A 90second answer, a 60second rebuttal, and a 30second response. I will assist the candidates in adhering to those time limits with the help of a series of lights visible to both. Under their rules, the candidates are not allowed to question each other directly. I will ask the questions. There are no limitations on the subjects. The order for everything tonight was determined by coin toss. Now, to the Opening Statements and to president clinton. Mr. President. Thank you, jim. And thank you to the people of hartford, our hosts. I want to begin by saying again how much i respect senator dole and his record of Public Service and how hard i will try to make this campaign and this debate one of ideas, not insults. Four years ago i ran for president at a time of high unemployment and rising frustration. I wanted to turn this country around with a program of opportunity for all, responsibility from all, and an American Community where everybody has a role to play. I wanted a government that w
Hudson. My name is richard weitz, and the director of the center for political director of the center for political and military analysis here at hudson. Today we are honored to talk about an important report and the port subject that is congressional efforts to oversee the u. S. Nuclear security efforts. We are specifically going to talk about a report, copies of which are outside, by the partnerships to secure america and Arms Control Association on empowering congress a nuclear authority, blueprints for a new generation. I want to take the welcome the cspan audience for joining us. To make everything easier, if people could silence any cell phones you might have now, that would be very helpful. The report and either work we have been doing with partnerships to secure america and Arms Control Association has been over a year, and independent project over collaborated with these organizations last you doing through events on hill, congressional briefings on the Nuclear Threat, the too
Dole,n and senator bob the republican nominee. This event is sponsored by a commission on president ial debates that will last 90 minutes following the format and rules worked out by the two campaigns. Openingll be twominute and closing statements, questions each having three parts, a 92nd answer, a 60 second rebuttal, and a 32nd response. A 90 second answer, a 60second 3buttal, and a 32nd 0second response. Mr. Clinton. Mr. Clinton thank you. I want to begin by saying again how much i respect senator dole and his Public Service and how hard i will try to make this campaign and debate one of ideas and not insults. , iran and wanted to turn this country around, responsibility from all, and American Community where everybody has a role to play. I wanted a government smaller and less bureaucratic to help people. Four years ago, you took me on faith. Now there is a record. Rising incomes, falling crime america, atll peace. We are better off and we were four years ago. Lets keep it going. We
The reason Social Security, he says it gets 2 . Its not a bank account. That just pays back money thats invested. Its also used to give your mothers and fathers the Social Security checks that they live on. If you take a trillion dollars out of that Social Security trust fund, how are the checks how are you going to keep faith with the seniors . Let me come directly to your question we have to go to the closing statements. Can i answer that . One reason people are skeptical is because people dont answer the questions they have been asked. The trillion dollars comes out of the surplus so you can invest some of your own money. Its a difference of opinion. I want workers to have their own assets. Who do you trust . The government or people . Now were going to go to closing statements. Vice president gore. Thank you very much, jim. Ill begin by answering your question. Your last question. I believe that a lot of people are skeptical about people in Politics Today because we have seen a tim
Complicated. Its great to look back today, 15 years ago, the terrorism threat. When i was at the National Terrorism center we looked at how that threat had really changed to much in the last 12, 15 years, where its more diverse, adapted on the terrorism side. Now look at cyber. All those same features characterize cyber threat. You have increasingly sophisticated actors, criminal gangs at the level of what we thought were at the capability of nation states. You have the nature of those attacks changing from destructive to disruptive, destroying hardware. One of the things we think about now, the offense typically has the advantage. The offense wins. Its a little like transform. When i was at the National Terrorism center, didnt taub about its basically impossible to stop every terrorism attack. Risk management, it applies in the terrorism realm. Youre managing realm but same thing in the Cyber Security realm. You can stop every did you see president obama beat his chest and say our Cyb