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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 22:23-0400
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                        The First 100 Days

            Accomplishments of Vice President Al Gore

                  "Season of America's Renewal"

                   January 20 - April 30, 1993

DAY
1    JANUARY 20, 1993
     Inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States

2    JANUARY  21, 1993
     The Council on Competitiveness is abolished.
     "Today we send a clear message to the special interests who
     used the Council on Competitiveness as a back door to avoid
     the law.  That back door is closed."

3    JANUARY 21, 1993
     First Cabinet Meeting

6    JANUARY 25, 1993
     The Vice President joins The President in a meeting with the
     Joint Chiefs of Staff.

7    JANUARY 26, 1993
     The Vice President joins The President in a meeting with
     bipartisan Congressional Leadership.

9    JANUARY 28, 1993
     In Baltimore, the Vice President calls for new cooperation
     to break gridlock at the National Legislative Education
     Foundation Issues Conference.  Speaking to members and
     leaders of the Democratic House Caucus, Vice President Gore
     called on Congress and the Administration to forge a new
     relationship of cooperation to confront the country's major
     challenges, starting with reviving the economy, creating new
     jobs, and controlling skyrocketing health care costs.

     Statement on Anniversary of Space Shuttle Disaster

     Mrs. Gore is asked by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to
     serve as Mental Health Advisor to the President's Task Force
     on National Health Reform

10   JANUARY 29, 1993
     Teleconference with the President with citizens concerned
     about the Family and Medical Leave Act

11   JANUARY 30, 1993
     Camp David Retreat
     Weekend working meeting at Camp David with President

     Clinton, the Cabinet and Senior White House staff.

15   FEBRUARY 3, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with Congressional leaders on
     campaign finance and lobbying reform.

16   FEBRUARY 4, 1993
     Addresses National Prayer Breakfast

     Joins key sponsors of the Lobbying Reform Law at its
     introduction to urge Congressional action.  This new
     legislation will strengthen and streamline lobbyists'
     disclosures.

17   FEBRUARY 5, 1993
     The signing of the Family Medical Leave Act

20   FEBRUARY 8, 1993
     White House Office on Environmental Policy established.
     The President and the Vice President announce the creation
     of a new office in the White House to deal directly with
     environmental policy.  The White House Office on
     Environmental Policy is established to more effectively and
     efficiently coordinate environmental policy making across
     the federal government.  Reaffirmed support of legislation
     to make the EPA part of the Cabinet.

22   FEBRUARY 10, 1993
     Second Cabinet Meeting

     The Vice President conducts first Town Hall Meeting with
     citizens on jobs and the economy in Ontario, California.

23   FEBRUARY 11, 1993
     Mrs. Gore accompanies First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on a
     tour of a medical center and joins in a conversation with
     Pennsylvania citizens about health care reform.

24   FEBRUARY 12, 1993
     Commemorates President Lincoln's 184th Birthday.
     This event, at the Lincoln Memorial,  has been held every
     year since 1923.

26   FEBRUARY 14, 1993
     The Vice President and Mrs. Gore join the President in a 2-
     mile run sponsored by the American Heart Association.

28   FEBRUARY 16, 1993
     Meeting with Environmental Leaders

     The Vice President meets with members of the Alliance for

     Collaborative Research, a group of CEOs from R&D consortium
     such as the microelectronics and computer technology
     consortium and the Electric Power Research Institute.

     Address to the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory
     Council annual conference.

29   FEBRUARY 17, 1993
     The Vice President joins the President in meeting with
     bipartisan Congressional Leaders.

31   FEBRUARY 19, 1993
     Address To North Carolina State Legislature
     The Vice President carries The President's economic message
     of investment, opportunity and hope to North Carolina in an
     address to a joint session of the North Carolina State
     Legislature.

     "President Clinton is right.  We can do better.  We must do
     better.  And President Clinton is offering America a new
     direction, a plan, first of all, to jump start our economic
     growth now and keep it running strong into the future --
     investing in our people, their jobs and their incomes."

     "President Clinton is right.  Instead of asking 'What's in
     it for me?' we must ask each other, 'What's in it for us,
     for our children, for our future, for North Carolina, for
     the United States of America?'"
         Remarks to a Joint Session of the North Carolina General
     Assembly

     FEBRUARY 19, 1993
     Tours GTE in Atlanta, Georgia
     The Vice President tours the GTE mobile communications
     facility in Atlanta, GA and meets with workers there at a
     town meeting on the President's economic plan.

     Mrs. Gore meets with mental health experts to gather
     information and talk about ideas for health care reform.

