There is no other university that offers a better combination of the two. Shalalas's speech focused on the advances the Clinton administration has made on child welfare and the progress that still needs to happen. Allen-Meares said she was honored to have Shalala speak. Shalala spoke about may not usually be considered child welfare. If it wasn' t for the president's leadership, Joe Camel would still be in our children's lives, instead of in the history books where he belongs.
Tobacco is a clear and present danger to teens.
Another achievement of the Clinton administration, Shalala said, is a 30 percent reduction in sudden infant death syndrome. Shalala said that to prevent health problems like HIV, which infects tens of thousands of teenagers and adults in the United States, her department needed to use less traditional methods. The fact is that many young people get their information on AIDS from soap operas and sitcoms. Shalala said that under her leadership, the department focuses more on results. We force ourselves to use scarce resources wisely, to develop objective standards that we can use to demand accountability, and to put ourselves in a position to achieve even better results in the future.