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REMARKS BY FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
THE CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1998
Thank you all very much. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank
you, I am overwhelmed and extremely honored. Extremely honored to
receive this award and extremely honored to be with all of you this
evening. I must say that I have many thoughts and feelings running
through my head and heart. But I want all of you to know how grateful I
am for the commitment to public service, for the belief in this country's
ideals, for the work that all of you do every day, and that this center has
done. To breathe life into our commitment to building a better future.
For our nation and our world.
I was watching that video and, besides being struck by my
changing hair styles, I was thinking about all of the places I have been
privileged to visit on behalf of our country, both with my husband and
on my own, and often with good friends like Secretary Albright. And
how honored I am every single time I am permitted, on behalf of my
country, to go to any part of the world and to do what I can to convey to
people everywhere what it is that America stands for, and what kind of
world we want to build together. I want to thank, especially, my friend
Secretary Albright for her introduction. As you might have guessed from
her words, one of the great gifts of my time here in Washington is my
friendship with Madeleine Albright, and my admiration for her, and
what she is doing for our country, continues to grow.
I'm also very grateful that two friends of mine, both of whom
served our country so well during this administration, Ruth Harkin and
"Mack" McClarty, who have agreed to chair this dinner and to be here
with me. I want to thank Mo and the staff of the Center for the work you
do every day, for the enormous effort that went into this dinner. I'm very
grateful that members of Congress are here. I am very pleased that
members of the Diplomatic Corps are also with us, and also many of you
who are friends of the Center. I am especially pleased that Jane Muskie
and members of the Muskie family are with us.
I want to add my words publicly to those that have already been
said on behalf of Kirk O'Donnell. In the rough and tumble world of
politics, his life exemplified public service. He brought great gifts to all
that he did, especially making this Center an active and effective voice.
He will be missed greatly. I know all of you who knew Kirk much better
than I ,will continue to support his family in the days and months ahead.
Now you might think, and I wouldn't blame you for thinking, that
there needs to be some explanation, perhaps, as to what the connection is
between America's leadership in the world -- our national security -- our
diplomatic mission, our future -- and the kinds of scenes you just saw in
the video. I think in a way, it's especially fitting that we would gather
tonight in honor of Ed Muskie, who had a special way of talking about
and explaining the problems of the world. He carried out his
responsibilities with great fairness, warmth, and intelligence, whether he
walked the back roads of Maine or the corridors of power, he
represented the best of America -- our optimism, our deep commitment
to forge bi-partisan support for our national and international objectives.
How fitting that he would be followed in the Secretary of State's
position by someone who shared that optimism and commitment, who is
equally devoted to making it clear what America's position is around the
world, but also making it clear to Americans why we must do what is set
before us to be meet the challenges of our time.
So, when I think about this great honor that you have given me,
and I view this film that the Center has prepared, I see an unbroken line
that runs from people like Ed Muskie to Madeleine Albright, but has
roots much deeper than that, that certainly go back to the architecture of
our foreign policy after the end of WWII, when our leaders, both
Democratic and Republican, understood what America must do to help
create a world that would be safe and secure, peaceful and prosperous
for us. That unbroken line, as you I'm sure, have observed, has become
somewhat frayed in recent years, partly because of historical changes
that have brought deep transformations in how the world is working;
because of the impact of technology; because of the changes and the
political structure, and so many other reasons.
We are living in what is called the post-Cold War era, hardly a
descriptive term, but instead an add-on because we know we are no
longer where we were, we just don't know where we are yet. And that
poses great challenges to decision-makers because the world has
changed so rapidly that we have to catch our breath and as often happens
in a time of rapid change, there's a natural inclination to pull in a little
bit. To think that maybe there is not much we can do in the world, that
we should just attend to our business here at home. One of Secretary
Albright's great gifts, which was eloquently described by Mack
McClarty, is her unique ability to communicate with Americans about
what is going on around the world, to put into down-to-earth terms all of
those difficult problems that she has to analyze and deal with every day.
So as we stand here, on the brink of a new century, and as we are
amidst of this enormous transformation that is occurring, there is a lot of
talk about what must be done to create the conditions for the kind of
stable world that we certainly want and that we have to take the lead in
creating.
