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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 25, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
The East Room
1:21 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Well, please be seated and please
continue with your coffee. But it's an honor to have you all here.
There may be no group in America more aware of the challenges this
country is facing. So my first thought was to give you a general
outline of our agenda after our first year. But then I decided to
focus on the first item on the domestic agenda: illegal drugs. And
they remain this nation's number one concern, and so I chose this
forum to announce the second phase of our fight against drugs. This
booklet is on our national drug control strategy that I hope we can
get distributed to all of you.
As you know, last September for the first time, we
launched a comprehensive, coordinated, -- and I think -- coherent
national strategy to stop the distribution and use of illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the months since that plan was
unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in Washington, the
number of those arrested who test positive for drugs has dropped
dramatically over the past three months, especially among juveniles.
And abroad, Colombia has extradited 14 of the world's major drug
merchants to stand trial here in the United States.
Given the headlines we've seen recently, though, it's
clear that we're only really getting started. And the plan we laid
out last fall outlined what we intend to do. And today I want to
announce the second phase, as I said, of our strategy which explains
how we intend to do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by
dollar. And today, we're releasing a -- what I think of as a
blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director, Bill Bennett, the Drug Control
Policy Director, will discuss the program later in depth. Right now,
I want to sketch out, if I might, a few highlights and then open the
floor to questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to
the same aggressive goals and principles that we outlined last
September: to reduce use through an integrated mix of supply- and
demand-side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward drug education, prevention, treatment and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces, as
well as grants for communities to set up education programs. In our
treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what works with careful
and constant evaluation of treatment regimes and a new Office for
Treatment Improvements at H.H.S.
We're funding new research in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment and drug use forecasting that will help us spot
trends, and then target our resources and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we're going to be releasing the first
of an annual, state-by-state status report measuring progress.
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Roughly another third of the budget is devoted to
domestic enforcement, prosecution, incarceration. To help local law
enforcement initiatives, the '91 fiscal budget calls for nearly $500
million for state and local law enforcement grants, an increase of
228 percent over the last two years. We want to get the right
resources to the right people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five high intensity drug
trafficking areas, cities and areas that are already doing a great
deal, but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents
and personnel, as well as more funding for assistant U.S. attorneys.
We support an increase in federal judgeships. We're proposing the
death penalty for drug kingpins and those responsible for
drug-related killings, and even, in some cases, attempted killings.
We want there to be absolutely no doubt about the certainty of
punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for border
interdiction and the international operations side. We want the
multinational criminal organizations that produce and distribute
drugs to be more than disrupted; we intend to see them dismantled and
destroyed, because we don't make deals with these dealers.
We have multilateral programs underway in many parts of
the world. Throughout Central and South America, particularly, we're
engaged in expanded and unprecedented levels of cooperation and
assistance. We applaud the efforts of President Virgilio Barco of
Colombia, and also of President Salinas -- our neighbor, President
Salinas of Mexico. And I will reinforce our support for the
courageous leaders of the region at the upcoming drug summit in
Cartagena.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
up to an additional 1000 custom agents, who are already on the job,
will be given authority to conduct drug investigations to better
assist the DEA, the Drug Enforcement Administration. With
interdiction in particular, coordination is absolutely crucial.
We're putting an end, I hope and I believe we are, putting an end to
turf battles. I met with all our top law enforcement people the
other day, and they said they had never seen better cooperation
between these -- powerful in some instances -- but between all the
agencies.
Our budget for all international activities has increased
from $419 million to nearly $700 million. We're creating a new
National Drug Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies
get the strategic and organizational intelligence that they need.
Treasury's newly-created Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will
improve financial intelligence. And the Department of Defense has
been increasingly effective in its expanded detection and monitoring
roles.
Now, I imagine the news in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending, understandably, gets a lot of
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I want
to emphasize our determination to win this fight without adding to
the budget deficit. And, yes, I repeat, without raising taxes.
In 1990, drug funding totaled almost $9.5 billion -- that
was in 1990, the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91
will be expanded by more than $1 billion, to over $10.5 billion. And
outlays will increase 41 percent this year. In fact, with this
request, the federal drug budget will be 69 percent higher than it
was when I took office in 1989.
To those who say that our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that many of the efforts to limit supply
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are exclusively federal and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
But the real issue, of course, is not how much; it has
got to be how well. And here the distinction between federal and
national is crucial. A truly national drug control strategy demands
that we tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state and federal; volunteer,
professional and personal.
Let me tell you about a man that I know many of you in
this room know but some may not, Jim Burke -- a corporate leader,
former CEO of Johnson & Johnson, who's been applying the power of the
media to "unsell" drugs through the Media Partnership for a Drug-Free
America, the largest volunteer, private-sector ad campaign since the
war bond drives of World War II. He's energized, and he's doing a
superb job.
You're all familiar with those hard-hitting ads to
discourage drug use. Many of you already contribute space to run
them. And that's supporting the Partnership's current goal to raise
$1 million a day in advertising time and space every day for the next
three years. A remarkable goal indeed.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- has made a promotion
of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's mission. And
that's also very, very important.
A free press has a right and a responsibility to comment
and report on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve by pointing
to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for America's
volunteer effort, volunteer spirit, than saving those being lost to
drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged,
but if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
your ideas, so I'd like to open up the floor to suggestions, but
certainly we'll be glad to answer questions on this subject or any
other subject that enters your mind. And if it's highly technical I
may, if you'll excuse me, rely on my strong right arm, Bill Bennett.
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Mr. President, you mentioned increasing spending
without increasing the deficit. Do you agree or disagree with the
principle that, if the federal government mandates a program, be it
in drugs or in other areas, the federal government also ought to
provide the resources for accomplishing the goal rather than shifting
the burden down to other levels of government?
THE PRESIDENT: I am concerned about mandated programs.
I particularly got this driven home to me at the recent educational
summit in Virginia. The subject wasn't simply drugs, although there
was a lot of discussion about it there, and they were pleading for
flexibility. And I think Bill Bennett has tried to build into our
requests a certain flexibility for local areas. And that's a
hallmark of our philosophy here -- to reduce the number of mandated
federal programs because they do not take into consideration the
diversity of this country and the diversity of the communities in the
country.
Q
Mr. President, George Shultz has just linked his
considerable prestige to the ranks of those advocating the
legalization of drugs. What do you feel are the most cogent
arguments against these growing numbers of people advocating
decriminalization?
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THE PRESIDENT: I just think that it would increase,
regrettably, the habit. And I strongly oppose it; Bill has very
forthrightly been speaking out against it. And I'm just going to
hold the line against legalization.
Q Mr. President, what criteria were used to determine
which five cities are going to get special attention under your
proposal?
THE PRESIDENT: May I defer to Bill on that?
DIRECTOR BENNETT: A number of things. But principally,
we use the FBI and DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration's criteria
for investigation -- Level One, Level Two, Level Three -- various
levels of investigation and intensity that is how many cases in
major drug trafficking they have in certain areas. The areas we've
designated are all Level One areas -- that is, areas where we think
we will find the greatest concentration of major drug trafficking
organizations.
THE PRESIDENT: You'd better -- while you're standing --
maybe that was very good -- (laughter) -- I may need more support.
But please, ask as technical as you want.
α Mr. President, did you know in advance, sir, about
the sting operation that led to the arrest of the Mayor of Washington
the other night? And can we ask you, sir, what was your personal
reaction when you heard that the Mayor of the town you live in had
been arrested for drug --
THE PRESIDENT: The answer is, no, I didn't. And the
second part of the question is, great sadness. Great tragedy. I
think it would be most inappropriate for a President to prejudge a
matter that's obviously in the courts, and I'm going to refrain from
doing that. But you know what my thought went to the kids -- kids
in the schools. And it's a matter of sadness. And Barbara shares my
view on that.
Q
Mr. President, what other areas of interest can we
watch for in your State of the Union message?
THE PRESIDENT: Now, Jerry (laughter) -- you know that
it seems that we're getting close to the date of that, but it is not
in final form. And I'll just give you a little insight into the
thought process. How much do you dwell on a shopping list of things
that I want to see accomplished? A legislative shopping list -- and
how much emphasis do you place on the state of the Union? It's
almost state of the government versus state of the Union. -And I've
never been accused of being an overly eloquent fellow, but I am
optimistic about our country, the state of the Union. And that isn't
to say that I'm not deeply concerned about some of the problems.
We had a fascinating discussion at our table on
environmental concerns and how you balance them with a person's right
to a job in an expanding economy. And I guess I'd have to say the
final draft has not been worked, but I expect you will see a
combination of -- I wouldn't call it a shopping list, but certainly
spelling out what I think should be priorities for the state of the
government and what I'd like to see the federal government do, and
then on a broader sense, my perceptions and observations about the
state of the Union.
And I'll tell you -- having visited with some of the
families of the fighting men that went down to Panama, I have a
simply renewed sense of feeling -- a renewed feeling that the country
is going to be in pretty good shape down the road if we can handle
our part of the government right. I mean, there's a wonderful
feeling in some parts of this country. And that isn't to say there's
not a lot of hopelessness and a lot of despair that goes with some of
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these enormous social problems. But the underpinnings of the United
States, the state of the Union, is not bad.
