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May 11, 2004

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President Bill Clinton was greeted with a standing ovation when he came in. He really is a remarkable speaker. He talked for 15-20 mins, then took questions from a couple of moderators and the audience. My notes (the good stuff is toward the end):

He was the first president elected after the Berlin wall fell, after the cold war
He oversaw increased globalization
We were re-evaluating relationships in the world, betw people and govt.
The new world is still emerging.
Compare to early days of founding the republic, or civil war - times of great change

Words to describe today:
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Interdependence - his favorite, not inherently good or bad

Govt shd provide security to beat back destructive forces of interdependence.

He got closer to a Middle East peace than anyone. You know the only year in Israel's history no Israelis were murdered by terrorists:? 1998.

We must move towards a global integrated community based on shared benefits, shared responsibility, and shared values. He views everything through this lens: does it move us closer to a globally integrated community?

The way we have to relate to the rest of the world is radically diff from 15 yrs ago.

We should cooperate when we can, act alone only when we must. Some believe the opposite. But there are more enemies we can handle alone, so we need friends.

We have an incredible military might and security. Need to use some to make good things happen - half the world lives on less than $2 a day. AIDS, clean water, education, etc.

Founders believed we could always do better. They were worried about abuse of power. We need to keep inventing a "more perfect union".

Whole history of this country has been a constant struggle of union vs division. Folks willing to let live vs those trying to impose views. We still see that now.

No matter what happens, our common humanity matters more.

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How does the world see us now?

The world supported us after 9-11. UN unanimously voted to go into Afghanistan. Bush did a great thing meeting w Muslim leaders, giving speech that Islam is not our enemy.

Bush did some other things right. Pledged $ for AIDS, helping kids education.

But, there is a strong group of people in the administration who wanted to get Saddam Hussein, no matter what. Half of Americans still believe Saddam had something to do w 9-11. There is not a shred of evidence, and to Bush's credit, he's stopped saying it.

Then he cut $ for AIDS, and said they can not spend it on generics, so they can only treat 10% the people they thought.

Now the administration is doing whatever they want. Walking away from agreements, not cooperating. They must be prepared to live with the consequences of people not liking us very much - don't complain.

The Chinese govt is buying our deficit debt, created by the tax cut. This is the picture: Bush is knocking on China's door to borrow money for a tax cut for rich folks like Bill Clinton, to be paid back by our kids. I think this is nuts.

We have never in the history of the country cut taxes while at war - but we did last year.

America has more capacity to get people moving in the right direction than anybody, towards global integration. But it depends what Bush does.

If they did what Secretary Powell wanted to do, I think they'd be net way ahead. I probably just shortened his tenure. :-)

He supports NAFTA for all Latin America, goal was 2005 - still hoping someday. Can also expand it with Mexico/Canada.

Someone asks him to put aside partisan comments and asks if it wouldn't be better not to change administrations right now. He answers: depends if you think you can do better. (Chuckle.) Then he gets mad: I have said more good things about the Republicans and Pres Bush today than that whole Washington crowd said about me while I was President. Look at my track record - I have a much better record dealing with Republicans than they have with me.

Cutting taxes for the rich right now, for the folks in this room, while robbing the social security of the folks who clean this hall, is crazy. Somebody asked me what insight I and Rubin had to reduce the deficit, and I said arithmetic. I learned that in public school in Arkansas, so when Washington folks tried to tell me 2+2 wasn't 4 I didn't believe them.

I have no idea why people trust Republicans more for national security. Maybe because Republicans keep saying it, but I don't get it. John Kerry's record in Viet Nam, and more importantly his work in the Senate, make him eminently qualified to protect our national security.

We are harder to screw up than you think. Ten years from now, whether I like the outcome of this election or not, I think we'll still be stumbling in the right direction.

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