Setting National Priorities: Reviewing the State of the Union
President Clinton’s annual State of the Union Address is still scheduled for January 19, despite the Senate impeachment proceedings and related partisan political maneuvering. The Administration has made clear that it is intent on getting on with the business of budgeting and governing no matter how difficult the Washington political environment.
But what sort of policies are shaping this annual setting of national priorities, and how likely are meaningful reforms to result from the process? To preview the policy challenges in the final year of the 20th century, and to analyze and suggest their outcomes, Brookings will hold a briefing, based on its work, Setting National Priorities.
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Setting National Priorities: Reviewing the State of the Union
Diane Ravitch
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
I.M. Destler
Professor and director of the Program on International Security and Economic Policy at the School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland.
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy
Director of Research - Foreign Policy
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair
Robert D. Reischauer
Distinguished Institute Fellow; President Emeritus - Urban Institute
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