When you look around the world and see these countries
coming our way -- democracy, freedom -- and then see the younger
generation willing to serve as they do in a voluntary way with the
courage and the patriotism that some of these kids showed in Panama,
I'll tell you, there's something happening that's good about our
country.
Q Mr. President, on a little different subject -- a
couple of respected Sovietologists lately -- notably George Kennan
and Mr. Brzezinski -- Mr. Kennan has said that Mr. Gorbachev's
position is precarious. Mr. Brzezinski has said the Soviet system is
doomed. How do you react to those statements?
THE PRESIDENT: Which were the two? I heard somebody
saying that the Soviet system is doomed.
Q
Brzezinski, I believe, lately. And Mr. Kennan,
George Kennan, said that Mr. Gorbachev's position was precarious.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, on the Soviet system doomed, I
think Mr. Gorbachev has already, in strongly supporting glasnost and
strongly supporting perestroika has confirmed the fact that the
Marxist-Leninist model simply does not work. And all you have to do
is look at an economy that's in egregiously bad shape and you'll
undersatnd why he's reached that conclusion. So the system -- and
then if you needed additional confirmation, all you have to do is
take a cursory look at Eastern Europe and you'll see that people are
opting for pluralism and for openness, glasnost and for reform. So I
think that's a given; that's obvious.
In terms of Mr. Gorbachev, I was asked yesterday about
it, and I said I want very much to see him succeed. I think he has
conducted himself in an extraordinarily difficult situation very
well. He remains committed to peaceful change, and I don't think
anyone is faulting him for the difficulties that he's encountered in
Azerbaijan. I think he -- you see blockades of your ports, and the
man has to respond. I'm not encouraging that course because we would
like to see peaceful change wherever possible. But in talking about
the ferment for change in the Baltics, he still is talking peaceful
change. And I think he's done a remarkable job. And if you look at
-- it's not for some President of the United States to start saying
who he thinks ought to be in that job. But as I look around, I think
Mr. Gorbachev is really the best hope for what our interests are. We
want to see peaceful change continue. We want to see the
democratization of Eastern Europe. We want to see openness bring
about market force economies inside the Soviet Union. And all of
these things, I think are in our interest.
Now, it is my hope that he will emerge, that they can get
this recent disorder under control and restoration of peace there and
tranquility, and then that the process can go forward in a democratic
mode -- a more democratic mode. So I wouldn't speculate on totality
of survival, but I think we have a lot at stake in continuing to deal
with this man.
Q
Mr. President, on the subject of defense you have
suggested that we will probably have to cut back on the budget in
that area. And in order to help the Soviet Union, this cutting of
the defense will affect our industries, such as shipbuilding
industries in Boston, where we build outstanding cruisers. What are
your plans if you have to do that to help these industries and the
labor people that are employed there?
THE PRESIDENT: Where bases have been closed there has
often resorted vigorous private enterprise activity. I was asking
about this, because under the Base Closing Act, we've had to make
certain suggestions, and the Defense Department is wrestling with
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this whole concept of what facilities will remain as fully funded in
the future as they have been in the past.
So I think a lot of what the best thing a federal
government can do. is keep a strong and vigorous economy so you can
accommodate private sector productive growth where theretofore there
has been a government activity of some sort. So it's that. I think
there are government programs to help transitions, to help the states
in transition and, of course, we would want to -- I want to continue
those.
But let me simply say this -- we're all familiar with
what happens. Everybody says "cut," and then when somebody has to
make the call, they say, please cut in this other guy's district --
don't cut in mine. Mine's absolutely essential. And I was guilty of
the same thing when I was a member of Congress, and so I understand
it. (Laughter.)
But I think we have an able team. I think we have a team
that is committed to working with the key leaders in the Congress, in
the opposition party, and I think we can come up with a formulation
of where we have to cut, doing it in way that we don't cut into the
muscle of our defense, the muscle -- we may need a different kind of
force in the future. As the threat diminishes in Eastern Europe, we
may need a more rapidly deployable force. But it's got to be robust,
it's got to be well-trained, it's got to be highly professional. So
I just want to be sure that we do this not on just kind of a
squeaking wheel political way, but that whatever we do in the future
is done in a very thoughtful and, I would add, compassionate way
where we do help the communities as best we can to move into this era
of change, but also remember, still, an era of challenge.
Q
Mr. President, on your drug program -- I'm from
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, about 90 minutes up the road from you,
and we have a pretty severe drug problem there. But what happens is
all of these programs that come in, by the time the money is spent in
the metropolitan areas, very little of it reaches our borders. Is
there anything in Phase II that would provide money to the small
communities of the country like Chambersburg?
THE PRESIDENT: Bill, can you respond to that?
DIRECTOR BENNETT: It's interesting, because we heard
from the big city mayors this morning that all the money is going to
the rural areas and they're not getting their share. (Laughter.)
What we're doing is, of course, essentially through our block grants,
giving the money to the states and the state legislatures. Those
state legislatures and governors have the responsibility to decide
how that money should be apportioned in the state.
And from the way we look at it, there's a drug problem in
rural America, suburban America, as well as urban America. And the
people who should make that judgment should be the governor and state
legislators.
THE PRESIDENT: Bill, in response to the earlier
question, we are doing that, as you say, blocking it so we do not
mandate a specific answer so that Chambersburg has to adapt to a
program designed for some big city.
DIRECTOR BENNETT: There are very few mandates, in fact,
in our drug strategy, or drug policy. And one thing that doesn't
happen is that when a lot of districts receive their money, they
aren't told that this is money from the federal government. And when
the money goes into the state capital, it's combined with state
sources and sent out. And we don't require governors to say this is
from George Bush and not from the governor, and so we think some
governors may let the constituents think they deserve all the credit
for it. But there's federal money going out.
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Q
Mr. President, how soon do you expect to see
meaningful results from the implementation of Phase II? And how do
you propose do deal with the already overcrowded facilities in the
event that the results are even more successful than you anticipate?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we've added -- I will give Congress
credit for moving on additional facilities, prison facilities. And I
think in some of this, we'll see -- certainly I hope we'll get early
enactment on this program. I'd like to see it implemented, crossing
the T's and dotting the I's the way Bill Bennett has proposed. I'm
not naive enough to believe that will happen.
But I was talking to Bill coming in, and we do sense a
desire on the part of the Congress to cooperate. We may have a
problem on the Senate side with spending levels, but in terms of the
objectives of this strategy, we're in pretty close accord with both
Democrats and Republicans on the Hill. So I think we can get early
action, and we're already getting it in some of these programs that
are in effect right now. I'm thinking backing up law enforcement; I
mentioned increasing prison capacity, et cetera.
Q
Mr. President, given the fact that you have talked a
lot about discouraging drug usage and given the fact that you said
just a minute ago that your thoughts ran to the children when you
heard about the arrest in Washington, do you think Mayor Barry should
resign?
THE PRESIDENT: No, again, I don't want to get into the
case because I think it would be inappropriate to intervene. And
that isn't actually asking me to get into the legal process. But
let's let the system work. And I think the city is capable of making
that determination and trying to achieve their consensus goal.
Q Mr. President, last night I came up with my wife to
Washington, and on TV we saw four individuals who were shot. Through
the drug program you talked about, wouldn't it also be hand-in-glove
to make some further pronouncements towards gun control -- especially
towards the semiautomatic pistols that seem to be coming out?
THE PRESIDENT: Were they shot in states that had
controls on these pistols, or -- I can't remember.
Q
They were in Washington, D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: In Washington? I think we have some
rather stringent controls here against this. So my position really
has not changed on gun control. I realize there's plenty of room for
difference of opinion on it. But I think the thing is to enforce the
laws that are on the books. And in this instance, we've pointed to
one that might have been more effective. But I don't believe that
the answer is going to be more federal gun control.
Q
Mr. President, a different subject with two points.
Is it a possibility that you will pardon Poindexter? And if legal
procedure falls through, would you consider a pardon for Ollie North?
THE PRESIDENT: I have said before and will repeat that,
again, while these matters are in the courts, I will not make any
statement one way or another on the question; I don't think I should
do that. And so we'll just have to -- Ollie's under appeal, and the
Poindexter matter is now before the jury.
Q
Mr. President, would you mind speaking, if you will,
sir, about the vote on China this afternoon in the Senate?
THE PRESIDENT: (Raising hand with crossed fingers) --
(laughter) -- A week ago if you would have asked me that question,
having faithfully read my regional newspapers and my big-city
newspapers and my newspapers from the West coast to the East coast, I
would have thought there was a very minimal chance of achieving this.
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But we made the case, and I have pointed to, albeit small steps,
certain steps that I think are encouraging as a result of the contact
that we have had.