When my husband spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations on
New York on Monday, he laid out both an analysis of, and prescriptions
for, the international economic crisis that we are facing today. Those
prescriptions require us to think differently. They require our allies and
our friends around the world to think and act differently in order to
fashion remedies that meet today's problems, not yesterday's. So we all
-- in the Center, and those of you engaged in the hard work in the
Congress, and in the Administration, and in the private sector, in making
sense of this new world, all have to take stock of where we are and
where we need to be going, and that brings me back to the video. It
brings me back to the issues that I have seen visibly played out in my
travels, not only abroad but also here at home. It's certainly clear to me
that much of what we have to do, is acquaint ourselves with what is
actually going on in the rest of the world, to have a much better idea than
we are able to get in our daily viewing of news or receipt of information
about what is happening in countries far from our shores.
We have to understand people better. I think it is a grave misconception
to believe that the extraordinary increase in local communications, the
existence of the Internet with information being passed from place to
place in nano-seconds means that we are all becoming alike. There are
deep and important differences among us that must be understood and
respected. We cannot treat the world as though it were homogenous.
And even as the President spoke on Monday about our international
financial challenges, there are different and necessary changes that will
have to be made that will not be the same in countries that are very
diverse, such as Japan and Russia.
So, how do we once again take stock of the world in which we
find ourselves and the one in which we are the indispensable nation? I
believe some of what we must do starts with very simple efforts to
understand each other and to realize that one of America's great gifts to
the world is a sense of optimism and hope, matched by a commitment to
providing the tools of opportunity that will enable people to solve their
own problems and build their own lives. I am especially impressed by
what I have seen of America's foreign assistance around the world.
Like many Americans, before I started living in the White House, I
didn't know a lot about foreign assistance. I didn't know where it was
going or what is was used for. I had, perhaps, more than the typical
knowledge of that, but I was not well versed. I must say that over the
past five and a half years I've seen first-hand how America's programs
overseas have helped to fuel and further progress. I have been very
regretful to see where we have not come forward with aid to help
democracy flourish and provide opportunities for people that we have
not played the role we could have played.
It is very troubling to me that for the past fifteen years, the foreign
assistance budget of our country has steadily declined. Many of you are
well aware of the rather paradoxical situation that exists, where in public
opinion poll after public opinion poll, Americans are asked if they want
to help people overseas, if they want to provide not only humanitarian
assistance but development assistance. In great numbers they answer,
"yes." But then they're asked how much money do you think we spend
on foreign assistance in the United States, and they say, "well, we spend
between ten and fifteen percent of our national budget." Those of you
who are familiar with our budget know that we spend less than one
percent on our entire foreign assistance budget. So we have this unusual
paradox of an American public that wants to see work that is done and is
effective but believes we're already spending far more than we actually
are. I wish that I could take every American with me to see the results
that I have seen in place after place.
From Nicaragua to Uganda I have seen how small loans,
subsidized and backed by our government through USAID, or our not-
for-profit sector, have transformed the lives of poor women. Sometimes
only a few dollars can dramatically improve the resources and living
standards of an entire community. One woman in Bangladesh told me
about how she borrowed money to buy a milk cow and -- by selling that
milk--she bought another. Then when she had finally made enough
money, she bought a rickshaw for her husband, so that he could become
a taxi driver. I've met other villagers who are renting cellular phones in
places that have no phone service, and are connecting people in these
remote villages with the rest of the world by renting out time on their
cellular phones. Every time I see that kind of transformation I see two
things that are at the root of our foreign policy; the promotion of
democracy and the promotion of market economies -- not in abstract and
theoretical terms, but down on the earth where people live and work in
village after village.
In Bolivia, I met with expectant mothers at a primary health center
run by an NGO with support from the government, again because of
help we had provided. They had created a safe place for very poor
women to get health care. They brought in their babies for
immunization. They had prenatal check ups and -- because of this access
to health care -- they were limiting the numbers of babies they had. And
because their babies were healthier, they were living longer, and the
women were understanding how they could be both better mothers and
healthier by practicing family planning. Now it may seem a stretch, but
to me, there's a direct correlation--a woman in Bolivia who was given
the support she needs to receive the health care she requires, who
determines based on the information she is given and the education she
receives that she wants to limit the number of her children has a positive
effect on our future lives together.
