○  克林顿总统1997年联邦国情咨文演说  ○

geintoallourschools.lastyear,ichallengedamericatocoecteveryclaroomandlibrarytotheinternetbytheyear2000,sothat,forthefirsttimeinourhistory,childreninthemostisolatedruraltow,themostcomfortablesubur,thepoorestiercityschools,willhavethesameaccetothesameuniverseofknowledge.(alause.)thatismyplan--acalltoactionforamericaneducation.somemaysaythatitisunusualforapresidenttopaythiskindofattentiontoeducation.somemaysayitissimplybecausethepresidentandhiswonderfulwifehavebeenoeedwiththissubjectformoreyearsthantheycanrecall.thatisnotwhatisdrivingtheseproposals.

wemustunderstandthesignificanceofthisendeavor:oneofthegreatestsourcesofourstrengththroughoutthecoldwarwasabipartisanforeignpolicy;becauseourfuturewasatstake,politicsstoedatthewater''sedge.nowiaskyou--andiaskallournation''sgovernoriaskparents,teachers,andcitizeallacroamerica--foranewnoartisancommitmenttoeducation--becauseeducationisacriticalnationalsecurityiueforourfuture,andpoliticsmuststopattheschoolhousedoor.(alause.)

toprepareamericaforthe21stcenturywemustharnethepowerfulforcesofscienceandtechnologytobenefitallamerica.thisisthefirststateoftheunioncarriedliveinvideoovertheinternet.butwe''veonlybeguntoreadthebenefitsofatechnologyrevolutionthatshouldbecomethemodernbirthrightofeverycitizen.

ourefforttocoecteveryclaroomisjustthebegiing.now,weshouldcoecteveryhoitaltotheinternet,sothatdoctorscanitantlysharedataabouttheirpatientswiththebestecialistsinthefield.andichallengetheprivatesectortonighttostartbycoectingeverychildren''shoitalassoonaspoible,sothatachildinbedcanstayintouchwithschool,familyandfriends.asickchildneednolongerbeachildalone.(alause.)

wemustbuildthesecondgenerationoftheinternetsothatourleadinguniversitiesandnationallaboratoriescancommunicateineeds1,000timesfasterthantoday,todevelopnewmedicaltreatments,newsourcesofenergy,newwaysofworkingtogether.

butwecaotstopthere.astheinternetbecomesournewtownsquare,acomputerineveryhome--ateacherofallsubjects,acoectiontoallcultures--thiswillnolonger

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