The acceptance of Peace Corps volunteers. You might say,
well, that's not too big a deal. You see, I think the contacts
between students and the people -- or students studying here and the
American people is a good thing. They now said they'd do that --
very recently. The accrediting of a VOA correspondent, not a major
step by itself, but it reverses a period where all they did was blast
the VOA for being the -- having an unsavory role, in their view, in
Tiananmen Square. They are muting the whole concept in terms of
world propaganda by them was that it was the fault of the United
States. And everybody here knows it wasn't the fault of the United
States. It was the quest for democracy and for freedom of
expression. That criticism has been dramatically muted -- ask your
editors to collect it for you.
They've given us certain assurances on missile sales
overseas. And I happen to be one that's still concerned about the
proliferation of missiles, and I hope they'll follow through on that
now, but I think that was a direct response to the able work of
General Scowcroft. There were -- Fulbright exchanges have been
reopened or the discussions are on to get them officially -- put a
mandate on that. And that's good, if you believe that the contacts
of that nature facilitate understanding of democracy and freedom.
They've lifted martial law. And now some of my severest
critics in the Hill, I'd say to them, "Let me ask you a question now?
Suppose I sent an emissary and the only one thing that could result
would be the lifting of martial law -- do you think it's a good idea
or not?" Some of these people that are pounding my brains out up
there -- on both sides of the aisle -- would have been the first to
say, "I think it's worth it." But that's been done. I'm not saying
there's perfection and we can all walk around over in Tiananmen
Square or anyplace else the way we can in the United States, but it's
an improvement.
They've released 573 people from jail, an amnesty if
you'd want to call it such. And as they did it they kicked them as
they went out of the jail and said you're a bunch of lawbreakers, but
the people are out. They're not in jail. I want to keep this going.
I care about human rights. I care about the students. I care about
reform. I am committed to the concept that the world is moving what
I would say, hopefully not chauvinistically, our way in terms of
freedom and democracy. And I believe that contact is the way to go
about doing this.
We have taken care of the fact that no student, as long
as I'm President, will be sent back against his or her will. There
is a strong Executive Order, a strong implementation letter from the
Attorney General saying this. I don't know why I'm giving you all
this detail; the vote is in only five minutes, I think, and -- no,
wait a minute -- yes, five minutes.
But this is why I'm -- there's also -- the world looks
like everything's tranquil in some ways, some broad ways. There is a
reason, there's an -- we are a Pacific power. China is a
billion-some people. We've got enormous differences with their
leadership on what happened over there and on a lot of things. But
in regional areas there, we've got to work with them. Cambodia's a
good example. Japan to some degree is a good example. Some are so
relaxed about the changes in the Soviet Union that they think that
you don't have to worry about the broad geopolitical or geostrategic
relationships. But I'm not -- I haven't reached that view. I think
there's reason to still -- not play some card -- I've always found
that an offensive statement -- play the "China card" or play the
"Russian card." That's stupid, and I think it's bad statemenship as
well as bad diplomacy. But the contact and being able to impress on
the leaders the U.S. view, I think is good sound diplomacy.
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I had a lot of reasons for doing what I've done. I will
say what I told some of your reporters yesterday -- I think in
retrospect I could have done a better job of it. I think I could
have made more clear my own heartbeat in terms of the change, my own
concerns about the things that went wrong, and my own desire to see
this relationship move forward.
But back to your question -- you asked the time, I've
told you how to build a watch -- (laughter) -- we may pull it out.
And if we do, though, it will be for the reasons that I have outlined
here.
Q
Mr. President, people in our community are
struggling to develop a strategy to deal with the problems of the
homeless. This is happening all over the country. What can you do
to help us address this issue?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think you -- we've got a new
approach to housing that touches on the homeless, home ownership
opportunity. We've got a fully funding for the first time of the
McKinney Act, which is specific, a specific approach to the homeless
including shelter, including rehabilitation. I think we can do a
little more in terms of the rehabilitation aspect because I think
there are, regrettably, some people out there, given the change in
the law that took place a few years ago, that need help and
attention, and maybe we can do a better job of persuading them. But
I think the full funding of the McKinney Act, which I pledged to do
incidentally in the campaign, is the best role for the federal
government because it was fully debated and passed by the Congress,
both Democrats and Republicans, as the best way to go. And we have
now funded it, and I hope that that will be enacted in our budget and
I hope it will make a difference.
Because you go upstairs and you look out that window and
you see some pretty heartrending sights. And then you. go have those
people interviewed, as has taken place by enterprising reporters, and
you find that there's some very great complications as to why those
folks are there. So we've got to get to the cause, whether it's
economic deprivation or whether it's some other problem that the
folks have that lead them to that state of hopelessness.
Thank you all very, very much for being with us. I'd
better push on. But thank you. (Applause.)
END
1:57 P.M. EST
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON / STATE ROOM
JANUARY 25, 1990 / 1:15 P.M.
It's AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE. THERE MAY BE NO
GROUP IN AMERICA MORE AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES THIS
COUNTRY IS FACING. So I DECIDED TO FOCUS ON THE FIRST
ITEM ON THE DOMESTIC AGENDA. ILLEGAL DRUGS. THEY
REMAIN THIS NATION'S NUMBER ONE CONCERN. TODAY I'D
LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE SECOND PHASE OF OUR FIGHT AGAINST
DRUGS.
- 2 -
As YOU KNOW, LAST SEPTEMBER, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY, WE LAUNCHED A COMPREHENSIVE,
COORDINATED, COHERENT NATIONAL STRATEGY, TO STOP THE
DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.
WE'VE MADE SOME NOTABLE PROGRESS IN THE MONTHS
SINCE THAT PLAN WAS UNVEILED. ATTITUDES CONTINUE TO
CHANGE.
HERE IN WASHINGTON, THE NUMBER OF THOSE ARRESTED WHO
TEST POSITIVE FOR DRUGS HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY OVER
THE PAST THREE MONTHS -- ESPECIALLY AMONG JUVENILES.
AND ABROAD, COLOMBIA HAS EXTRADITED 14 OF THE WORLD'S
MAJOR DRUG MERCHANTS To STAND TRIAL HERE.
BUT GIVEN THE HEADLINES WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, IT'S
CLEAR WE'RE ONLY GETTING STARTED. THE PLAN WE LAID OUT
LAST FALL OUTLINED WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.
- 4 -
TODAY I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE SECOND PHASE OF OUR
STRATEGY -- WHICH EXPLAINS HOW WE INTEND TO DO IT.
AGENCY BY AGENCY, TASK BY TASK, DOLLAR BY DOLLAR.
TODAY, WE'RE RELEASING A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS.
OUR OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR FOR DRUG CONTROL POLICY,
BILL BENNETT, WILL DISCUSS THE PROGRAM LATER, IN DEPTH.
RIGHT NOW I WANT TO SKETCH OUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS -- AND
THEN OPEN THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS.
- 5 -
OUR APPROACH REMAINS CONSISTENT. WE'RE COMMITTED
TO THE SAME AGGRESSIVE GOALS AND PRINCIPLES WE OUTLINED
LAST SEPTEMBER: TO REDUCE USE, THROUGH AN INTEGRATED
MIX OF SUPPLY- AND DEMAND-SIDE APPROACHES. AND THAT
MEANS DOING EVERYTHING THAT WORKS.
OUR STRATEGY CALLS FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF ITS FUNDING
TO GO TOWARD DRUG EDUCATION, PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND
RESEARCH.
- 6 -
WE'RE CALLING FOR MORE PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS
AND WORKPLACES -- AS WELL AS GRANTS FOR COMMUNITIES TO
SET UP EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IN OUR TREATMENT
STRATEGIES, WE'RE ALSO EMPHASIZING WHAT WORKS -- WITH
CAREFUL AND CONSTANT EVALUATION OF TREATMENT REGIMES,
AND A NEW OFFICE FOR TREATMENT IMPROVEMENT AT H.H.S.
WE'RE FUNDING NEW RESEARCH -- IN AREAS LIKE LAW
ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY, TREATMENT, AND DRUG USE
FORECASTING THAT WILL HELP US SPOT TRENDS, TARGET
RESOURCES, AND MEASURE THE IMPACT OF OUR STRATEGIES.
AND THIS SPRING, WE'LL BE RELEASING THE FIRST OF AN
ANNUAL, STATE-BY-STATE STATUS REPORT, MEASURING
PROGRESS.
ROUGHLY ANOTHER THIRD OF THE BUDGET IS DEVOTED TO
DOMESTIC ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND INCARCERATION.
- 8 -
To HELP LOCAL ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES, THE '91 FISCAL
BUDGET CALLS FOR NEARLY 500 MILLION DOLLARS FOR STATE
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS -- AN INCREASE OF 228
PERCENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE WANT TO GET THE
RIGHT RESOURCES, TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, ON THE RIGHT
LEVEL: STREET LEVEL.
TODAY WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING FIVE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG
TRAFFICKING AREAS -- CITIES AND AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY
DOING A GREAT DEAL, BUT NEED MORE SUPPORT.
- 9 -
WE WANT TO HELP THEM MAP OUT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE,
COORDINATED APPROACH TO FIGHT DRUGS.
WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DEA AND FBI
AGENTS AND PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS MORE FUNDING FOR
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS. WE SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN
FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS.