     Mrs. Gore is the featured speaker in Washington, D.C. at the
     celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's
     206th Founder's Day.  "Your Church's mission to help the
     helpless, house the homeless and minister to the needs of
     the disadvantaged is a beacon of hope for many in this
     country."

32   FEBRUARY 20, 1993
     Visit to Alabama Head Start Program
     The Vice President visits with children and their parents at
     a Head Start classroom in Birmingham, Alabama.

     Visit to Tampa Housing Project in Florida
     The Vice President tours and works at a Tampa housing
     construction site, part of an innovative housing development
     and restoration program that would benefit from the
     President's economic package and continue to provide
     affordable housing to Tampa residents.  The Vice President
     also meets with community leaders to discuss the President's
     economic package.

33   FEBRUARY 21, 1993
     Dinner with High Tech Business Executives in California
     Joins the President in California on the eve of the
     announcement of the President's technology initiative to
     discuss the initiative with the leaders of high technology
     businesses.
34   FEBRUARY 22, 1993
     Technology Initiative Announcement
     The President and the Vice President unveil a comprehensive,
     and ground-breaking technology policy: "Technology for
     America's Economic Growth--A New Direction to Build Economic
     Strength."  In a meeting with employees of Silicon Graphics
     in Mountain, View California.  The Technology Initiative
     provides a new framework for Federal technology programs
     built around three goals:  (1) Long term economic growth
     that creates jobs and protects the environment, (2) A
     government that is more productive and more responsive to
     the needs of its citizens, and (3) World leadership in basic
     science, mathematics, and engineering.  The Vice President
     plays a critical role in this effort, working with Dr. Jack
     Gibbons, the President's Science and Technology Advisor.

     "We face new challenges, from our competitors around the
     world and from the people we serve here at home, that demand
     new solutions and creative thinking.  Technology offers new
     opportunities for jobs, for a cleaner environment, for
     better schools, for high-quality health care and for scores
     of other advances.  We must move to seize these
     opportunities."

     Town Hall Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri
     The Vice President meets with students and local residents
     for a town meeting at Penn Valley Community College in
     Kansas City, Missouri to discuss the President's economic
     package.

     Mrs. Gore accompanies First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on a
     visit to Boston-area small businesses and in a discussion
     with Massachusetts health care professionals.

35   FEBRUARY 23, 1993
     Meeting with Environmental Ministers
     The Vice President meets with Environmental Ministers from
     Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to discuss the
     environmental crisis in Eastern Europe.

36   FEBRUARY 24, 1993
     Mrs. Gore meets with child mental health experts to gather
     information and talk about ideas for health care reform.
41   MARCH 1, 1993
     Address to Veterans of Foreign Wars Annual Conference,
     Washington, D.C.

     National Service Day -- Summer of Service
     In Madison Wisconsin, the Vice President tours the
     University of Wisconsin's Arboretum, built with the help of
     a youth conservation corps working in much the same way as
     those who will take part in the President's new National
     Service Initiative, praising the Wisconsin Conservation
     Corps as a model for the nation.  He also conducts a Town
     Hall Meeting at the University of Wisconsin to discuss
     National Service.

     Mrs. Gore travels to Richmond, Virginia to tour a
     transitional housing facility and talk to area youth about
     the Summer of Service and the President's National Service
     Program.

42   MARCH 2, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with Democratic Leadership

     Joins the President in meeting with Republican House
     Leadership

     Joins the President in lunch meeting With Senate Republicans

     Joins the President in meeting with NATO Secretary General
     Woerner

     Meets with British Secretary of State for the Environment

43   MARCH 3, 1993
     Reinventing Government: National Performance Review
     The President asks the Vice President to head a new
     initiative on government reform, demonstrating his
     commitment to streamlining the government to improve
     efficiency and productivity.

     "Mark this date: President Clinton is starting a revolution
     in government.  It won't happen overnight, and it won't be
     easy, but it will fundamentally change the way our
     government works -- for the people it serves and the people
     it employs."

     "Today, we are starting what will be a continuous and
     vigilant process to make government work better -- to use
     every tax dollar wisely, to weed out dead ideas and
     encourage new, creative ways, and -- to borrow a phrase I've
     heard once or twice before -- to put people first."
        Statement on "A Revolution in Government"

44   MARCH 4, 1993
     Criticizes Iran's Mistreatment of Bahais
     Reaffirming his support of the oppressed Iranian Bahais, the
     Vice President expresses concern over Tehran's human rights
     violations outlined in a recently released United Nations
     Report, and praises the work of the United Nations Human
     Rights Commission.

