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On the recordDecember 13, 1996
Today, therefore, I direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services…to report to me within 60 days on actions to be taken to move children more rapidly from foster care to permanent homes.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Memorandum on Adoption and Alternate Permanent Placement of Children in the Public Child Welfare System

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