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Bill Clinton: Well, if they're concerned about that, I will tell them that our people have always had a reluctance to send our young…

On the recordDecember 13, 1995
Well, if they're concerned about that, I will tell them that our people have always had a reluctance to send our young people in uniform overseas--that goes back throughout our entire history--and that on the whole that has been a healthy thing because we have not been--we have not been a country that has sought the gains of empire, we have not been a country that has sought to tell other people how they must live their lives; but that we are fundamentally a good people and when we understand our duty, historically, we nearly always do it. That's what I'll--thank you. Federal Budget
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