     Joins the President in meeting with former President Jimmy
     Carter

48   MARCH 8, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with Members of the House
     Budget Committee

     Joins the President in meeting with the Congressional Black
     Caucus

     Mrs. Gore delivers the keynote speech before the American
     Psychological Association in Washington, D.C. "It has been
     truly inspirational to witness so many different interest
     groups contributing to the creation of a plan to ensure
     Americans have access to quality, affordable health care."

49   MARCH 9, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with Senate Budget Committee

     Meeting with Inspectors General
     The Vice President meets with the Inspectors General who are
     required to promote efficiency in the administration and
     prevent fraud and abuse throughout the different agencies
     and departments.
50   MARCH 10, 1993
     Omaha,  Nebraska Town Hall Meeting on Economic Recovery.
     The Vice President meets with University of Nebraska
     students and local residents at a Town Hall Meeting in Omaha
     to discuss The President's economic initiative and the
     National Performance Review the Vice President is directing
     to make government more efficient, effective and responsive.

51   MARCH 11, 1993
     Town Hall Meeting and visit to SouthWest Airlines, Dallas,
     Texas
     The Vice President and Senator Bob Krueger of Texas
     participate in a town hall meeting with SouthWest Airlines
     employees to discuss the total quality management practices
     and other innovations that have made this company one of the
     industry's most successful.

     Visit to Austin, Texas and Tour of Motorola
     The Vice President visits Austin with Sen. Krueger to
     discuss with Motorola workers the President's technology
     initiative and the new effort the Vice President is leading
     to make government more efficient, effective and responsive.

     Visits Houston Head Start Classroom
     The Vice President joins Sen. Krueger in spreading the
     President's message of economic recovery and investment
     visiting with children and their parents at a Head Start
     Classroom in Houston, TX.

52   March 12, 1993
     Mrs. Gore accompanies First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to
     Tampa, Florida to serve as a panelist during discussions
     with Floridians about health care reform.

55   MARCH 15, 1993
     Joins the President in his meeting with Israeli Prime
     Minister Yitzhak Rabin
56   MARCH 16, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with bipartisan Congressional
     Leaders

     Joins the President in meeting with Ireland's Prime Minister
     Albert Reynolds.

     Joins the President in meeting with House Hispanic Caucus

     Joins the President in meeting with the Exiled Haitian
     President Jean Bertrand Aristide

58   MARCH 18, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with the National Newspaper
     Publishers Association

     Joins the President in meeting with Commission of European
     Communities President Jacques Delors.

59   MARCH 19, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with Members of the House of
     Representatives to discuss the economic plan.

60   MARCH 20, 1993
     Meets with Saud Nassir A-Sabah, Minister of Information and
     former Ambassador of Kuwait.

     Mrs. Gore is the keynote speaker at the renaming of the
     Mental Health Law Project to the Bazelon Center.  "The
     President understands.  He understands that mental illness
     had biological roots and should be treated equally with so-
     called physical illness."

62   MARCH 22, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with Democratic Governors
     Association

     MARCH 22, 1993
     Access to Government Information
     The Government Printing Office Electronic Access bill, based
     on legislation Vice President Gore introduced last year,
     passes the Senate.  The bill authorizes the Government
     Printing Office to make more Federal information such as the
     Congressional Record) available on-line.

     Mrs. Gore travels to Detroit, Michigan to serve as a
     panelist during discussions with Michigan citizens about
     health care reform.  HHS Secretary Donna Shalala joins Mrs.
     Gore.

64   MARCH 24, 1993
     The Vice President addresses the American Medical
     Association in Washington, D.C.
     "Fixing this system ... will not be easy.  But the American
     people have demanded that we fundamentally reform a system
     that costs too much and wastes too much and serves too few;
     and, that we make the system work better for real people
     with real problems."

     "Last year, the American people proved that they have the
     courage to change.  Now it is time for us to prove ours, by
     enacting real health care reform."

     Joins the President in meeting with Russian Foreign Minister
     Kozyrev

     Meets with British Foreign Minister Sir Douglas Hurd

65   MARCH 25, 1993
     Joins the President in working Dinner with Members of the
     House of Representatives.

66   MARCH 26, 1993
     Reinventing Government  -- Town Hall Meeting
     The Vice President, committed to personally meeting with
     employees from federal agencies and departments, started his
     series of visits at the Department of Housing and Urban
     Development.  In a Town Hall Meeting with Secretary Cisneros
     and HUD employees, The Vice President listens to suggestions
     for improving operations at HUD and across the government.
     MARCH 26, 1993
     The Vice President joins the President in meeting with
     German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

     Meeting With President Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia-
     Hercegovina
     The Vice President meets with President Alija Izetbegovic of
     Bosnia-Hercegovina to underscore United States support for
     his decision to sign all of the principal documents of the
     Bosnian Peace Plan.  The Vice President praises the Bosnian
     leader for his statesmanship and courage for taking this
     critical step to move his country closer to peace and
     expresses his hope for full and rapid agreement among all of
     the parties on the terms of the Peace Plan.

