ly' do,' it:' 'beCause, you' dbn"t/ have a
record," you don't, have, any 's'tqtewid,e n,am~: recognit:ion", you
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don't have 'any resources I " you're' riot a r ich 'man wha ,can re'ach'
lntohili ;pocket, ,yqu've :beEm,apublic servant, trying' to sot v~" ,
,,:real"peQple's',prob1~ms/butyou' know,that~,s not going, to' help' ,
much against inilll0ns of dollars 'of advertising.\'
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to do ahd, I'm ,going ,'t'o do it." I:think we need more of that' .
in public life. ,,",Ypu know , we don't .need just", folks '''who think ..'
. :,they'ye got a right to 'hold, off'icebecause, :they'~t::e rich
.' they'~re'--:-,you know I" look', good on TV • \ We ,need people more.
. like the·p~qple . wHo used, :to ,serve :i,.n" the congress, whp. carne
,from the farms and the small towns~ and you knpw,were always
comi'ng wi th, differ,ent ideas. ' ,And tp'is is' what Illy brother ,
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.,: MRS'. CLIt'lTON': we'll; ,I think tha't 'we will. be', ,
'invol ved .'we:' rework'ing veryha:td for ca'nd,idates ;al'i' over,
'thE? coun'trXi and i .believe' ,I ,wil1,:be back In 'Florida,and,."
working on,beh~lf of,my br~ther ,and, on behalf of the
democ,rati.c' ticket.'
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Q' ',Why did>it tak'e,; sO')10n9. '(inaudib~,e)?
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:'MRS.' 'CLINTON: " Well, I hav~ work~d very hard to
iulf il,1all,my :responsibil~ ties" ,and" I ; was~deeply invol,ved'"
'. 'as yquknow, "ih: health ;care',r~f'qrm up unti+ -- ,all, the way
through"the summer-,'up .u I1 til',t;helaSt; mpnth: . And I also had,
ob'ligatJ6ns around the count;rythat: had b~'en set far' in
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t~at,hewa~ ~- he:~bUldhavea~ways ,been h_ppy;tqhave m~"
,but h'e, a1so wanted to make sure, that when ,I came i ' w a s ' "
:~;upp6rting somel?ody ~ who had al:react'y establ'isped himself,
'whibhc.,bas~d6n,"mi'visit~ iri'the{ last two days,' I "think he
ha'scertaln~y,a,ccompllsh,~d~
So thlS wor,k,ed, o~t In my ,
sched41e~. 'ai:ld Twas delighted to be ,able :to' do· it.
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; Ci:nau,diblerbatt:le ,'Of, '95, asnnich ,as the 'last (,inaudible),?'
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MRS./ CLINTON: Well" we've learned a lot" and, I, , '
, think' 'that ,we've, succeeded inputt'.i:ng' bea'li~h <?are reforIl) on:
,thee froht,'of thepc;>litical'agenda ,rorE?ver, 'mUch mo~e tha,n, has,
" ever 'been accomplished' 'in ,the ' :i~st, 6.0 years~: ',But' nqw we're",
going to have, tqregrqup and· r,ethink how, t,o mov~' forward, 'a,nd
" . , we"re als'o 'g6i~g ~o, h;av~ to 'pfot 7ct;wh'at we already /havet ,,' ,
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,,1 'thi~k: 'many people:in Ameri:ca'. h'a'Ve 'i~arnetl about
how fiea~th"ca're'work,s/but some st,ill may not,"knowth,at'
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Medicare is ,a, government;.;.f inanced ,health Care system." ", And
,even though ,it ::is:' r:un by pr,ivate'contractorsaroundthe' ,
'count;~y,it ~spaid ~or with,govern~ent;fin~ncing;~nd it wiil
"be under ,at:tack' in,the, next congres.s,' ,to, take away, 'Medicare"
'.fundi"ng to use',for other purposes besides, health care.
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with health care reform, we're 'going to ,have 'to protect,
MeCiicareJ, ) ahd the president is commi ttect to 'doing that . :' ,
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d~fferentiy next,timearouhd,next;.tilile around?
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MRS'~', ~Ci;INTON: ,:Well,' werre at ~differ~nt sta~e i'n
the process. 1 I ':rnean, one 'ofthe,th,ings we hadt~
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'first time~-ancl it wa~ a ~verY':,challenging, proc~ss; w.as'toge't
~verybody ,working >together;, wh'~ch had never happenedbefo:re.
,',Before'my husb~mdwas p'resident, one ',d~partinenb,of, ,the, , :
, ,,'federa'l',gove:rnrnen;tdidn"t'talk' to another department abo.ut
health ; care',I,,:"so ,that you ' . . i Treasury Department or 'the' ' ,:,• '
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. veterans Adn'ilnlstr,atlon" or ,Heal t;h and Human Servlces
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: plan' that got everybody's interest represente.d ~ And youknqw, '
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. the approach that the president took wa's p'remised ·'on h
: beli~f 'that the f~deralgovernmerit should facilltat~ the
, "priv\ate' mar~et an<:i.pr,i va~e phYsi<?ians.,I. bei,!g ~ble ~o~ork. "
',more ,effectlvelyto provlde quallty; C,arE! wlth lower" cost" and
.,' that;' is amore' :complica~ed alternative· to pr'opose th:an some '
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.," ,in the 'newspapers ."-- people are" starting .'tq' say, wait'
: '. minute'", ybuknow. ' There wasa:lot':abciut' whatt.he'president
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"For:, e,x~mple, one~f. th~" ~~ading: nat'ioi1~1' papers
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" guaranteed, choice of doctor for Americans,: :Now'-th~ Opponents: :
" of health· care, reform spent millions' 6:t;.dollar,s trying to .
