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 2 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 ________ 3 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) _____________________ 4 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 ________ 5 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 ________ 6 Additional Subject___________________________________ (1) _____________________ (2) _____________________ (3) _____________________ 7 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 ________ 8 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 ________ 9 Additional Subject___________________________________ (1) _____________________ (2) _____________________ (3) _____________________ 10 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 ________ 11 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) _____________________ 12 Afterword: A Lifetime of Service (Administration Values translated into post-presidential career) ___Bruce Lindsey ___Vernon Jordan ___Other__________ 13 .