- 10 -
WE ARE PROPOSING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG KINGPINS,
AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRUG-RELATED KILLINGS, AND
EVEN, IN SOME CASES, ATTEMPTED KILLINGS. WE WANT THERE
TO BE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT ABOUT THE CERTAINTY OF
PUNISHMENT.
THE FINAL THIRD OF OUR BUDGET IS EARMARKED FOR
BORDER INTERDICTION AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS.
- 11 -
WE WANT THE MULTINATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT
PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE DRUGS TO BE MORE THAN
DISRUPTED -- WE INTEND TO SEE THEM DISMANTLED AND
DESTROYED -- BECAUSE WE DON'T MAKE DEALS WITH DEALERS.
WE HAVE MULTI-LATERAL PROGRAMS UNDERWAY IN MANY
PARTS OF THE WORLD. THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTH
AMERICA PARTICULARLY, WE ARE ENGAGED IN EXPANDED -- AND
UNPRECEDENTED -- LEVELS OF COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE.
- 12 -
WE APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF PRESIDENT BARCO OF COLOMBIA,
AND PRESIDENT SALINAS OF MEXICO. AND I WILL REINFORCE
OUR SUPPORT FOR THE COURAGEOUS LEADERS OF THE REGION,
AT THE UPCOMING SUMMIT IN COLOMBIA.
AMONG THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING TO INTENSIFY BORDER
CONTROL, UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1000 CUSTOMS AGENTS -- WHO
ARE ALREADY ON THE JOB -- WILL BE GIVEN AUTHORITY TO
CONDUCT DRUG INVESTIGATIONS, TO BETTER ASSIST THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.
- 13 -
WITH INTERDICTION IN PARTICULAR, COORDINATION IS
CRUCIAL. WE ARE PUTTING AN END TO TURF BATTLES.
OUR BUDGET FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES HAS
INCREASED FROM 419 MILLION DOLLARS TO NEARLY 700
MILLION DOLLARS. WE'RE CREATING A NEW NATIONAL DRUG
INTELLIGENCE CENTER, TO ENSURE ALL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
GET THE STRATEGIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL INTELLIGENCE THEY
NEED.
- 14 -
TREASURY'S NEWLY-CREATED FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT
NETWORK WILL IMPROVE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE. AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY EFFECTIVE
IN ITS EXPANDED DETECTION AND MONITORING ROLE.
Now, I IMAGINE THE "NEWS" IN THIS CHAPTER OF THE
WAR ON DRUGS MAY BE ITS PRICE TAG. SPENDING
UNDERSTANDABLY GETS ATTENTION. IN THIS CASE, OUTLAYS
CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
- 15 -
BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR DETERMINATION TO WIN THIS
FIGHT -- WITHOUT ADDING TO THE BUDGET DEFICIT -- AND
YES, WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
IN 1990 DRUG FUNDING TOTALED ALMOST NINE AND A HALF
BILLION DOLLARS -- THE LARGEST INCREASE IN HISTORY.
FUNDING FOR FISCAL '91 WILL BE EXPANDED BY MORE THAN
ONE BILLION, TO OVER TEN AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS.
AND OUTLAYS WILL INCREASE 41 PERCENT THIS YEAR.
- 16 -
IN FACT, WITH THIS REQUEST THE FEDERAL DRUG BUDGET WILL
BE 69 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IT WAS WHEN I TOOK OFFICE IN
1989.
To THOSE WHO SAY OUR PROGRAM LOOKS TOP-HEAVY ON THE
INTERDICTION SIDE, REMEMBER THAT MANY OF THE EFFORTS TO
LIMIT SUPPLY ARE EXCLUSIVELY FEDERAL -- AND INHERENTLY
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN DEMAND REDUCTION. WE'RE WILLING TO
SPEND MORE TO LIMIT THE DRUG SUPPLY. SIMPLY PUT, WE'RE
WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
- 17 -
BUT THE REAL ISSUE, OF COURSE, IS NOT "HOW MUCH."
IT'S "HOW WELL." AND HERE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
FEDERAL AND NATIONAL IS CRUCIAL. A TRULY NATIONAL DRUG
CONTROL STRATEGY DEMANDS THAT WE TAP RESOURCES OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION -- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE; CIVILIAN AND
MILITARY; LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL; VOLUNTEER,
PROFESSIONAL, AND PERSONAL.
- 18 -
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT A MAN NAMED JIM BURKE -- A
CORPORATE LEADER WHO'S BEEN APPLYING THE POWER OF THE
MEDIA TO "UNSELL" DRUGS, THROUGH THE MEDIA PARTNERSHIP
FOR A DRUG-FREE AMERICA: THE LARGEST VOLUNTEER PRIVATE
SECTOR AD CAMPAIGN SINCE THE WAR-BOND DRIVES OF WORLD
WAR II.
YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THEIR HARD-HITTING ADS TO
DISCOURAGE DRUG USE. MANY OF YOU ALREADY CONTRIBUTE
SPACE TO RUN THEM.
AND THAT'S SUPPORTING THE PARTNERSHIP'S CURRENT GOAL,
TO RAISE ONE MILLION DOLLARS A DAY IN ADVERTISING TIME
AND SPACE. EVERY DAY. FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. A
REMARKABLE GOAL INDEED.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU -- JOE WILLIAMS, OF THE
MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL, TO TAKE A NOTABLE EXAMPLE --
HAVE MADE THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERISM AN IMPORTANT
PART OF YOUR NEWSPAPER'S MISSION. AND THAT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT.
- 20 -
A FREE PRESS HAS A RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO
REPORT AND COMMENT ON A NATION'S PROBLEMS. BUT YOUR
NEWSPAPERS MAY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROGRESS OF THE
COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, BY POINTING TO SOLUTIONS. AND
THERE MAY BE NO BETTER OUTLET FOR AMERICA'S VOLUNTEER
SPIRIT THAN SAVING THOSE BEING LOST TO DRUGS. IT'S TOO
EARLY TO TELL HOW OUR EFFORTS WILL BE JUDGED -- BUT IF
MORE CONCERNED AMERICANS BECOME INVOLVED AMERICANS, I
BELIEVE WE WILL SUCCEED.
- 21 -
As A NATION UNITED, I BELIEVE WE CAN TURN THE TIDE
OF DRUGS AWAY FROM AMERICA'S SHORES -- AND OUT OF HER
CHILDREN'S HANDS.
[PAUSE ]
Now I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS AND
SUGGESTIONS -- ON ANY SUBJECT, OF COURSE, BUT
ESPECIALLY OUR FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS
###
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON / STATE ROOM
JANUARY 25, 1990 / 1:15 P.M.
IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE. THERE MAY BE NO
GROUP IN AMERICA MORE AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES THIS
COUNTRY IS FACING. So I DECIDED TO FOCUS ON THE FIRST
ITEM ON THE DOMESTIC AGENDA. ILLEGAL DRUGS. THEY
REMAIN THIS NATION'S NUMBER ONE CONCERN. TODAY I'D
LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE SECOND PHASE OF OUR FIGHT AGAINST
DRUGS.
- 2 -
As YOU KNOW, LAST SEPTEMBER, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY, WE LAUNCHED A COMPREHENSIVE,
COORDINATED, COHERENT NATIONAL STRATEGY, TO STOP THE
DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.
WE'VE MADE SOME NOTABLE PROGRESS IN THE MONTHS
SINCE THAT PLAN WAS UNVEILED. ATTITUDES CONTINUE TO
CHANGE.
- 3 -
HERE IN WASHINGTON, THE NUMBER OF THOSE ARRESTED WHO
TEST POSITIVE FOR DRUGS HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY OVER
THE PAST THREE MONTHS -- ESPECIALLY AMONG JUVENILES.
AND ABROAD, COLOMBIA HAS EXTRADITED 14 OF THE WORLD'S
MAJOR DRUG MERCHANTS TO STAND TRIAL HERE.
BUT GIVEN THE HEADLINES WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, IT'S
CLEAR WE'RE ONLY GETTING STARTED. THE PLAN WE LAID OUT
LAST FALL OUTLINED WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.
- 4 -
TODAY I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE SECOND PHASE OF OUR
STRATEGY -- WHICH EXPLAINS HOW WE INTEND TO DO IT.
AGENCY BY AGENCY, TASK BY TASK, DOLLAR BY DOLLAR.
TODAY, WE'RE RELEASING A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS.
OUR OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR FOR DRUG CONTROL POLICY,
BILL BENNETT, WILL DISCUSS THE PROGRAM LATER, IN DEPTH.
RIGHT NOW I WANT TO SKETCH OUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS -- AND
THEN OPEN THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS.
- 5 -
OUR APPROACH REMAINS CONSISTENT. WE'RE COMMITTED
TO THE SAME AGGRESSIVE GOALS AND PRINCIPLES WE OUTLINED
LAST SEPTEMBER: TO REDUCE USE, THROUGH AN INTEGRATED
MIX OF SUPPLY- AND DEMAND-SIDE APPROACHES. AND THAT
MEANS DOING EVERYTHING THAT WORKS.
