Bill Clinton: “Oh, yes, to some extent. It's based on the panel's hearings; it's based on very long conversations I had with the people…”

“Oh, yes, to some extent. It's based on the panel's hearings; it's based on very long conversations I had with the people that worked on the draft for me, with Mr. Edley and Terry Edmonds and others. We had some long, long sessions. I went through everything I wanted in the book. I went through some things I wanted to emphasize more than were emphasized in the year that the panel was publicly meeting--we were having the race dialogs. But I think it's very important, but it's got to be, first of all, mine. It's got to reflect what I believe and where I think we need to go. And secondly, it needs to move the ball forward a little bit. There's still a great deal of interest in this. Those of you who covered the speech this morning at Georgetown will remember that the young woman from Alabama who introduced me talked about how the initiative on race got her involved in something in her local community. Another one of the Presidential scholars, when she walked by me this morning, said, ``I want to know how I can get involved. I'm still interested in this.'' So I think there's still a great deal of interest in this in the country and maybe especially among our younger people. And I just want this book to be very good. So you shouldn't--yes, there are some differences of opinion among the people who had input in it, but that's not what's caused us not to put it out. What's caused us not to put it out is that I have not had the time to give to it, to be very careful and relaxed and thoughtful about how I say what it is I want to say to the country about this. Larry [Larry McQuillan, Reuters]. Legislative Agenda”