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From: 	Joseph G. Burns, 71552,2346

To: 	James A. Burns, 71544,2113

Date: 	Tue, Jan 4, 1994, 16:52



RE: 	Al Gore re: Fetternet



Jim-



It appears that the White House saw the Washington Post article.  I saw the 

following posted in our office.  I share space with computer consultants, 

thus their interest in the Infomation Highway. 





                                                THE WHITE HOUSE

                                        OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT



FOR IMMIDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 

202/456-7035

December 21,1993



                                                   Remarks by

                                         Vice President Al Gore

                                                       at

                                            National Press Club

                                            December 21, 1993



Thank you.  It's a great pleasure to be here.  I still have jet lag, though 

-- nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.



I'm happy to be home.  And I'm particularly happy to be talking about 

telecommunications to people whose lives will be shaped by the changes 

ahead for us.



I'm pleased to announce today that at the beginning of the year, President 

Clinton will present to Gongress a package of legislative and 

administrative proposals on telecommunications.  



Today, I want to talk about the future we envision.



................(several paragraphs later)................



But these days, technology has brought us closer together.  I read a little 

while ago of a family scattered all over the world.  More than a hundred 

different members keep in touch through the Internet.  They keep people 

informed of births and deaths and graduations.  Children in more than half 

a dozen countries feel like they know each other -- even though they've 

never met.



................(numerous pages more).................