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Bill Clinton: We didn't skirt it. He did in a way, and he defined it in a different way, and he made some arguments about what Syria…

On the recordJanuary 20, 1994
We didn't skirt it. He did in a way, and he defined it in a different way, and he made some arguments about what Syria has done and not done. But the point is, we got it out on the table. He said what he thought; I said what I thought. And maybe most important, we agreed that our Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, and their Foreign Minister, Mr. Shara, would meet and really try to get beyond the charges to very specific things, that we would come forward with specific instances of things that we believe have been done that are a violation of international law that cannot be tolerated, and we would try to work through them. So I think that it was an honorable meeting from my point of view and from the point of view of the United States because of that. Mr. King. New York City for President Clinton. Hello. Health Care Reform
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