OUR STRATEGY CALLS FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF ITS FUNDING
TO GO TOWARD DRUG EDUCATION, PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND
RESEARCH.
- 6 -
WE'RE CALLING FOR MORE PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS
AND WORKPLACES -- AS WELL AS GRANTS FOR COMMUNITIES TO
SET UP EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IN OUR TREATMENT
STRATEGIES, WE'RE ALSO EMPHASIZING WHAT WORKS -- WITH
CAREFUL AND CONSTANT EVALUATION OF TREATMENT REGIMES,
AND A NEW OFFICE FOR TREATMENT IMPROVEMENT AT H.H.S.
- 7 -
WE'RE FUNDING NEW RESEARCH -- IN AREAS LIKE LAW
ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY, TREATMENT, AND DRUG USE
FORECASTING THAT WILL HELP US SPOT TRENDS, TARGET
RESOURCES, AND MEASURE THE IMPACT OF OUR STRATEGIES.
AND THIS SPRING, WE'LL BE RELEASING THE FIRST OF AN
ANNUAL, STATE-BY-STATE STATUS REPORT, MEASURING
PROGRESS.
ROUGHLY ANOTHER THIRD OF THE BUDGET IS DEVOTED TO
DOMESTIC ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND INCARCERATION.
- 8 -
To HELP LOCAL ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES, THE '91 FISCAL
BUDGET CALLS FOR NEARLY 500 MILLION DOLLARS FOR STATE
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS -- AN INCREASE OF 228
PERCENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE WANT TO GET THE
RIGHT RESOURCES, TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, ON THE RIGHT
LEVEL: STREET LEVEL.
TODAY WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING FIVE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG
TRAFFICKING AREAS -- CITIES AND AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY
DOING A GREAT DEAL, BUT NEED MORE SUPPORT.
- 9 -
WE WANT TO HELP THEM MAP OUT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE,
COORDINATED APPROACH TO FIGHT DRUGS.
WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DEA AND FBI
AGENTS AND PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS MORE FUNDING FOR
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS. WE SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN
FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS.
- 10 -
WE ARE PROPOSING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG KINGPINS,
AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRUG-RELATED KILLINGS, AND
EVEN, IN SOME CASES, ATTEMPTED KILLINGS. WE WANT THERE
TO BE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT ABOUT THE CERTAINTY OF
PUNISHMENT.
THE FINAL THIRD OF OUR BUDGET IS EARMARKED FOR
BORDER INTERDICTION AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS.
- 11 -
WE WANT THE MULTINATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT
PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE DRUGS TO BE MORE THAN
DISRUPTED -- WE INTEND TO SEE THEM DISMANTLED AND
DESTROYED -- BECAUSE WE DON'T MAKE DEALS WITH DEALERS.
WE HAVE MULTI-LATERAL PROGRAMS UNDERWAY IN MANY
PARTS OF THE WORLD. THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTH
AMERICA PARTICULARLY, WE ARE ENGAGED IN EXPANDED -- AND
UNPRECEDENTED -- LEVELS OF COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE.
- 12 -
WE APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF PRESIDENT BARCO OF COLOMBIA,
AND PRESIDENT SALINAS OF MEXICO. AND I WILL REINFORCE
OUR SUPPORT FOR THE COURAGEOUS LEADERS OF THE REGION,
AT THE UPCOMING SUMMIT IN COLOMBIA.
AMONG THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING TO INTENSIFY BORDER
CONTROL, UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1000 CUSTOMS AGENTS -- WHO
ARE ALREADY ON THE JOB -- WILL BE GIVEN AUTHORITY TO
CONDUCT DRUG INVESTIGATIONS, TO BETTER ASSIST THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.
- 13 -
WITH INTERDICTION IN PARTICULAR, COORDINATION IS
CRUCIAL. WE ARE PUTTING AN END TO TURF BATTLES.
OUR BUDGET FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES HAS
INCREASED FROM 419 MILLION DOLLARS TO NEARLY 700
MILLION DOLLARS. WE'RE CREATING A NEW NATIONAL DRUG
INTELLIGENCE CENTER, TO ENSURE ALL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
GET THE STRATEGIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL INTELLIGENCE THEY
NEED.
- 14 -
TREASURY'S NEWLY-CREATED FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT
NETWORK WILL IMPROVE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE. AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY EFFECTIVE
IN ITS EXPANDED DETECTION AND MONITORING ROLE.
Now, I IMAGINE THE "NEWS" IN THIS CHAPTER OF THE
WAR ON DRUGS MAY BE ITS PRICE TAG. SPENDING
UNDERSTANDABLY GETS ATTENTION. IN THIS CASE, OUTLAYS
CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
- 15 -
BUT I WANT To EMPHASIZE OUR DETERMINATION TO WIN THIS
FIGHT -- WITHOUT ADDING TO THE BUDGET DEFICIT -- AND
YES, WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
IN 1990 DRUG FUNDING TOTALED ALMOST NINE AND A HALF
BILLION DOLLARS -- THE LARGEST INCREASE IN HISTORY.
FUNDING FOR FISCAL '91 WILL BE EXPANDED BY MORE THAN
ONE BILLION, TO OVER TEN AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS.
AND OUTLAYS WILL INCREASE 41 PERCENT THIS YEAR.
- 16 -
IN FACT, WITH THIS REQUEST THE FEDERAL DRUG BUDGET WILL
BE 69 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IT WAS WHEN I TOOK OFFICE IN
1989.
To THOSE WHO SAY OUR PROGRAM LOOKS TOP-HEAVY ON THE
INTERDICTION SIDE, REMEMBER THAT MANY OF THE EFFORTS TO
LIMIT SUPPLY ARE EXCLUSIVELY FEDERAL -- AND INHERENTLY
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN DEMAND REDUCTION. WE'RE WILLING TO
SPEND MORE TO LIMIT THE DRUG SUPPLY. SIMPLY PUT, WE'RE
WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
- 17 -
BUT THE REAL ISSUE, OF COURSE, IS NOT "HOW MUCH."
IT'S "HOW WELL." AND HERE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
FEDERAL AND NATIONAL IS CRUCIAL. A TRULY NATIONAL DRUG
CONTROL STRATEGY DEMANDS THAT WE TAP RESOURCES OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION -- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE; CIVILIAN AND
MILITARY; LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL; VOLUNTEER,
PROFESSIONAL, AND PERSONAL.
- 18 -
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT A MAN NAMED JIM BURKE -- A
CORPORATE LEADER WHO'S BEEN APPLYING THE POWER OF THE
MEDIA TO "UNSELL" DRUGS, THROUGH THE MEDIA PARTNERSHIP
FOR A DRUG-FREE AMERICA: THE LARGEST VOLUNTEER PRIVATE
SECTOR AD CAMPAIGN SINCE THE WAR-BOND DRIVES OF WORLD
WAR II.
YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THEIR HARD-HITTING ADS TO
DISCOURAGE DRUG USE. MANY OF YOU ALREADY CONTRIBUTE
SPACE TO RUN THEM.
- 19 -
AND THAT'S SUPPORTING THE PARTNERSHIP'S CURRENT GOAL,
TO RAISE ONE MILLION DOLLARS A DAY IN ADVERTISING TIME
AND SPACE. EVERY DAY. FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. A
REMARKABLE GOAL INDEED.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU -- JOE WILLIAMS, OF THE
MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL, TO TAKE A NOTABLE EXAMPLE --
HAVE MADE THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERISM AN IMPORTANT
PART OF YOUR NEWSPAPER'S MISSION. AND THAT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT.
- 20 -
A FREE PRESS HAS A RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO
REPORT AND COMMENT ON A NATION'S PROBLEMS. BUT YOUR
NEWSPAPERS MAY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROGRESS OF THE
COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, BY POINTING TO SOLUTIONS. AND
THERE MAY BE NO BETTER OUTLET FOR AMERICA'S VOLUNTEER
SPIRIT THAN SAVING THOSE BEING LOST TO DRUGS. It's TOO
EARLY TO TELL HOW OUR EFFORTS WILL BE JUDGED -- BUT IF
MORE CONCERNED AMERICANS BECOME INVOLVED AMERICANS, I
BELIEVE WE WILL SUCCEED.
- 21 -
As A NATION UNITED, I BELIEVE WE CAN TURN THE TIDE
OF DRUGS AWAY FROM AMERICA'S SHORES -- AND OUT OF HER
CHILDREN'S HANDS.
[PAUSE ]
Now I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS AND
SUGGESTIONS -- ON ANY SUBJECT, OF COURSE, BUT
ESPECIALLY OUR FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS..
###
THE WHITE HOUSE
1990 JAN
WASHINGTON
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
23 PM 7:48
1/24/90
January 23, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
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FROM:
MARK LANGE MA
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SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS' LUNCHEON
sups
Attached are draft remarks (cards only) to follow your lunch
with about 70 publishers from a cross-section of the nation's
newspapers. The luncheon takes place on Thursday, January 25, at
12:00 p.m.
