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Porter Goss: “President Clinton said he wanted to ``Give people, especially our young people, something to say yes to.'' But what does…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 1994
President Clinton said he wanted to ``Give people, especially our young people, something to say yes to.'' But what does the Clinton social agenda encourage our children to say yes to? The Secretary of Health and Human Services launched an ad campaign for condoms, suggesting kids could say ``yes'' to sex. The Surgeon General suggested saying ``yes'' to legalizing drugs. And now there is going to be a needle exchange program that says ``yes'' to heroin and crack cocaine. At the same time, in its ``treatment first, last and only'' program, the Clinton administration has gutted the Office of National Drug Control and scaled back Coast Guard interdiction. Like most Americans, I am not ready to abandon our ``Say No to Drugs'' campaign just because the President wants our kids to have something to ``say yes'' to.
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Porter Goss
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The speaker criticizes President Clinton's social agenda regarding youth and drug policies.

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