President Clinton From

Office of WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON MEMORANDUM TO: PRESIDENT CLINTON

FROM: MARC DUNKELMAN and TOM FREEDMAN

CC: BRUCE LINDSEY DOUG BAND JUSTIN COOPER LAURA GRAHAM STEPHANIE STREETT JOHN PODESTA VALERIE ALEXANDER GREG MILNE

RE: BOOK OF ESSAYS on THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION

Date: June 2012

Mr. President, In the spirit of the book of essays we produced for the reunion in Little Rock (“Turning Point”), we propose to commission a book of essays, written by your former staff, advisors, and those you worked with in the Congress, covering the broad spectrum issues you tackled during your presidency. We have not yet spoken to publishers, but have found that alums of your administration are eager to help document your contribution (and theirs).

A book of roughly thirty 2,000 word essays would mark an opportunity to frame the various achievements of your eight years in the White House for historians in generations to come. Each essay would describe a challenge you faced in office, your philosophical approach, how your agenda proceeded through your tenure in office, and the results. You could pen the introduction. Handled properly, we would likely be

1 able to get some of the stories embedded in the essays to the press before and during publication.

Would you look to proceed with this proposal?

___YES

___NO

___DISCUSS If you are interested in moving forward, here is a preliminary list of subjects and authors. We could begin speaking with publishers, and begin approaching the alumni who would write the articles. Broadly, we have broken the subjects into four categories: Economics, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy, and Governing Philosophy. Please rank the suggested authors, or add alternatives.

Forward to the Book: Y/N ___Vice President Gore

___Other

Economics: Balancing the Budget

___Leon Panetta

___Jack Lew

___Other ______

23 Million New Jobs

___Laura Tyson ___Gene Sperling ___Other ______

The Emergence of an Interdependent Global Economy (Russia, Mexico, Asian Financial Crisis)

___Robert Rubin ___Jonathan Orszag ___Other ______

Opening Markets Overseas (Trade) ___Charlene Barshefsky ___Mickey Kantor ___Other ______

The Education Presidency (Goals 2000, 100,000 teachers, Charter Schools, Hope Scholarships, Lifetime Learning credits, Pell Grants) ___Richard Riley ___Bruce Reed ___Other ______

Putting People First (WIA, New Markets Initiative, Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, minimum wage, etc.)

___Henry Cisneros ___Erskine Bowles

___Alexis Herman

___Other ______

Harnessing 21st Century Technology (1996 bill, wireless, Internet, GPS, Genome)

___Mozelle Thompson, FTC Commissioner, now on board at Facebook ___Blair Levin (chief of staff at FCC) ___John Podesta ___Other ______

21st Century Infrastructure ___Rodney Slater ___Alexis Herman ___Other ______

Additional Subject______

(1) ______

(2) ______

(3) ______

Domestic Policy: Combating Crime (C.O.P.S., VAWA, Brady Bill, assault weapons ban)

___Vice President Biden

___Rahm Emanuel

___Jose Cerda

___Other ______

Violence at Home (Waco, Oklahoma City, Columbine) ___Jamie Gorelick ___Ron Klain ___Other ______

A Hand Up for those Struggling to Make It (EITC and Welfare Reform) ___Elaine Kamarck ___Andrea Kane (White House Domestic Policy Council staff)

___ Bruce Reed ___Other ______

A Commitment to Service (AmeriCorps) ___Maggie Williams

___Bill Galston

___ Maria Eschaveste ___Other ______

Health Care Expansion (SCHIP, HIPAA, women with cancer, Medicare Trust Fund, child immunization)

___Donna Shalala ___Chris Jennings (health care expert on Domestic Policy Council)

___Other ______

Strengthening Families (FMLA, Adoption, and Foster Care, doubled child-support collection)

___Neera Tanden

___Maria Eschaveste ___Melanne Verveer ___Other ______

Civil Rights (One America, Church Burnings, Matthew Shepard)

___Terry Edmunds ___Richard Socarides ___ Alexis Herman ___Other ______

Emergency Response ___James Lee Witt ___Other ______

Environmental Preservation (new monuments, national forests, coral reefs ___Bruce Babbitt ___Carol Browner ___ Katie McGinty

___Other ______

Additional Subject______

(1) ______

(2) ______

(3) ______

Foreign Policy Building a Global Community

___Madeleine Albright

___Ted Widmer

___Other ______

Expansion of NATO

___Strobe Talbott ___Wesley Clark ___Other ______

Northern Ireland

___George Mitchell ___Madeleine Albright ___Other ______

The Balkans ___Sandy Berger ___Nancy Soderberg ___Other ______

Emergence of Terrorism (WTC, Khobar Towers, Tanzania and Kenya) ___Richard Clarke ___Jim Steinberg ___Sandy Berger

___Other ______

Middle East Peace ___Martin Indyk

___Dennis Ross

___Other ______

Women’s Rights

___Melanne Verveer

___Maggie Williams ___Other ______

Non-Proliferation (CTBT, Chemical Weapons Convention, landmines) ___Richard Lugar

___Ted Widmer ___Other ______

Global Warming (Kyoto)

___Vice President Gore ___John Podesta ___Carol Browner ___Todd Stern

___Other ______

Expanding Global Prosperity (debt relief, microenterprise loans) ___Cheryl Mills ___Sylvia Matthews

___Whitney Schneidman (Africa policy at National Security Council) ___Other ______

Additional Subject______

(1) ______

(2) ______

(3) ______

Governing Philosophy: The New Covenant (Community, Opportunity, Responsibility)

___Vernon Jordan

___Bruce Reed

___Other ______

A Different Kind of Democrat

___Al From ___James Carville ___Other ______

Building a Bridge to the 21st Century

___Minyon Moore ___Don Baer ___Erskine Bowles

___Other ______

Standing Up for Progressive Values (Government Shutdowns) ___John Podesta ___Paul Begala

___Other ______

Reinventing Government ___Rahm Emanuel ___Sally Katzen

___Other ______

The Fight for Power (Politics of Personal Destruction)

___Sid Blumenthal

___Doug Sosnik

___Harold Ickes

___Other ______

Innovations in Governing (public private partnerships/competitions) ___Tom Freedman ___Will Marshall ___Other______

Additional Subject______

(1) ______

(2) ______

(3) ______

Afterword: A Lifetime of Service (Administration Values translated into post-presidential career) ___Bruce Lindsey

___Vernon Jordan

___Other______