Your remarks are informal and conversational in tone. You
outline phase two of the National Drug Control Strategy -- and
close by asking the publishers to encourage volunteer efforts to
fight drugs in their communities.
(Lange/Cawley)
January 23, 1989
7:00 P.M.
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided instead to focus on the first item on the
domestic agenda. Illegal drugs. They remain this nation's
number one concern. So I chose this forum to announce the second
phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's major drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward drug education, prevention, treatment, and research.
We're calling for more prevention programs in schools and
workplaces -- as well as grants for communities to set up
education programs. In our treatment strategies, we're also
emphasizing what works -- with careful and constant evaluation of
treatment regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at
H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Roughly another third of the budget is devoted to domestic
enforcement, prosecution, and incarceration. To help local
enforcement initiatives, the '91 fiscal budget calls for nearly
3
500 million dollars for state and local law enforcement grants --
an increase of 228 percent over the last two years. We want to
get the right resources, to the right people, on the right level:
street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities and areas that are already doing a
great deal, but need more support. We want to help them map out
a more comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as more funding for Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
We support an increase in federal judgeships. We are proposing
the death penalty for drug kingpins, and those responsible for
drug-related killings, and even, in some cases, attempted
killings. We want there to be absolutely no doubt about the
certainty of punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for border
interdiction and international operations. We want the
multinational criminal organizations that produce and distribute
drugs to be more than disrupted -- we intend to see them
dismantled and destroyed -- because we don't make deals with
dealers.
We have multi-lateral programs underway in many parts of the
world. Thoughout Central and South America particularly, we are
engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented -- levels of cooperation
and assistance. We applaud the efforts of President Barco of
Colombia, and President Salinas of Mexico. And I will reinforce
4
our support for the courageous leaders of the region, at the
upcoming summit in Colombia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
an additional 1000 Customs Agents -- who are already on the job
-- will be given authority to conduct drug investigations, to
better assist the Drug Enforcement Administration. With
interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We are
putting an end to turf battles.
Our budget for all international activities has increased
from 300 million dollars to nearly 700 million dollars. We're
creating a new National Drug Intelligence Center, to ensure all
enforcement agencies get the strategic and organizational
intelligence they need. Treasury's newly-created Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network will improve financial intelligence.
And the Department of Defense has been increasingly effective in
its expanded detection and monitoring role.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
In 1990 drug funding totaled almost nine and a half billion
dollars -- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal
'91 will be expanded by more than one billion, to over ten and a
half billion dollars. And outlays will increase 41 percent this
year. In fact, with this request the Federal drug budget will be
more than 70 percent higher than it was when I took office in
1989.
5
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that many of the efforts to limit
supply are exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive
than demand reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the
drug supply. Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission And that's important. Let m tell you about the
mont of and Burther
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
Jim
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106545SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
1/24/90
----
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS' LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
1990
WASHINGTON
JAH 23 PM >: 48
January 23, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
en
FROM:
MARK LANGE 34
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS' LUNCHEON
Attached are draft remarks (cards only) to follow your lunch
with about 70 publishers from a cross-section of the nation's
newspapers. The luncheon takes place on Thursday, January 25, at
12:00 p.m.
Your remarks are informal and conversational in tone. You
outline phase two of the National Drug Control Strategy -- and
close by asking the publishers to encourage volunteer efforts to
fight drugs in their communities.
(Lange/Cawley)
January 23, 1989
7:00 P.M.
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided instead to focus on the first item on the
domestic agenda. Illegal drugs. They remain this nation's
number one concern. So I chose this forum to announce the second
phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's major drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward drug education, prevention, treatment, and research.
We're calling for more prevention programs in schools and
workplaces -- as well as grants for communities to set up
education programs. In our treatment strategies, we're also
emphasizing what works -- with careful and constant evaluation of
treatment regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at
H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Roughly another third of the budget is devoted to domestic
enforcement, prosecution, and incarceration. To help local
enforcement initiatives, the '91 fiscal budget calls for nearly
3
500 million dollars for state and local law enforcement grants --
an increase of 228 percent over the last two years. We want to
get the right resources, to the right people, on the right level:
street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities and areas that are already doing a
great deal, but need more support. We want to help them map out
a more comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as more funding for Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
We support an increase in federal judgeships. We are proposing
the death penalty for drug kingpins, and those responsible for
drug-related killings, and even, in some cases, attempted
killings. We want there to be absolutely no doubt about the
certainty of punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for border
interdiction and international operations. We want the
multinational criminal organizations that produce and distribute
drugs to be more than disrupted -- we intend to see them
dismantled and destroyed -- because we don't make deals with
dealers.
We have multi-lateral programs underway in many parts of the
world. Thoughout Central and South America particularly, we are
engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented -- levels of cooperation
and assistance. We applaud the efforts of President Barco of
Colombia, and President Salinas of Mexico. And I will reinforce
4
our support for the courageous leaders of the region, at the
upcoming summit in Colombia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
an additional 1000 Customs Agents -- who are already on the job
-- will be given authority to conduct drug investigations, to
better assist the Drug Enforcement Administration. With
interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We are
putting an end to turf battles.
Our budget for all international activities has increased
from 300 million dollars to nearly 700 million dollars. We're
creating a new National Drug Intelligence Center, to ensure all
enforcement agencies get the strategic and organizational
intelligence they need. Treasury's newly-created Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network will improve financial intelligence.
And the Department of Defense has been increasingly effective in
its expanded detection and monitoring role.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
In 1990 drug funding totaled almost nine and a half billion
dollars -- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal
'91 will be expanded by more than one billion, to over ten and a
half billion dollars. And outlays will increase 41 percent this
year. In fact, with this request the Federal drug budget will be
more than 70 percent higher than it was when I took office in
1989.
5
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that many of the efforts to limit
supply are exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive
than demand reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the
drug supply. simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
###
(Lange/Cawley)
January 23, 1989
7:00 P.M.
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided instead to focus on the first item on the
domestic agenda. Illegal drugs. They remain this nation's
number one concern. So I chose this forum to announce the second
phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
removed "months
We've made some notable progress in the months since that
plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's major drug merchants to stand trial here.
removed "6"months
But given the headlines we've seen recently, it's clear
we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last fall
outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward drug education, prevention, treatment, and research.
We're calling for more prevention programs in schools and
workplaces -- as well as grants for communities to set up
education programs. In our treatment strategies, we're also
emphasizing what works -- with careful and constant evaluation of
changed "of"
treatment regimes, and a new Office for Treatment Improvement at
H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Roughly another third of the budget is devoted to domestic
enforcement, prosecution, and incarceration. To help local
enforcement initiatives, the '91 fiscal budget calls for nearly
3
500 million dollars for state and local law enforcement grants --
an increase of 228 percent over the last two years. We want to
get the right resources, to the right people, on the right level:
street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities and areas that are already doing a
great deal, but need more support. We want to help them map out
a more comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as more funding for Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
We support an increase in federal judgeships. We are proposing
the death penalty for drug kingpins, and those responsible for
drug-related killings, and even, in some cases, attempted
killings. We want there to be absolutely no doubt about the
certainty of punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for border
interdiction and international operations. We want the
multinational criminal organizations that produce and distribute
drugs to be more than disrupted -- we intend to see them
dismantled and destroyed -- because we don't make deals with
dealers.
We have multi-lateral programs underway in many parts of the
world. Thoughout Central and South America particularly, we are
engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented -- levels of cooperation
and assistance. We applaud the efforts of President Barco of
Colombia, and President Salinas of Mexico. And I will reinforce
4
our support for the courageous leaders of the region, at the
upcoming summit in Colombia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
added "up to"
up to an additional 1000 Customs Agents -- who are already on the
job -- will be given authority to conduct drug investigations, to
better assist the Drug Enforcement Administration. With
interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We are
putting an end to turf battles.
Our budget for all international activities has increased
from 1300
changed
from 419 million dollars to nearly 700 million dollars. We're
creating a new National Drug Intelligence Center, to ensure all
enforcement agencies get the strategic and organizational
intelligence they need. Treasury's newly-created Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network will improve financial intelligence.
And the Department of Defense has been increasingly effective in
its expanded detection and monitoring role.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
In 1990 drug funding totaled almost nine and a half billion
dollars -- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal
'91 will be expanded by more than one billion, to over ten and a
half billion dollars. And outlays will increase 41 percent this
year. In fact, with this request the Federal drug budget will be
69 percent higher than it was when I took office in 1989.
changed from
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
"70% to match
Bennetts speech
5
interdiction side, remember that many of the efforts to limit
supply are exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive
than demand reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the
drug supply. Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
Let me tell you about a man named Jim Burke -- a corporate
leader who's been applying the power of the media to "unsell"
drugs, through the Media Partnership for a Drug-Free America:
the largest volunteer private sector ad campaign since the war-
bond drives of World War II.
You're all familiar with their hard-hitting ads to
discourage drug use. Many of you already contribute space to run
them. And that's supporting the Partnership's current goal, to
raise one million dollars a day in advertising time and space.