     The Vice President joins the President in working dinner
     with Senators

     Mrs. Gore serves as a panelist during Robert Wood Johnson's
     health care discussions in Washington, D.C.  HHS Secretary
     Donna Shalala joins Mrs. Gore.

     The Vice President announces the leadership team organizing
     and implementing the National Performance Review.

67   MARCH 27, 1993
     Addresses Gannett Pre-Gridiron Luncheon

69   MARCH 29, 1993
     Chairs Official Hearing of The President's Task Force on
     Health Care Reform.  Mrs. Gore joins the Vice President at
     this meeting.

70   MARCH 30, 1993
     Meets with Hungarian Foreign Minister Jeszneszky.

71   MARCH 31, 1993
     Cabinet Meeting (3)
     MARCH 31, 1993
     Vice President meets with Ambassadors Aurel Dragos-Manteanu
     of Romania, and Ognian Pishev of Bulgaria to deliver letters
     to President Ion Iliescu of Romania and President Zhelyu
     Zhelev of Bulgaria expressing the appreciation of the United
     States for their governments' determined efforts to enforce
     the United Nations sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro.

     Mrs. Gore attends Congressional Breakfast and Briefing of
     National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal
     Justice System.

72   APRIL 1, 1993
     Address to the American College of Physicians

     Joins with the President in meeting with bipartisan
     Congressional leadership

73   APRIL 2, 1993
     Forest Conference, Portland, Oregon
     Joins the President at the Forest Conference, in Portland,
     which provides a comprehensive forum for a broad and diverse
     range of views on the issues associated with the management
     of federal forest lands in the Northwest and Northern
     California.

     "For far too long, bitter fighting and confused policy-
     making have scarred this debate.  As each side fought for
     advantage, no one won and many lost their jobs, their way of
     life, the wilderness they grew up to love, and even their
     plans for their families and their future.  It is time we
     moved beyond argument and confusion to a new approach that
     replaces fear with hope and stalemate with progress."

     "The days when this debate was defined by either-or choices
     are over.  This isn't about saving jobs or saving the
     environment, it's about saving jobs and saving the
     environment, because we can't do one without the other,
     certainly not in the long term.  A healthy forest economy
     demands healthy forests."
        Remarks at Forest Conference
75   APRIL 4, 1993
     Commission on Russian Technological Improvements
     The President announces the Vice President will co-chair,
     along with Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin, a commission
     on Technological Improvements on Russian energy and space
     sectors.

77   APRIL 6, 1993
     The Vice President joins the President meeting with Egyptian
     President Hosni Mubarak

     Meets with Australian Foreign Minister and Senator, Gareth
     Evans

78   APRIL 7, 1993
     Reinventing Government Town Hall Meeting -- Department of
     Agriculture
     In the second of his visits to federal agencies and
     departments, the Vice President meets with more than 300
     employees at the United States Department of Agriculture to
     hear their suggestions for improving efficiency and
     effectiveness at USDA and across the government.

     Recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
     The Vice President is named the recipient of the 13th Annual
     Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for his book Earth In The
     Balance.  Each year this Award honors the literary work that
     most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's
     purpose.

79   APRIL 8, 1993
     Reinventing Government Town Hall Meeting -- Atlanta, Georgia
     The Vice President hosts a Town Hall meeting in Atlanta,
     with federal employees from a variety of agencies with
     regional offices there to hear their suggestions for
     improving government efficiency and effectiveness.

     The Vice President throws out the first pitch at the Atlanta
     Braves opening game baseball game against the Los Angeles
     Dodgers.
83   APRIL 12, 1993
     Economic Roundtable in Toledo, Ohio
     The Vice President participates in an economic conference
     hosted by Senator John Glenn.

85   APRIL 14, 1993
     Meeting With Malawi's Ambassador
     The Vice President meets with Malawi's Ambassador Robert
     Mbaya urging democracy in Malawi and an end to human rights
     abuses.  They also discuss the country's upcoming referendum
     on multi-party democracy.

     Mrs. Gore joins First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a
     meeting with members of the Latino community to discuss
     specific health care concerns related to the Latino
     community.

