# President Clinton: Answering Children's Questions (1993)

In this news special for children hosted by Peter Jennings and broadcast from the East Room of the White House, President Bill Clinton answers personal and issue-oriented questions from a group of children from various parts of the country, ages eight to fifteen. The program begins with Jennings visiting Clinton in the Oval Office, where the new president gives a brief tour of the various works of art furnishing the room. Jennings and Clinton then join the children in the East Room, where their questions lead to his comments on the following topics, among others: whether he helps his daughter Chelsea with her homework; what he plans to do to encourage business growth in areas devastated by the Los Angeles riots; how his health care plan will be financed; why he wanted to become president; if he is comfortable in such a formal residence; what the Clinton family does for recreation; whether his focus will be foreign affairs or domestic issues; how it feels to be president; what kind of student he was in grammar school; his initiative to control violence in schools; his feelings about home schooling; whether he and the First Lady ever cook for themselves; an explanation of the Brady Bill; gays in the military; his plans to control pollution in U.S.; how health care will address people suffering from environmentally-caused illnesses; plans to help house the homeless; the nation's drug problem; the issue of the livelihood of Northwest loggers versus the protection of the spotted…

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1993
- By: ABC News
- Genres: News, Children's
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ClintonAnsweringChildrensQuestions1993)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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