Every day. For the next three years. A remarkable goal indeed.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's also important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
6
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
###
Document No. 106545
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 01/22/90
2:00 p.m. Tuesday 01/23
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
(01/22 7:15 p.m. draft)
2.25
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE N/C
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 01/23, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
1990 JAN 22 PM 7: 36
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
instead
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs, That remain this nation's number one concern,
I Chase this
and our top domestic priority So this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted major drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy - -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
aug
toward education, prevention, treatment, and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, Roughles, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
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domestic enforcement
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people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
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but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
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Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding In to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
Our 1990 drug budget funding totalled almost eight billion dollars
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-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
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interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
5
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
# # #
Document No. 106545
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 01/22/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 01/23
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
(01/22 7:15 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 01/23, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE: See comments
P : : 2 8203068
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
1990 JAN 22 PM 7: 36
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs remain this nation's number one concern,
and our top domestic priority. So this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevention, treatment, and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Another third of the budget is devoted to domestic and
drug enforcement. Law
border interdiction To help local enforcement efforts, the '91
Ryder
44516
fiscal budget calls for nearly 500 million dollars for state and
local law enforcement an increase of 228 percent over the last
grants
3
two years. We want to get the right resources, to the right
people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
and geogratic areas
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. Apart from the severity
of punishment, we should no longer debate the certainty of
punishment.
border interdiction and
The final third of our budget is earmarked for International
Ryder
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and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given arrest
and investigation authority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
4
With interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We
will fight no more turf battles.
Our budget for cooperative law enforcement for all
international activities has increased from 419 295 million dollars
690
to over 500 million dollars. We're creating a new National Drug
Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies get the
strategic, organizational, and financial intelligence they need.
And the Department of Defense has been increasingly effective detection and
monitoring surpassing even our high expectations.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
Our 1990 drug funding budget totalled almost eight billion dollars
an
9.5
-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
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when I took office last year.
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interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
5
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
###
Document No. 106545
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 01/22/90
2:00 p.m. Tuesday 01/23
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
(01/22 7:15 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 01/23, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
Please see suggestions, p.l
1/23/90
James W. Cicconi
89 DEC 23 P3:06
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
1990 JAN 22 PM 7: 36
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. so
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda
after the first year.
instead I have
issue
,the
one
important
most
But X decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
They
agenda. Illegal drugs, remain this nation's number one concern,
Today I would like
and our top domestic priority. So this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevention, treatment, and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Another third of the budget is devoted to domestic and
border interdiction. To help local enforcement efforts, the '91
fiscal budget calls for nearly 500 million dollars for state and
local law enforcement -- an increase of 228 percent over the last
3
two years. We want to get the right resources, to the right
people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. Apart from the severity
of punishment, we should no longer debate the certainty of
punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for international
and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given arrest
and investigation authority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
4
With interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We
will fight no more turf battles.
Our budget for cooperative law enforcement for all
international activities has increased from 295 million dollars
to over 500 million dollars. We're creating a new National Drug
Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies get the
strategic, organizational, and financial intelligence they need.
And the Department of Defense has been effective in detection and
monitoring -- surpassing even our high expectations.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
Our 1990 drug budget totalled almost eight billion dollars
-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
be expanded to over ten and a half billion dollars -- a 41
percent increase in one year. In fact, with this request the
Federal drug budget will be almost 70 percent higher than it was
when I took office last year.
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
5
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
###
NOTE TO SPEECHWRITING
FROM: MARNIE HAINES
MH
PAGE 3:
Justice thinks the end of the
paragraph should read, "will be
çross-designated to assist DEA
agents in investigating narcotics
violations.
"
They say this needs to be specified
to show the difference between the
customs agents having statutory
authority or not.
John Schall, Deputy Exec. Secretary
of the Domestic Policy Council,
shows his comments in blue ink.
1000 Document No. 106545
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 01/22/90
2:00 p.m. Tuesday 01/23
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
(01/22 7:15 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 01/23, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
See comments pages 1,3,4.
Also All attached page.
James W. Cicconi
90 : Ed
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
1990 JAN 22 PM 7: 36
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs remain this nation's number one concern,
and our top domestic priority. So this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
No attituding data for changes last months
6
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce HER, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevention, treatment. and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress
law enforcement
Another third of the budget is devoted to domestic'and
border interdiction. To help local enforcement efforts, the '91
fiscal budget calls for nearly 500 million dollars for state and
local law enforcement -- an increase of 228 percent over the last
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two years. We want to get the right resources, to the right
people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. Apart from the severity
of punishment, we should no longer debate the certainty of
punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for international
and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
an additional 1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given arrest
and investigation authority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
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Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing Assistant the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well así U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
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federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. Apart from the severity
of punishment, we should no longer debate the certainty of
punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for international
and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given arrest
and investigation authority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
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will fight no more turf battles.
Our budget for cooperative law enforcement for all
international activities has increased from 295 million dollars
to over 500 million dollars. We're creating a new National Drug
Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies get the
strategic, organizational, and financial intelligence they need.
And the Department of Defense has been effective in detection and
monitoring -- surpassing even our high expectations.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
Our 1990 drug budget totalled almost eight billion dollars
-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
be expanded to over ten and a half billion dollars -- a 41
how
percent increase in one year. In fact, with this request the
can
Federal drug budget will be almost 70 percent higher than it was
both
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when I took office last year.
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To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
very
interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
confirming
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
5
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
# # #
Document No. 106545
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
0531
DATE: 01/22/90
2:00 p.m. Tuesday 01/23
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
(01/22 7:15 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 01/23, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
January 23, 1990
TO: CHRISS WINSTON
The NSC concurs with the changes indicated.
Brent Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
89 DEC 23 P6: 01
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
CC: James Cicconi
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
1390 JAN 22 PM 7: 36
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs remain this nation's number one concern,
and our top domestic priority. So this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevention, treatment, and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Another third of the budget is devoted to domestic and
border interdiction. To help local enforcement efforts, the '91
fiscal budget calls for nearly 500 million dollars for state and
local law enforcement -- an increase of 228 percent over the last
3
two years. We want to get the right resources, to the right
people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. Apart from the severity
of punishment, we should no longer debate the certainty of
punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for international
and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
so we espirally now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
x
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levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America
We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
multi have programs lateral
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
effects
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region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
in of
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given Authority arrest
the and
and investigationsauthority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
to Conduct drugs
4
With interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We
put AN end to
will fight no more turf battles.
But
Our budget for cooperative law enforcement for all
international activities has increased from 295 million dollars
to over 500 million dollars. We're creating a new National Drug
Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies get the
strategic, organizational, and financial intelligence they need.
And the Department of Defense has been effective in detection and
given a greater role
monitoring -- surpassing even our high expectations.
which so fAt has been highly effective
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
Our 1990 drug budget totalled almost eight billion dollars
-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
be expanded to over ten and a half billion dollars -- a 41
percent increase in one year. In fact, with this request the
Federal drug budget will be almost 70 percent higher than it was
when I took office last year.
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
5
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well.' And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
# # #
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PREMOUNT
Weshington, D.C.
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1815 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs remain this nation's number one concern,
and our top domestic priority. 80 this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, We launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how wa intend to
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do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce HER, through an integrated aix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevantion. treatment. and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasising what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
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Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
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but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
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federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
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because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
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Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
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want to emphasise our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to centacted the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
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well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you - Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. so I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 23, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Newspaper Publisher's Luncheon
Thank you for the opportunity to review the draft remarks
for the Newspaper Publisher's Luncheon. We believe that it is a
strong, balanced speech which will be well received by the
publishers.
On page 3, in relation to the text on the death penalty, we
suggest phrasing the sentence as follows: "We are proposing the
death penalty for drug kingpins and those responsible for drug-
related killings and even, in some cases, attempted killings."
If you have any questions or if we can help in any other
way, please let me know.
Are page /.
or :pd 03023 68
Document No. 106545
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 01/22/90
2:00 p.m. Tuesday 01/23
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
(01/22 7:15 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
V
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 01/23, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
1390 JAN 22 PM 7: 36
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs remain this nation's number one concern
DISCUSSED
WITH DAVID
[and our top domestic priority. So this is a good forum to
DEMAREST
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy . -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevention, treatment, and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Another third of the budget is devoted to domestic and
border interdiction. To help local enforcement efforts, the '91
fiscal budget calls for nearly 500 million dollars for state and
local law enforcement -- an increase of 228 percent over the last
3
two years. We want to get the right resources, to the right
people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. Apart from the severity
of punishment, we should no longer debate the certainty of
punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for international
and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given arrest
and investigation authority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
4
With interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We
will fight no more turf battles.
Our budget for cooperative law enforcement for all
international activities has increased from 295 million dollars
to over 500 million dollars. We're creating a new National Drug
Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies get the
strategic, organizational, and financial intelligence they need.
