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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 10, 1994

Each Federal agency shall conduct its programs, policies, and activities in a manner that ensures that such programs, policies, and activities do not exclude or discriminate against persons because of their race, color, or national origin.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

The primary purpose of what we're trying to do is not to get in a fight with the Serbs but to have NATO protect the integrity of Sarajevo and the innocent civilians who live there.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

We cannot let up on our reforms and our efforts to reduce the deficit and get this economy going again.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

Your determination and courage continue to inspire friends of freedom around the world.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

We strongly condemn the effort to deny you the right to participate freely in the political life of Burma.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

I know that the nation has many problems, but it's a difficult time for all the former Communist economies.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

I have to say that I was immensely pleased that I was able to stop in Ukraine when I was in Europe.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

This Commission will be asked to grapple with real issues of entitlement reforms, not caps or gimmicks that defer hard choices but specific and constructive proposals.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

If I have learned one thing since I have been President, it is in the end we have to decide on specific matters and that rhetoric sooner or later always has to give way to reality.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 9, 1994

History is on the side of freedom throughout the world and I remain confident that your cause will prevail.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 8, 1994

These funds are needed to continue the Council, rather than to phase it out as was originally proposed in the FY 1994 budget.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 8, 1994

We have a lot of interest in doing the same thing by the Germans, by the French, by the British.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 8, 1994

Syria has made a strategic decision for peace and wants now, for the first time, normal, peaceful relations with Israel.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 8, 1994

The victims of this disaster should not be treated differently from other disasters, nor should they be held hostage to the inevitable delay that will result from the passage of these amendments.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 8, 1994

More police officers on the street, properly trained and properly placed, will reduce the crime rate.

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