In Senegal, I visited a small village where education for girls, and
women's adult literacy programs, had become a top priority. I watched
how because the women were educated, they began to understand what
they needed to do to deal with the environmental damage that was
occurring in their village. They were able to go out and take barren land,
with the help of some technical assistance, again indirectly provided
through USAID, to begin to make that barren land productive, to grow
products which they then sold, which helped support sending more girls
and boys to school. They realized a very fundamental lesson that when
you educate a girl you help create a better informed and educated mother
and a potential leader for the community.
Would we look at these, what appear to be very small steps? Just
think of aggravating them and think about -- despite all the rhetoric that
we have heard filling the air waves since the fall of the Berlin Wall and
the end of communism -- about free markets and democracy. We cannot
expect people who have experienced neither to understand how to make
that transition without a lot of help and modeling. We are learning now,
with the global economic crisis, that we have to do a better job of
demonstrating what it means to be part of a democracy, what it means to
be a participant in a market economy.
Last year I went to Siberia. I went to outside of Novis Siberis, to a
place called Agandamporado, where I met with three generations of a
Russian family. It was very instructive for me. The grandfather had been
a well respected applied mathematician in the closed city, the closed
academic center, where he had worked all of his adult life. His wife was
a research librarian. They were both retired now. They had two
daughters, both of whom were teaching English and they had a
grandson. In talking with them I could see the generational tensions that
are operating in a society like Russia's as they make this transition, that
all of us hope and pray they can successfully navigate, and we're doing
all we can to assist them. The grandfather, a very gentle looking man
said, "I always yearned for democracy. I always believed in democracy,"
but he had none. "But now it makes no sense to me. I don't understand
how it works. My pension is not paid, I don't have enough money to live
on. My bicycle has been stolen. I don't know what the future holds."
One of his daughters broke in and said, "But daddy, don't you
remember that we used to have to stand in line to buy butter, starting at
four or five o'clock in the morning when it was available. Things are
better now." And he said, "Yes, but all I know is that my bicycle is
stolen and my pension is not paid." And then his wife said, "No, there
used to be respect for learning and for education. Now all that anything
matters seems to be what you can sell and there are many, many trying
to sell and very few trying to buy."
If you have a chance to listen to people, you understand more
clearly what is going on in the headlines that we see every day. You also
see the opportunities for our country to be more involved in helping to
change attitudes and provide opportunities to those who are making
these difficult transitions -- from controlled economies to free markets,
from authoritarianism to democracy. It is in our self interest to do what
we can to help all of these people navigate this transformation. We also
know that powerful, global forces lurk that threaten the gains that are
being made. The bombings in Tanzania and Kenya were an attempt to
send a tragic and evil message-- to destroy lives to intimidate America
and Americans, to intimidate our friends, and to discourage people from
pursuing freedom. The global financial crisis -- which is pushing
millions of people around the world back under the yoke of poverty and
affecting the pocketbooks and stock markets from one end of the world
to the other -- is a grim reminder of our inter-connected and
interdependent world. We cannot pretend, as my husband has said, that
we can be "an island of prosperity."
Therefore, we have a critical challenge, and opportunity, to make
the connections for ourselves and with others around the globe. We're
doing some of that work, but I don't think we are doing enough of it.
Even in the peaceful, yet incomplete, transition of the newly
independent states of Eastern Europe, for example, stable market
democracy is vital to continued growth in that region and to our national
security. Yet the USAID assistance programs that would help those
countries push for market reforms and support democratic forces are in
danger of being cut.
In Africa, we are investing in the rule of law to help prevent future
genocides and instability on that continent, in supporting Radio
Democracy, which will help strengthen fledgling democracies. Again,
we face cuts in programs that are only beginning to have an effect.
Through AID's international disaster assistance funds we respond to
both natural and man-made disasters world wide, helping to suppress
raging fires in Mexico, promoting ethnic reconciliation in Bosnia, and so
many other places. Again, the program and effort that is showing the
best of America is in danger of being cut.
This is not the time to withdraw our involvement or attention for
the world. If we care, as we say we do, that opening foreign markets is
essential for American goods and services, then we have to do more than
just talk about it. We have to fully fund the International Monetary
Fund, including the President's request for additional $18 billion. We
also have to be clear that opening foreign markets for American goods
and services is not just an economic undertaking. It rests ultimately on
political change as we have seen in the last months. We have to do more
to help people understand and promote democracy and rule of law, and
all of the issues that we know are critical to both political and economic
success.
