January 19th, 2013
08:01 AM ET
Memo to the President: The GPS Road Map for a 2nd Term - A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special debuts Sunday, Jan. 13 at 8:00pm and 11:00pm ET & PT on CNN/U.S.
Offering counsel to President Obama for a successful legacy in the areas of fiscal management, immigration, foreign policy, trade, investments and more, from their own experience advising the most elite office of power in the world, are:
For his own counsel, Zakaria cautions that though Mr. Obama has secured a legacy with historic healthcare reform, he must now ensure its funding mechanisms are sustainable. "Getting healthcare reform right may be more important to our fiscal future, than any other set of policies," Zakaria says in the special. And of exceptional importance, Zakaria advises, is managing the economy for the next generation, specifically, improving the nation's aging infrastructure, fixing education, and reforming entitlement programs to secure them.
Baker agrees that managing the economy and bipartisan compromise are the priorities for second term success. "President Obama …wants a legacy. He deserves one. He's not going to have a legacy if he can't fix our economy," Baker says to Zakaria.
Memo to the President: The GPS Road Map for a 2nd Term
Closer to the premiere, commentary related to foreign policy and domestic opportunities for President Obama's second term, written by Fareed Zakaria, may be found at www.cnn.com/gps. During the special broadcast, producers of the special will engage viewers with their policy advice for the president via Twitter, using the hashtag "#ObamaMemo."
CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world's most extensively-syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.
Memo to the President: The GPS Road Map for a 2nd Term debuts Sunday, Jan. 13, at 8:00pm ET & PT
In advance of President Obama's second inauguration, CNN's and TIME's Fareed Zakariawill host a primetime special with advice for Mr. Obama on the foreign and domestic challenges that yet await him, from top statesmen and women of our time who have served this president and others.Memo to the President: The GPS Road Map for a 2nd Term - A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special debuts Sunday, Jan. 13 at 8:00pm and 11:00pm ET & PT on CNN/U.S.
Offering counsel to President Obama for a successful legacy in the areas of fiscal management, immigration, foreign policy, trade, investments and more, from their own experience advising the most elite office of power in the world, are:
- James Baker III, Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1985-1988); U.S. Secretary of State (1989-1992);
- Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York (I) (2001-present);
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, PhD, U.S. National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981);
- Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor (2001-2009);
- Ken Duberstein, Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan (1988-1989);
- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, (R-TX) (1993-2013);
- Paul O'Neill, U.S. Treasury Secretary (2001-2002); co-chairman, Alcoa (1987-1999);
- Peter Orzag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2009-2010); Director Congressional Budget Office (2007-2008);
- John Podesta, Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1998-2001);
- Steven Rattner, former counselor to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury ("car czar") (2009);
- Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (2003-2011); chairman, Democratic National Committee (1999-2001), and;
- Robert Rubin, U.S. Treasury Secretary (1995-1999); co-chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
For his own counsel, Zakaria cautions that though Mr. Obama has secured a legacy with historic healthcare reform, he must now ensure its funding mechanisms are sustainable. "Getting healthcare reform right may be more important to our fiscal future, than any other set of policies," Zakaria says in the special. And of exceptional importance, Zakaria advises, is managing the economy for the next generation, specifically, improving the nation's aging infrastructure, fixing education, and reforming entitlement programs to secure them.
Baker agrees that managing the economy and bipartisan compromise are the priorities for second term success. "President Obama …wants a legacy. He deserves one. He's not going to have a legacy if he can't fix our economy," Baker says to Zakaria.
Memo to the President: The GPS Road Map for a 2nd Term
Closer to the premiere, commentary related to foreign policy and domestic opportunities for President Obama's second term, written by Fareed Zakaria, may be found at www.cnn.com/gps. During the special broadcast, producers of the special will engage viewers with their policy advice for the president via Twitter, using the hashtag "#ObamaMemo."
CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world's most extensively-syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.
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