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Bill Clinton: It would be a tragedy for our security and for our children's future to let this opportunity slip away.

On the recordJuly 19, 1999
It would be a tragedy for our security and for our children's future to let this opportunity slip away.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and an Exchange With Reporters

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