If we care, as we say we do, about making our country secure in
the face of new threats, then we must pay our debts to the United
Nations. Unfortunately, paying our debts to the UN has become
entangled with an unrelated issue -- family planning overseas. I respect
the deeply held views of both sides, but I have personally seen how our
family planning assistance improves women's lives, and not only helps
control the population increase, but also helps the reduce the incidence
of abortion. We cannot continue to fail to pay our dues because of this
unrelated issue.
If we care, as we say we do, about expanding and sustaining the
world's community of democracies and strengthening our own security,
then we must fully fund the foreign operations budget and the many
foreign assistance programs, some of which I have mentioned, that
demonstrate clearly America's ideals and gives citizens around the
world a chance to relate to us, to be part of this great democratic
movement that is sweeping the globe.
And if we care, as we say we do, about the quality of lives of
women around the world -- who make up seventy percent of the poor
and two thirds of those who cannot read or write -- then we should
support investments in lifelines that work by micro credit and education.
I really do wish that our country would join the rest of the world in
ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women.
Now, what we need to do, I think, is not just the government's to
do. I've mentioned issues that require administration and congressional
action but there is much that we all can do to promote an agenda of
security, and stability, peace, and prosperity.
After the end of WWII, the creation of the Marshall Plan
responded to a very real need, but it was not an immediately popular
idea. Leaders like President Truman and General Marshall had the vision
to look beyond the war time devastation and underlying hostilities, to a
Europe in which regional cooperation would transcend adversarial
boundaries and traditional rivalries. They believed large scale economic
cooperation would facilitate post-war recovery which they knew was in
the interest of long term prosperity, international peace, and the United
States. It was U.S. leadership that was instrumental in creating the UN,
The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and of course,
NATO. But it wasn't just President Truman and General Marshall and
government officials who were able to bring this about. In fact, they had
to enlist key constituencies around our country in a major campaign.
It was a difficult sell to go into small towns around America and
say, "We want to use to your tax dollars to go rebuild Nazi Germany."
That was a difficult sell, but because they had listed a broad spectrum of
leaders from the private sector, academia, foundations, and the like, they
were able to get into small towns and civic clubs, and college campuses
and make the case for American engagement and American leadership.
That is what we need to do again today -- to convince Americans,
including members of Congress that our foreign policy not only
improves lives and strengthens the forces of freedom overseas, but that it
directly affects the quality of life here at home--providing jobs, creating
markets for exports, enhancing our security.
If we do persuade our fellow Americans that America's leadership
is essential, then there will certainly be a greater commitment by the
Congress to what needs to be done to fulfill that leadership. Working to
engage Americans will not be easy. We have a lot on our plates and a
lot of other things to occupy time in our lives. But I think it is an
essential challenge that I hope we can meet, because it is not only a one-
way street.
Yes, I believe that by investing in education in Uganda, which is
engaged in a heroic effort to undo the damage of the 1980's and educate
children who have never seen the inside of a school before. Or when we
create opportunities for women in Latin American barrios to make a
better income for themselves and their families. Yes, we are doing that
because we believe it will have a ripple effect indirectly on the state of
the world and our self interest. There are also lessons we can learn from
what is going on overseas because of what our foreign assistance has
done. We saw on the video examples of micro credit and a particular
group called FINCA. Well, because of the lessons of FINCA, from
overseas, we brought FINCA to Washington, DC, where I met with a
group of lower-income Americans right in our backyard, who felt they
were out of the mainstream of the economic life of our country and they
needed a little bit of help. They needed credit, they needed technical
assistance, to know how to make a living for themselves and their
families.
There is much we can give and much we can learn. So, I am very
honored and very grateful to CNP, and to all of you who work with it,
and all of you people in your individual capacities working on behalf of
America's leadership and engagement around the world. I thank you for
giving me this honor and I ask that each of us think about how we can
promote the vision that would honor Ed Muskie's legacy, that would
continue our commitment to be the leader of this new world that is being
created, and that would help people in our own country understand
better why investments in people a long way away is in the interest of
them and their families, and our future.
I believe that we have within our grasp the vision of what needs to
be done, if we have the will to do it. There are a lot of people looking
over our shoulders like Ed Muskie or Kirk O'Donnell, people who spent
their lives trying to fulfill the ideals of our country. If we take up their
challenge and we go forward together, I'm convinced that America's
best days and America's leadership in the world will stand firm and
confident in the 21 st century.
