In the first major foreign trade speech of his new administration, President Bill Clinton proposes a five-step plan: strengthen the domestic economy; tie trade to security concerns; lead the major financial powers to coordinate global economic growth; promote economic growth in the developing countries; and support democracy and economic reforms in Russia and other former Soviet republics. Filmed live in Bender Arena, The American University, Washington, D.C., February 26, 1993.
Film of the opening ceremony of Legacy Week, a series of events commemorating President John F. Kennedy's commencement address at the American University, June 10, 1963, proposing a test ban treaty. Following introductory remarks by student organizers and by Acting President Milton Greenberg, the featured speaker, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, proposed a six-point program of "social security for children" to complete the unfinished work of President Kennedy's administration. The film concludes with scenes at the plaque on the Kennedy Terrace, located adjacent to Reeves Athletic Field, the spot on which President Kennedy stood when making his commencement address.
President Clinton briefly looks at the accomplishments in his presidency to date and then looks ahead to what he hopes to accomplish in conjunction with Congress in the next three months. Issues he touches on include: equal access to education, Pell Grants, setting national educational standards, ensuring the survival of Social Security and Medicare, improving trade, strengthening the American family, environmental issues, improving government efficiency, building strong relationships with other countries of the world and building a strong and unified America.