Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 03:00:26 -1000
From: lambda@aloha.net (Martin Rice)
Subject: SA 277:  WHITE HOUSE BRIEF ON CLINTON SPEECH

Source:
http://library.whitehouse.gov/Briefings-plain.cgi

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release
November 4, 1997

PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY

Q    On Saturday, the President is going to give a - I guess it's an
unprecedented speech to a gay and lesbian organization. Given that Ellen
DeGeneris will be there, given the criticism that Al Gore got on the same
issue, what is the message that the President is taking by going there?

MR. MCCURRY:  The President is going to go to this group of Americans who
work, as other Americans do, to break down barriers and discrimination that
have existed, facing members of their community and he's going to tell them
that his goal as President is to bring us together to celebrate the
diversity that is America and assure that people have the opportunity to
rise to their God-given potential - something the President talks about
often.  That's the message that he has carried before a host of different
groups and it's the one that he intends to deliver Saturday night.

Q    Is the President hoping to make entry by being the first one, or is
this something he thinks is long overdue?

MR. MCCURRY:  I think he's not hoping to make history, he's hoping to bring
people from different walks of life together so we can tackle the common
problems that we face.

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