And the Department of Defense has been effective in detection and
monitoring -- surpassing even our high expectations.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
Our 1990 drug budget totalled almost eight billion dollars
-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
be expanded to over ten and a half billion dollars -- a 41
percent increase in one year. In fact, with this request the
Federal drug budget will be almost 70 percent higher than it was
when I took office last year.
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
5
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
###
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 23, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
FREDERICK D. NELSON FDN.
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Newspaper Publisher's Luncheon
Counsel's Office makes no legal objection to the above-referenced
presidential remarks.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
89 DEC 23 P2: 03
Document No. 106543
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 01/22/90
2:00 p.m. Tuesday 01/23
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
(01/22 7:15 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 01/23, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
1990 JAN 22 PM 7: 36
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs remain this nation's number one concern,
and our top domestic priority. So this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevention, treatment, and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Another third of the budget is devoted to domestic and
border interdiction. To help local enforcement efforts, the '91
fiscal budget calls for nearly 500 million dollars for state and
local law enforcement -- an increase of 228 percent over the last
3
two years. We want to get the right resources, to the right
people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. Apart from the severity
of punishment, we should no longer debate the certainty of
punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for international
and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given arrest
and investigation authority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
4
With interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial.
We
will fight no more turf battles.
Our budget for cooperative law enforcement for all
international activities has increased from 295 million dollars
to over 500 million dollars. We're creating a new National Drug
Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies get the
strategic, organizational, and financial intelligence they need.
And the Department of Defense has been effective in detection and
monitoring -- surpassing even our high expectations.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
Our 1990 drug budget totalled almost eight billion dollars
-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
be expanded to over ten and a half billion dollars -- a 41
percent increase in one year. In fact, with this request the
Federal drug budget will be almost 70 percent higher than it was
when I took office last year.
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
5
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much.' It's "how
well. And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
# # #
carolyns 1/23/89 A's (Also LANGE'S 1/23 As)
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs remain this nation's number one concern,
I chose this
and our top domestic priority. So this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most major wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
2
do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevention, treatment, and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report. measuring progress [Deemed threatening]
Another third of the budget is devoted to domestic and
border interdiction. To help local enforcement efforts, the '91
fiscal budget calls for nearly 500 million dollars for state and
local law enforcement an increase of 228 percent over the last
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two years. We want to get the right resources, to the right
people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
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Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
[areas 7
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. We Apart want from there the to severity be absolutely e
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punishment. We need to emphasize certainty on its own
The final third of our budget is earmarked for international
and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given arrest
and investigation authority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
4
With interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We
will fight no more turf battles.
Our budget for cooperative law enforcement for all
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Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies get the
strategic and organizational and financial intelligence they need.
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The Newly developed Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) will provide financial intelligence
And the Department of Defense has been effective in detection and
monitoring -- surpassing even our high expectations.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
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Our 1990 drug budget totalled almost eight billion dollars
-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
be expanded to over ten and a half billion dollars -- AMand outlays
will increase 41%
percent increase in one this year. In fact, with this request the
Federal drug budget will be almost 70 percent higher than it was
when I took office last year.
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
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But the real issue, of course, is not "how much. " It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
# # #
Document No. 106545
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 01/22/90
2:00 p.m. Tuesday 01/23
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
SUBJECT:
(01/22 7:15 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
BENNETT
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 01/23, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
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James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Lange/Cawley)
January 22, 1989
7:15 P.M.
1990 JAN 22 PM 7: 36
[PUBS.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S LUNCHEON
STATE ROOM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1990
1:15 P.M.
It's an honor to have you here. There may be no group in
America more aware of the challenges this country is facing. So
my first thought was to give you a general outline of our agenda,
after the first year.
But I decided to focus on the first item on the domestic
agenda. Illegal drugs remain this nation's number one concern,
and our top domestic priority. So this is a good forum to
announce the second phase of our fight against drugs.
As you know, last September, for the first time in this
country's history, we launched a comprehensive, coordinated,
coherent national strategy, to stop the distribution and use of
illegal drugs.
We've made some notable progress in the six months since
that plan was unveiled. Attitudes continue to change. Here in
Washington, the number of those arrested who test positive for
drugs has dropped dramatically over the past three months --
especially among juveniles. And abroad, Colombia has extradited
14 of the world's most-wanted drug merchants to stand trial here.
But given the headlines we've seen over the last six months,
it's clear we're only getting started. The plan we laid out last
fall outlined what we intend to do. Today I want to announce the
second phase of our strategy -- which explains how we intend to
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do it. Agency by agency, task by task, dollar by dollar. Today,
we're releasing a blueprint for success.
Our outstanding Director for Drug Control Policy, Bill
Bennett, will discuss the program later, in depth. Right now I
want to sketch out a few highlights -- and then open the floor to
questions.
Our approach remains consistent. We're committed to the
same aggressive goals and principles we outlined last September:
to reduce use, through an integrated mix of supply- and demand-
side approaches. And that means doing everything that works.
Our strategy calls for about a third of its funding to go
toward education, prevention, treatment, and research. We're
calling for more prevention programs in schools and workplaces --
as well as grants for communities to set up education programs.
In our treatment strategies, we're also emphasizing what
works -- with careful and constant evaluation of treatment
regimes, and a new Office of Treatment Improvement at H.H.S.
We're funding new research -- in areas like law enforcement
technology, treatment, and drug use forecasting that will help us
spot trends, target resources, and measure the impact of our
strategies. And this spring, we'll be releasing the first of an
annual, state-by-state status report, measuring progress.
Another third of the budget is devoted to domestic and
border interdiction. To help local enforcement efforts, the '91
fiscal budget calls for nearly 500 million dollars for state and
local law enforcement -- an increase of 228 percent over the last
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two years. We want to get the right resources, to the right
people, on the right level: street level.
Today we'll be announcing five High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas -- cities that are already doing a great deal,
but need more support. We want to help them map out a more
comprehensive, coordinated approach to fight drugs.
We're also increasing the number of DEA and FBI agents and
personnel, as well as U.S. Attorneys. We support an increase in
federal judgeships. We're also calling for an expansion of the
death penalty for drug-related crimes. Apart from the severity
of punishment, we should no longer debate the certainty of
punishment.
The final third of our budget is earmarked for international
and overseas operations. We want the multinational criminal
organizations that produce and distribute drugs to be more than
disrupted -- we intend to see them dismantled and destroyed --
because we don't make deals with dealers.
So we're now engaged in expanded -- and unprecedented --
levels of cooperation and assistance, throughout Central and
South America. We applaud President Barco's efforts -- and I
will reinforce our support for the courageous leaders of the
region, at the upcoming summit in Columbia.
Among the steps we're taking to intensify border control,
1000 Customs Agents -- already on the job -- will be given arrest
and investigation authority formerly limited to D.E.A. agents.
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With interdiction in particular, coordination is crucial. We
will fight no more turf battles.
Our budget for cooperative law enforcement for all
international activities has increased from 295 million dollars
to over 500 million dollars. We're creating a new National Drug
Intelligence Center, to ensure all enforcement agencies get the
strategic, organizational, and financial intelligence they need.
And the Department of Defense has been effective in detection and
monitoring -- surpassing even our high expectations.
Now, I imagine the "news" in this chapter of the war on
drugs may be its price tag. Spending understandably gets
attention. In this case, outlays continue to increase. But I
want to emphasize our determination to win this fight -- without
adding to the budget deficit -- and yes, without raising taxes.
Our 1990 drug budget totalled almost eight billion dollars
-- the largest increase in history. Funding for fiscal '91 will
be expanded to over ten and a half billion dollars -- a 41
percent increase in one year. In fact, with this request the
Federal drug budget will be almost 70 percent higher than it was
when I took office last year.
To those who say our program looks top-heavy on the
interdiction side, remember that efforts to limit supply are
exclusively federal -- and inherently more expensive than demand
reduction. We're willing to spend more to limit the drug supply.
Simply put, we're willing to do whatever it takes.
5
But the real issue, of course, is not "how much." It's "how
well." And here the distinction between federal and national is
crucial. A truly National Drug Control Strategy demands that we
tap resources of every description -- public and private;
civilian and military; local, state, and federal; volunteer,
professional, and personal.
I know that some of you -- Joe Williams, of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, to take a notable example -- have made the
promotion of volunteerism an important part of your newspaper's
mission. And that's important.
A free press has a right and responsibility to report and
comment on a nation's problems. But your newspapers may also
contribute to the progress of the communities they serve, by
pointing to solutions. And there may be no better outlet for
America's volunteer spirit than saving those being lost to drugs.
It's too early to tell how our efforts will be judged -- but
if more concerned Americans become involved Americans, I believe
we will succeed.
Today I'm particularly interested in your thoughts and
ideas. So I'd like to open up the floor to questions and
suggestions -- on any subject, of course, but especially our
fight against drugs
###
THE WHITE house
WASHINGTON
January 23, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
JIM PINKERTON &
SUBJECT:
Newspaper Publisher's Luncheon
The tone of this draft - - practical, can-do - - what might
be called, in the President's words, the "I like what works"
style, is very effective in presenting the message that the
Administration is serious about drugs. There is very little
superfluous rhetoric here.
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