Thank you all very much.
CNP
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
WELCOME
RUTH R. HARKIN
THE CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY PRESENTS THE
1998 EDMUND S. MUSKIE DiStInGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
INVOCATION
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THE REVEREND CANON ROBERT J. BROOKS
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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n her role as First Lady, Hillary Clinton has traveled extensively abroad, reflecting the
REMARKS
increasing importance of global concerns to the well-being of Americans. In speeches
MAUREEN S. STEINBRUNER
in Beijing, Vienna, Kampala, Santiago, and Belfast, and in numerous other venues, she has
MICHAEL D. BARNES
focused attention on the essential contributions of women to both the care of families and
the economies of nations throughout the world. Emphasizing these contributions, she has
THOMAS F. "MACK" MCLARTY
voiced a challenge to the international community to extend human rights protections,
and educational and economic opportunity, to women as well as to men of all backgrounds
and conditions.
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1998 EDMUND S. MUSKIE DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Mrs. Clinton has taken this message to meetings of world leaders, to formal and informal
gatherings of women's groups, and to the clinics, schools, community centers and universi-
ties where individuals have assembled to greet her. She has called attention to the everyday
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struggles and to the hard-won successes of mothers, children and families, in visits to
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villages, towns, and national capitals.
She has recognized and made apparent throughout the world a vision of the public good
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that includes all human beings equally — in this, forcefully and effectively representing
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
a fundamental tenet of American democratic values.
The Center for National Policy is pleased to present the 1998 Edmund S. Muskie
Distinguished Public Service Award to Hillary Rodham Clinton for her extraordinary
efforts on behalf of a global community of common interest.
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General Motors Corporation
Taipei Economic & Cultural
Hogan & Hartson
Representative Office
IBEW
Maurice Tempelsman
Independent Insurance Agents of America
Texaco
Merck & Company, Inc.
Toyota Motors Manufacturing - North
Edmund S. Muskie Foundation
America, Inc.
National Association of Letter Carriers
Washington Gas
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9/14/98@5:15pm
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Date:
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To:
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CNPE
Center for National Policy
Recommended Honoree Table
1998 Edmund S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award Dinner
[Note that this will be a round table, on the floor with other guest tables, but roped off along with
a CNP VIP table, and a WH staff table. It will be set to seat from 8 to 12 guests, depending on
whether all spouses, attend, etc.]
Definite
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright
Peter B. Kovler, CNP Benefactor, and his wife Judy Kovler
Michael D. Barnes, CNP Chairman
Maureen S. Steinbruner, CNP President
Likely
(The following are likely: they will be attending the Dinner; possibly with spouses)
Ruth Harkin, Dinner Co-chair - SPOUSE?
Mack McLarty, Dinner Co-chair
Tentative
(The follow are tentative)
Susan Thomases
Patrick Griffen
Dale Leibach
As of Monday, Sept. 14, attendance of the Honorary Co-Chairs is not confirmed. They are
Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Ben Gilman. If they attend, they will be seated at the
Honoree table, and space will be made for them.
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Center for National Policy
1998 Edmund S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award
A Tribute to Hillary Rodham Clinton
Preliminary Agenda
6:30-7:30 pm
MAIN RECEPTION
14th Street Main Entrance
"Oculus" area, Ground level by neon sculpture
Bars close at 7:15 pm
7:15 pm
Doors open
(Descend via stairs or elevator from "Oculus" area into Atrium)
7:30 pm
DINNER
Atrium, Concourse level
7:40 pm
(Lights up on podium, house lights dim.)
(1-3 min.)
RUTH R. HARKIN welcomes everyone and introduces the
REVEREND CANON ROBERT J. BROOKS for the invocation. Ruth
R. Harkin remains on stage.
7:43 pm
INVOCATION, REVEREND CANON ROBERT J. BROOKS
(2 minutes)
7:45 pm
RUTH R. HARKIN, recognizes Dinner Vice Chairs, also Muskie family
(5 minutes)
and former staffers, and others (asking those in attendance to stand as they
are introduced.)
JOHN F. COOKE
DOUGLAS H. DORITY
BARBARA EASTERLING
PATRICK J. GRIFFIN
DALE LEIBACH
SUSAN THOMASES
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RUTH R HARKIN thanks members of the House and Senatc and asks
those in attendance to stand. Generally thanks dinner committee,
Secretary Albright, CNP Board, and CNP staff. (Also will make remarks
in memory of Kirk O'Donnell.)
