he system while suggesting changes while the Republicans would end affirmative action altogether. President Clinton expressed the Democratic view when he called for Congress to mend but not end affirmative action. He notes that there are some who believe that affirmative action is no longer needed, but he disputes this with figures showing the employment disparities by race and gender in America today. Having determined that affirmative action works, he considers what to do about its problems:
Some question the effectiveness or the fairness of particular affirmative action programs. I say to all of you, those are fair questions, and they prompted the review of our affirmative action programs (Clinton 2208).
Clinton notes how the provisions of any program can be misapplied, but in the main he finds that these programs have been beneficial to both minority-group members and to society as a whole:
In our national community we're all different; we're all the same. We want liberty and freedom. We want the embrace of fam
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