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This release contains White House Exchange Mail records dated January 1998 to October 1999. Most of it is a transcript of a January 29, 1998 press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry covering Iraq, Iran, the budget and the Lewinsky inquiry, plus a 1998 presidential speech. An October 19, 1999 email among Transnational Threats staff forwards a Florida Today article on how scientists expect alien contact would spark a media frenzy rather than a cover-up, describing the 1989 SETI detection protocol.
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34FE6299.FIN Page 13 of 14 The second issue is, what if while we're waiting for Social Security refo THE PRESS: Thank you. END 1:45 P.M. EST http://classified/email/data_source/exchange/record/cd008/febl998/34fe6299.html 1/5/2010 few billion dollars of surplus happens. That was the question I was aske where right now, by budget rules it would pay down the debt. And our view is we don't foresee that as being a significant problem because we're trying to this done in the next year and a half, when we do not project there wouL a significant surplus. strengthen the Social Security trust fund. That is one idea that some hav out. I believe that Bob Reischauer and Henry Aaron have at least been talking informally with people about whether money could be used - surplus cc be used for equity investments that could strengthen the surplus. That obviously will be controversial with many people. Others, I think 1 Senator Gregg and others have said the surplus could be used to help a transition towards a partly pre-funded system. I am not — let me make clear — not endorsing nor criticizing any of those. I am just saying that there are ma suggestions already as to the mechanics as to how the surplus could be i Our opinion is that we should wait and see how the surplus or a portion of th surplus fits into a comprehensive Social Security reform. But what I said was that if a surplus were to start accumulating before had a comprehensive Social Security trust fund, and some said it turned out th there was $20 billion or $25 billion dollars accumulating, rather than having t pay down the debt, they wanted to somehow keep that savings in play for lo term Social Security reform. My answer was we don't project that to be neces but if that situation arose it would not be inconsistent with our position. Ant certainly would be willing to consider that that type of option — if the situation arose and people thought it was necessary, to stay consistent w our save Social Security first pledge.
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