86   APRIL 15, 1993
     National Performance Review Training Session
     The Vice President opens an all-day training session for the
     National Performance Review staff in a speech presenting the
     team's vision, goals and agenda.

87   APRIL 16, 1993
     Joins the President in meeting with Japanese Prime Minister
     Kiichi Miyazawa

88   APRIL 17, 1993
     First Childrens' Earth Summit and Town Hall Meeting
     The Vice President joins students from across the United
     States and around the world for the first ever Kids Earth
     Summit in Orlando, FL.  He tours a display of student
     environmental projects and then participates in a Town Hall
     Meeting with Linda Ellerbee later broadcast on "Nickelodeon"
     where he discusses with student delegates their concerns
     about the environment and their plans for an environmentally
     sound future.

89   APRIL 18, 1993
     New York Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
     At the Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden, the Vice
     President participates in a ceremony commemorating the 50th
     Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising .

     Mrs. Gore travels to New Orleans, Louisiana to tour an
     innovative community-based mental health program and learn
     more about the area's mobile crisis transportation unit.

90   APRIL 19, 1993
     The Vice President travels to Poland to participate in
     ceremony marking the 50th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto
     Uprising.

     Wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

     Meets with Poland's President Lech Walesa at Belweder.

     Meets with members of Poland's Jewish Community, Jewish
     Historical Institute

     Meets with Poland's Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka, Council
     of Ministers Building.

     Meets with Poland's Foreign Minister Krzysztof Skubiszewski,
Council of Ministers Building.

     Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Parkowa.

     APRIL 19, 1993
     IN POLAND -- Participates in a ceremony commemorating the
     50th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Upraising at the
     Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto.  The Vice
     President speaks at the ceremony along with two survivors of
     the ghetto uprising, President Walesa, Prime Minister Rabin,
     and World Jewish Congress President Edgar Bronfman.

     "How could the human race have allowed such a calamity as
     the Holocaust to fall upon us?  What terrible darkness lies
     coiled in the human soul that might account for this
     barbarism?  The sorrow rising from such questions is deeper
     than all tragedy and leaves us mute before a mystery the
     human mind cannot penetrate.  And yet the uprising of the
     Warsaw Ghetto shines in our consciousness like a pole star
     of the human spirit.

     "The story of the Warsaw Ghetto is sacred text for our time.
     It warns us of the unfathomable power of evil, the
     pestilence of the human soul that for a time can dissolve
     nations and devastate civilization.  But the uprising in the
     Ghetto also warns tyrannts wherever they rule that a fierce,
     bright light blazes eternal in the human breast, that the
     darkness can never be put out."
        Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto
     uprising in  Warsaw, Poland.

91   APRIL 20, 1993
     POLAND -- Address Polish Officials in speech at Parliament

     "Every nation must find its own way to freedom.  Every
     nation must create its own institutions to preserve
     democracy and find its own solutions to its internal
     problems.  The strength and endurance of the Polish people
     have been tested in recent times; they will be tested again.
     We believe with all our hearts that you will prevail.  And
     we will stand by you in the testing time that lies ahead."
        Statement in Warsaw, Poland at the Seym (Polish
Parliament).

     (Returns to Washington, D.C. April 20)

92   APRIL 21, 1993
     Joins the President in commemorating Earth Day.  President
     Clinton announces the U.S will sign international treaty to
     protect biodiversity; commits U.S. to specific targets and
     timetables to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases; outlines
     long-term strategy to protect the environment while
     promoting economic growth and creating millions of new high-
     skill, high wage-jobs.

     Joins The President in meeting with President Walesa.

     Mrs. Gore travels to Piscataway, New Jersey to participate
     in a public hearing on national health care with Governor
     Florio and the people of New Jersey.

93   APRIL 22, 1993
     Meets with President Zhelyu Zhelev of Bulgaria

     The Vice President and Mrs. Gore join the President in
     dedication of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

     Meets with Romania's President Ion Iliescu

     Meets with Croatian President Franjo Tudjman

     Meets with Czechoslovakia's President Vaclav Havel

     Mrs. Gore is the featured Speaker at the Picture of the Year
     Awards presenting slides of her photographs from the
     campaign.

94   APRIL 23, 1993
     Meets with Hungarian President Arpad Goncz

     Meets with Slovenia's President Milan Kucan

95   APRIL 24, 1993
     Joins the President meeting with Democratic Senators in
     Jamestown, Virginia.

     Mrs. Gore travels to Raleigh, North Carolina to talk to area
     graduate students about child mental health.

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