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Bill Clinton: Well, let us just say one word about that. I think, at the moment, rather than characterize that effort I would say that…

On the recordJuly 23, 1994
Well, let us just say one word about that. I think, at the moment, rather than characterize that effort I would say that there are a lot of countries who wish to participate in a Rwanda peacekeeping force who may not have the capacity to do so. And one of the things that we, those of us with a lot of capacity, need to examine is whether there's something-- this is over the long run--whether there's something we can do to help countries who want to give men and women to these kinds of projects have the training, have the support, have the things they need. I think the whole world is now focused on Rwanda; I think the hearts of the world are with these people who have suffered. I think that we're moving very quickly to try to save lives from the cholera outbreak, and I think we'll have progress there. I think that a lot of these African countries will do the very best they can. And if they're trying to do something that they can't do, then the rest of us need to help them develop the capacity to do it.
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Bill Clinton
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