" conviric:.e Amer~cans tha.t it,w~s t,he, pd:lsident who,"'Wc:U1"r:7dto .'
take,awayqholce:of doctor. Tl',lat,was, never:true, It'lS,
, ! . , ab'solu£ely iir;rtr,ue;out people bE?li'ewedit.., "
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'~peopl:~' ha~e :a: chanc.e tb :catchtQ.eLrbreatji, as the 'negati.v~
. TV, ads, and radio' ads, aJ)d. direct mail :campaign s1;:.op ,
90m.t;>ardiDg ,people, we',ll'g~t back' to,a. :t;'ealis1:,ic <ils~essment
,about whq,t 'our"problems aF~ and what we ;sho\.lld do to ',fix
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one of the unfortunate,.untrue attacks that, was made., .Wehad
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Anp.'there,w,ere,,":'-. therehas.never,'been,.a piece of
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th~re that som~howp~bple ,w~re not involved,' ~nd {t's' j~~t~
not tru~., 'Hi.Indr¢ds i and , Ii ter'a11y.'thO,usandsof people' were,
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, 'process, brought more people to being' {nvolved: in' ,he,iping' to
create some ideas that, we, hope wil,lblf" discussed :and '"
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, '"to ..:- ,al5,a parent, 'you'v'e ,}:)een 'subject to,"~omeprettYp'etty;
backla$h in ,(inaudible) I'vere'ad' a qlpt about; '(inaudible) bU,t
th ,ypu,r daughter (,inauqible),:' .'
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;,' " MRS;"CLINTON:!Well."by e'xpla).:nfng to 'her that"you
cannot'plep.'se 'eve1;"ybody,'no ,matter" what you' ,do" anq. ~heref9re
" it i$ extremely ,important i to dci'·th,e' ,best you' can ,'po$sibly "do
',eVery day and, not' ,to l;>e, Ci f f ~cted' by the cr it ie l' sm 'that' wi i 1
Come rega'rd~ess of, your decisl.:on." ',,~nd ' :i:,., thinkl.that' s ;a"'g<:>Q~
lesson" for, every child becaus'e it' s'SO' impo+"tant, to have ypur
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, r;aised our ,daughter to, believe I .sosh'e· ,is someone 'who I'm
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She, understandS;' that' 'be ing ,the d~~gh'ter;of' somebody
in public, 'life- means that'th~re wi'~l, always be 'attention.
, P~om attenti6n will itievitably~lo~'critidism, ~itice'you
,canl1:otplease everyone',' l;>ut :tl1ose a~e ,lessons'- she 's 'l-ti:larneq.
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point about stereotYpes, 'when' I do whatlenjoyd6ing,,· with
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friends 'over\{or diml'er" <;llso'goto.,.their chlld~ssch091,',
" .also get, invo,l \red in 'community actiyi ties,., .Why dowe:have 'to
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everYthing'.,else you arE:! 'Tn' your life:' And I. think" that's .
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president. that-the,mayor'of st. Petersburg thanked me and .
.asked 'me to convey to. the; ~re:iideht. h,isth~nks,for this .
administr'ation's, support for 6ities~ The police' chief ..of..
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tried to ,do with' 'health care was ,link' ,iE,to' the .children
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'related' to'"the, issue,' I' also':seeviolenCe 'as a health issue,.
y,ou ,cann'ot 'go' ,into an emergency :toom 'without knowing,'that, ','
'what viOlence isdoi'ng,' to,our health, care sys,t~m"so, 1. warit
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persona'! 'responsibi'lity, and ,t.hat" S :,also', what I 'try ,'to' talk /'
,about ih ·thELh~alth, car~, ~ebate~., ,Eve:r:ybody: should have t9,
,':: berespons.ible fpr ,he'lpfng' to pay :n)r,and :Secure: the "heafth -' '.;
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<p>Lissa Muscatine first served in the Clinton Administration as a speechwriter. Within the First Lady’s Office, she served as Communications Director to the First Lady.</p>
<p>Lissa Muscatine’s records consist of materials from First Lady Hillary Clinton’s Press Office, highlighting topics such as health care, women’s rights, the Millennium Council, Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign, and deal extensively with press interviews given by the First Lady; her domestic and foreign travel; and speeches and remarks, on a wide variety of topics, given by her before and during her time as First Lady. The records include interview transcripts, press releases, speeches and speech transcripts.</p>
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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1,324 folders in 27 boxes
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FLOTUS Press Office Interview Transcripts Volume IV 06/07/94 - 10/13/94 [Binder]: [10/2/94 Interview with St. Petersburg and Tampa Tribune]
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Box 5
<a href="http://clintonlibrary.gov/assets/Documents/Finding-Aids/Systematic/2011-0415-S-Muscatine.pdf" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="http://catalog.archives.gov/id/7431941" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
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First Lady's Office
Press Office
Lissa Muscatine
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2011-0415-S
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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Reproduction-Reference
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11/26/2012
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2011-0415-S-flotus-press-office-interview-transcripts-volume-iv-06-07-94-10-13-94-binder-10-2-94-interview-with st-petersburg-and-tampa-tribune
7431941