Bill Clinton

I salute our pilots and crews and their NATO colleagues.

I'd really like to do more of it. I want to thank all of the people who called, all the people who sent their faxes, all the people that used America Online, and the E-mail and everything. I thought it was great. Mr. King. It was great…

No, no, that's true. It was one of many, but we did. He was one of the people that I thought that should be considered based on what I knew about him. And there were many that we thought about, and I thought he should be. Mr. King. Any…

Well, I think at heart he's kind of a new Democrat. I think he probably is trying--would like to see the country take generally the direction that I've tried to advocate. But I don't know that because we've never discussed anything about…

Everything, as you--Mr. McLarty, my special Counselor, pointed out at Ross Perot's convention, we have done almost everything he said ought to be done in the '92 campaign. And all of the comments that General Powell has made so far with…

You know, I was kind of hoping he'd send me an autographed copy. I haven't gotten one yet, but I was kind of hoping he would. Mr. King. He's autographed every other one in America. He might as well send one to you. By the way, would you--I…

I do agree with it under these circumstances. It is a tough call. I sympathize with the comments of the gentleman that just called in. Our basic policy is strictly to not cooperate with terrorists of any kind. But under these…

Basically I would be opposed to those changes. Our education budget preserves the commitment to special-needs children. My Domestic Policy Adviser, Carol Rasco, has a child who is almost--about grown now. But he had cerebral palsy. I've…

Oh, yes, you know, I--you can. I believe the President should be accountable, and I think debates are a good way to do it. So I've always been willing to do that. Proposed Special Education Cuts [A mother of two special-needs children…

That's correct. Unless I take a separate and distinct trip that is solely for the purpose of dealing with an issue before my job. Like the other day, for example, I flew to Colorado to do a fundraiser. My campaign paid for that. I left and…

Well, my campaign pays for all--if I do anything political, my campaign pays 100 percent of it. The taxpayers can't pay for it. They don't pay for it. Mr. King. So even if you work 5 hours and you do politics 6 hours, politics pays?

Yes, I've been doing fundraisers, and I've made addresses. But even the speeches I've given at my fundraisers have been reasonably nonpolitical, and then I'm mostly trying to explain to the American people what I think we are going through…

I believe the chances are 50/50 or slightly better that we will ultimately reach a good faith agreement which balances the budget, preserves the integrity of Medicare and Medicaid, increases our investment in our children's future, and…

Well, we're trying to find a way to work through to an agreement. There are lots of possibilities, and you know, the details are probably too complicated to go into here now. But that's basically the difference between us. And I'm working…

Brandon, I'd say you're off to a good start just the way you handled the question. I want to compliment you for calling in and---- Mr. King. By the way, it's appropriate because the President planned on being President when he was 6.

No, I'm not interested in censorship. What I'm interested in is asking all of us in American society to be accountable for what we do. You can't say the first amendment makes you unaccountable. The more freedom you have, the more…

I'm against that. You might say, well, look at Los Angeles, we have so many television stations, but most places have three television stations, a handful of radio stations, and one newspaper. And I just think that's too much. So I think…

Well, no, you could own two television stations, the radio stations, and the town newspaper. Mr. King. You're against that.

No. Now there are restrictions now on how many--what percentage of the national television stations you can own--it's at 35 percent, I think--but the present bill has no restrictions in local markets. For example, in any---- Mr. King. You…

Yes, he's been a terrific Ambassador. I think it's fair to say that he has exceeded the expectations even of his biggest fans in both showing the Japanese that we are deeply committed to our friendship and partnership with them and that we…

Well, the case obviously has been very traumatic, as you would imagine. And it's a much more rare occurrence in Japan, unfortunately, than it is here---- Mr. King. Yes.

Never. And I just think--on balance--I think all criminal trials can be heavily covered in the press and then reported on by television. But I think on balance, you run the risk of having more derailments and distractions if you have…

Well, I just think that you run a serious risk when you do it in a high-profile trial. Secondly, you had a very excellent defense, and you've had a lot of--in terms of--and they're famous, they're well-known, and they're able. And then you…

They basically said that--they said they were for the line-item veto, but once I became President and they had the Congress so they were in charge of the spending, they didn't want to give me the line-item veto. Mr. King. So you think…

Oh, repeatedly. Mr. King. And what do they say? We have less than a minute because I've got to get an on-time break here.