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Bill Clinton: Let me just say two things. First of all, remember what I said, no matter what I do, the President has to have partners…

On the recordMarch 19, 1994
Let me just say two things. First of all, remember what I said, no matter what I do, the President has to have partners all over America. Everybody's got a role to play. Everybody is important. In most schools where there are drugs and guns, some other kids who don't do drugs and don't have guns know about it. They could report it; they could help to get it done. They could organize themselves into groups in each school and say, ``We don't want drugs in our schools; we don't want guns, we don't want knives, we don't want violence in our schools.'' That could make a bigger difference in that school than anything the President could do. On the other question, I think you're right. One of the things that we have to do is to find young people who are likely to get in trouble and try to reach them before they get to the point where they are hurting other people, because a lot of young people never felt like they were loved. That's obvious to me; I see it all the time. Mr. Jennings. Do you know a lot of people who work here in the White House have children? And one of the things--this is a nice treat for you, Mr. President, perhaps--we asked several members of your staff to show us different rooms in the White House with their kids. And if we look at the monitors here now, we can see Henry Cisneros, one of your mem- bers of your Cabinet, showing his kids the Cabinet Room. We'll be right back. [A videotape was shown, and then the television stations took a commercial break.] Mr. Jennings. Welcome back to our morning in the White House. Physical Fitness Test
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Bill Clinton
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