7:50-8:40 pm
DINNER SERVICE (First course is pre-set)
8:40 pm
FORMAL PROGRAM BEGINS
(10 minutes)
MAUREEN S. STEINBRUNER, President of CNP, welcomes everyone
and introduces MICHAEL D. BARNES, CNP Chair. Barnes makes brief
remarks, and introduces THOMAS F. "MACK" McLARTY, CNP
Dinner Co-Chair. McLarty makes a brief introduction of Secretary of
State Madeleine K. Albright, indicating that she will be presenting the
award. (RUTH HARKIN walks to side of stage.) MADELEINE
ALBRIGHT makes brief remarks, introduces the video tribute and
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON as the 1998 recipient of the Edmund
S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award.
Following their remarks, Steinbruner, Bames, McLarty, and Albright cach
exit to side chairs and remain seated throughout the video and Clinton
remarks. Harkin takes seat on stage (chairs will be provided).
8:50 pm
VIDEO HONORING HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
(6 minutes)
8:56 pm
(At the conclusion of the video, PODIUM LIGHTS UP FULL, HOUSE
LIGHTS DIM.)
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON APPROACHES STAGE. Albright
steps to podium to present award (award will be located on podium).
PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE
9:00 pm
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON makes speech accepting award.
(20 minutes)
PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE
9:20 pm
RUTH R HARKIN calls up Vice Chairs for photos and thanks everyone
for coming.
[The timing and other exact details of Mrs. Clinton's exit are not yet
fixed.]
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CNP
Center for National Policy
To: Katy Button
Fax #: 456-6244
From: Jill Mittelhauser
Re: CNP Annual Dinner Honoring Hillary Rodham Clinton
Date: September 11, 1998
Pages: 3. including this cover sheet.
Enclosed please find the program agenda for the Center for National Policy's Annual Dinner honoring First
Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. The program is quite structured and sharp. as you will notice. John Tobe
will be manage the dinner program on-site; please look for him or for me when you arrive.
If you have any questions before the event or need special assistance or information, please feel free to
contact me at (202) 682-1800.
Center for National Policy
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 333 Washington, DC 20001 Phone (202)682-1800 Fax (202)682-1818
SEP-11-98 FRI 06:04 PM CENTER FOR NATL POLICY
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Center for National Policy
1998 Edmund S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award
*A Tribute to Hillary Rodham Clinton*
Preliminary Agenda
6:30-7:30 pm
MAIN RECEPTION
14th Street Main Entrance
"Oculus" area, Ground level by neon sculpture
Bars close at 7:15 pm
7:15 pm
Doors open
(Descend via stairs or elevator from "Oculus" area into Atrium)
7:30 pm
DINNER
Atrium, Concourse level
7:40 pm
(Lights up on podium, house lights dim.)
(1-3 min.)
RUTH R. HARKIN welcomes everyone and introduces the
REVEREND CANON ROBERT J. BROOKS for the invocation. Ruth
R. Harkin remains on stage.
7:43 pm
INVOCATION, REVEREND CANON ROBERT J. BROOKS
(2 minutes)
7:45 pm
RUTH R. HARKIN, recognizes Dinner Vice Chairs and others
(5 minutes)
(asking those in attendance to stand as they are introduced.)
JOHN F. COOKE
DOUGLAS H. DORITY
BARBARA EASTERLING
PATRICK J. GRIFFIN
DALE LEIBACH
SUSAN THOMASES
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RUTH R HARKIN thanks members of the House and Senate and asks
those in attendance to stand. Generally thanks dinner committee,
Secretary Albright, CNP Board, and CNP staff.
7:50-8:40 pm
DINNER SERVICE (First course is pre-set)
8:40 pm
FORMAL PROGRAM BEGINS
(10 minutes)
MAUREEN S. STEINBRUNER, President of CNP, welcomes everyone
and introduces MICHAEL D. BARNES, CNP Chair. Barnes makes brief
remarks, and introduces THOMAS F. "MACK" McLARTY, CNP
Dinner Co-Chair. McLarty makes a brief introduction of Secretary of
State Madeleine K. Albright, indicating that she will be presenting the
award. MADELEINE ALBRIGHT makes brief remarks, introduces the
video tribute and HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON as the 1998
recipient of the Edmund S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award.
