if you look at president george herbert walker bush, 41, and president william jefferson clinton, one republican and democrat -- they did three things in common that were fiscally responsible. they imposed a tough budget controls to keep government from making more promises, they did not expand entitlement programs, and they broke campaign pledges on taxes when they sathey were irresponsible. 343, they did the right thing. george w. bush and unfortunately so far president obama are exactly the opposite -- 043. the president has to show more leadership. he is not engaged in the issue. he is the chief executive officer of the united states. he has an obligation. and frankly, the leaders of both parties have to work with the president on a construive basis to help keep america great and to avoid a debt crisis. host: 3400 tweets in -- guest: i think we need to understand the difference between the short-term challenge and the structural challenge but let me try real quickly. first, we want to make sure that we don't undercut the heat -- undercut the economic recovery. we need to get unemp

understand what the national debt of america was when president william jefferson clinton left office. we were running surpluses. we hadn't done that for decade. surpluses in the federal treasury. what did we do with all of this money? we put it in the social security trust fund, we bought more longevity and solvency for social security and if you remember, the economy was never stronger. william jefferson clinton left office and at that moment in time, the national debt, the accumulated debt of america from george washington until he left office, $5 billion. -- $5 trillion. remember that number. $5 trillion. fast-forward eight years after the end of president george w. bush, eight years later where were we? the national debt was now $12 trillion. fiscal recklessness by democrats? under president bush, the national debt more than doubled. and i stead of leaving a surplus for president obama, he said, welcome to an economy that is hemorrhage hemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of jobs lost every month and we anticipate next year's deficit, he told president obama, to be $1.2 trillion. t

william jefferson clinton leftt office and at that moment in time the national debt, the aria accumulated debt of america frot george washington until he left office $5 trillion. remember that number.st-forwa $5 trillion. fast forward eight years afterf the end of president george w. bush, eight years later or weres weak? the national debt was now rklesn $12 trillion. mscal recklessness by democratt under president bush the national debt more than doubledg and instead of leading a surplus for president obama, he said welcome to an economy that is hemorrhaging hundreds of hemorrh eousands of jobs every single month and when you anticipate next year's deficit, he told president obama, to beth $1.2 trillion. that is what president bush handed to president obama. selec i don't mind selective view ofut history. i guess we are all guilty ofo ie that to some extent. but to ignore the fiscal mess nl created the more than doubled the national debt in eight years, to ignore that we wage tt wars, to ignore we cut taxes inr the midst of a war which is unid something no president in the history of the

understand what the national debt of america was when president william jefferson clinton left office we were running surpluses. we hadn't done that for decade. surpluses in the federal treasury. what did we do with all of this money? we put it in the social security trust fund, we bought more longevity and solvency for social security and ifou remember, the economy was never stronger. william jefferson clinton left office and at that moment in time, the national debt, the accumulated debt of america from george washington until he left office, $5 billion. -- $5 trillion. remember that number. $5 trillion. fast-forward eight years after the end of president george w. bush, eight years later where were we? the national debt was now $12 trillion. fiscal recklessness by democrats? under president bush, the national debt more than doubled. and i stead of leaving a surplus for president obama, he said, welcome to an economy that is hemorrhage hemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of jobs lost every month and we anticipate next year's deficit, he told president obama, to be $1.2 trillion. that

this 90-minute discussion was hosted by the william jefferson clinton association at new york university>> ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to introduce president bill clinton, founder of the william j. clinton foundation and 42nd president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you very much. first, let me say i want to personally thank secretary albright, ambassador galbraith and general wes clark and ron brownstein for a great panel this morning. i thought they did a terrific job, and i hope you did as well. we're going to talk now about the dayton peace accords, what's happened 15 years later and where bosnia and the region go now. something dick holbrooke used to say all the time was dayton was far from a perfect peace, but the choice in november of 1995 was between an imperfect peace and continued slaughter. and we did everything we could to convince the parties to choose peace. we knew at the time that it was just a beginning. and i want to say a few words about what we did, but i'd like to begin by placing -- the last question ron asked is relevant to what this panel's going

this discussion was hosted by the william jefferson clinton foundation at new york university. >> ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to introduce president bill clinton, founder of the william j. clinton foundation our 32nd president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you very much. first, let me say i want to personally thank secretary all right, ambassador galbraith and general wesley clark for a great panel this morning. i thought they did a terrific job, and i hope you did as well. we are going to talk now about the dayton peace accords, what's happened 15 years later, and where bosnia and the region go now. something dick holbrooke used to say all the time is that dayton was far from perfect peace. the tracing of november 1995, was between an imperfect peace and we did everything we could to convince the parties to choose peace. we knew at the time that it was just the beginning, and i want to say a few words about what we did. but i would like to begin by placing the last question ron brownstein asked is relevant to what this panel was going to discuss. the last question tha

if you look at president george herbert walker bush, 41, and president william jefferson clinton, one republican and democrat -- they did three things in common that were fiscally responsible. they imposed a tough budget controls to keep government from making more promises, they did not expand entitlement programs, and they broke campaign pledges on taxes when they saw they were irresponsible. 343, they did the right thing. george w. bush and unfortunately so far president obama are exactly the opposite -- 043. the president has to show more leadership. he is not engaged in the issue. he is the chief executive officer of the united states. he has an obligation. and frankly, the leaders of both parties have to work with the president on a constructive basis to help keep america great and to avoid a debt crisis. host: 3400 tweets in -- guest: i think we need to understand the difference between the short-term challenge and the structural challenge but let me try real quickly. first, we want to make sure that we don't undercut the heat -- undercut the economic recovery. we need to get u