CLINTON, AIDES MEET TO TALK POLICY.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. While much of Washington lay still Saturday under a crust of ice, President Clinton summoned top administration officials - old and new - to plot his second term, saying his credibility rested on passing a balanced budget Balanced budget A budget in which the income equals expenditure. See: budget. balanced budget A budget in which the expenditures incurred during a given period are matched by revenues. . To that end, participants in the closed-door, daylong ``staff retreat'' at Blair House Blair House is the official state guest house for the President of the United States. It is located at 1651-1653 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., opposite the West Wing of the White House, and adjacent to Lafayette Park. extended a symbolic hand of bipartisanship toward the Republican majority in Congress. The meeting, coming just over a week before his Jan. 20 inauguration and less than four weeks before Clinton sends Congress his balanced budget proposal, brought together his second-term Cabinet with outgoing secretaries, Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore and top-level presidential advisers. By all accounts, the day was a gabfest on policy generalities. But National Security Adviser Sandy Berger This article is about the American national security advisor. For the Canadian football owner, see Sam Berger. Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger (born October 28, 1945) served as the 19th United States National Security Advisor under President Bill Clinton said the group did speak specifically about asking Congress to beef up foreign policy funds - with a commitment to repaying around $1 billion in arrears to the United Nations. Throughout the working sessions, the president emphasized ``the need for us to work closely with Congress . . . to reach out, especially to the Republican leadership,'' White House press secretary Mike McCurry said afterward. With six of 14 Cabinet members new to the job, McCurry billed the huddle as a time for the president to ``get a sense of how this team will work together.'' First lady Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Top advisers to President Clinton leave the Blair House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday after meeting with the president to hammer out a balanced budget proposal and strategy for his second term. Associated Press |
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