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ARMS Email System Page 1 of 4 RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL) CREATOR: Mickey Ibarra ( CN=Mickey Ibarra/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ] ) CREATION DATE/TIME:11-MAR-2000 14:17:36.00 SUBJECT: final TO: Rachel A. Redington ( CN=Rachel A. Redington/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ] ) READ: UNKNOWN TEXT: Forwarded by Mickey Ibarra/WHO/EOP on 03/11/2000 02:17 PM Terry Edmonds 03/11/2000 12:06:54 PM Record Type: Record To: Mickey Ibarra/WHO/EOP@EOP CC: Subject: final 3 Final 03/11/00 12pm Edmonds/Gottheimer PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WASHINGTON, DC MARCH 12, 2000 Acknowledgements: Mayor Bob Knight, NLC President; Mayor Dennis Archer, NLC First Vice President; Mayor Karen Anderson, NLC Second Vice President; Don Borut, NLC Executive Director; Mickey Ibarra. Good afternoon. Seven years ago, two months into my first term as President, I had the honor of addressing this group at a time of great uncertainty in our nation. Inflation was up, deficits were exploding, crime and unemployment were high, and citizens in towns and cities across our country were asking themselves, &America, What Went Wrong?08 For the past seven years, we have worked together to set things right. Vice President Gore and I came to Washington with a vision of making our nation a place where everyone responsible enough to work for it, could have a shot at the American Dream. With the help of all of you, we have made that vision a reality for millions of Americans. We turned the economy around with a new economic plan of fiscal discipline, expanded trade and investment in our people. The results are clear: nearly 21 million new jobs; the lowest unemployment rates in 30 years; the lowest poverty rates in 20 years; the lowest African American and Hispanic unemployment rates on record; the first back-to-back surpluses in 42 years. And with each passing day, we set a new record for the longest period of economic growth in our nation1, history.