Following their remarks, Steinbruner, Barnes, McLarty, and Albright each
exit to side chairs and remain seated throughout the video and Clinton
remarks (chairs will be provided).
8:50 pm
VIDEO HONORING HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
(6 minutes)
8:56 pm
(At the conclusion of the video, PODIUM LIGHTS UP FULL, HOUSE
LIGHTS DIM.)
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON APPROACHES STAGE. Albright
steps to podium to present award (award will be located on podium).
PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE
9:00 pm
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON makes speech accepting award.
(20 minutes)
PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE
9:20 pm
RUTH R. HARKIN calls up Vice Chairs for photos and thanks everyone
for coming.
[The timing and other exact details of Mrs. Clinton's exit are not yet
fixed.]
John Franzén
Multimedia
610 C StreetN.E., Washington, D.C. 20002
Telephone: 202/543-4430
Fax: 202/543-8693
E-Mail: [email protected]
John Franzén, President
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CNP
Center for National Policy
Chair
Michael D. Barnes
Vice Chair
Joyce A. Ladner
President
Center for National Policy
Maureen S. Steinbruner
Treasurer
Ronald M. Ansin
Hillary Rodham Clinton Dinner Meeting
Secretary
Ralph B. Everett
Tuesday, June 9, 1998
Counsel
James L. Tanner, Jr.
Board Members
John Brademas
I.
Genevieve S. Brooks
Edmund Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award Dinner honoring
Robert J. Brooks
First Lady Hillary Clinton; Thursday, September 17th, 1998
Jack W. Buechner
Paul L. Cejas
John F. Cooke
A.
6:00 pm VVIP Reception
James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr.
Douglas H. Dority
B.
6:30 pm General Reception
Carol Tucker Foreman
John Freidenrich
C.
7:30 pm Dinner Begins (promptly)
Morton Funger
Allen S. Gartner
1.
Welcome by Co-Chair (3min.)
Ruth R. Harkin
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.
2.
Invocation- Bd. Member- Father Robert Brooks(2min.)
Lester S. Hyman
Charles S. Kim
D.
Presentation begins when HRC finishes eating main course
Peter S. Knight
Peter B. Kovler
1.
Remarks- Co-Chair- (3min.)
Kathleen M. Linehan
Terence R. McAuliffe
2.
Remarks- Maureen Steinbruner, Pres. CNP (3min.)
Sara S. Morgan
Kirk O'Donnell
Andrea S. Panaritis
3.
Remarks- Michael D. Barnes, Chair CNP (3min.)
Howard G. Paster
Robert M. Rubin
E.
Video Presentation (5-6min.)
Deborah M. Sale
J. Anthony Smith
F.
Presentation of Award- Jane G. Muskie to HRC
Vincent R. Sombrotto
Donald M. Stewart
G.
Remarks- HRC (20-30min.)
Theme
Terrence D. Straub
Eugene F. Swanzey
H.
~9:30 pm Conclusion
Maurice Tempelsman
-America in the
Cyrus R. Vance
Adam Yarmolinsky
world
Vice President
CNP Staff-
Re-enyojement of
Michael J. Petro
Director
-President, Maureen (Mo) Steinbruner
Amer. public
Domestic Policy Programs
Michael Calabrese
-Communications Director, Amy Galgon
Administration Director
-Assoc. Director of Program Development, Jill Mittelhauser
William M. Jones
-Director of External Affairs, John E. Johnson
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YNP
Center for National Policy
To:
KATY Button
fax
Fax: 456-6244
From: John E. Johnson
Date:
6/10
Pages: /
, plus cover sheet
Notes: The Co-Chars for this Event are MOST critical
in MAKING the dinner a Success, We appreciate your help
in the decision making process. The quicker we get the ball
rolling the betor.
Many thats, Julis.
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CNP Annual Dinner Potential Co-Chairs
I.
Personal Friends
Ann Jordan
Susan Thomases
Liz Robbins
Jamie Gorelick
Beth Dozoretz
II.
Corporate Leaders
Linda Wachner
Jack Welch
Ted Turner
Sanford Weil
Ken Brody
III. Other
Mac McLarty
Linda Chavez Thompson
Doug Dority