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Bill Clinton: The present deployments and the things that we have seen in support of them convince me that at least he has maintained…

On the recordSeptember 3, 1996
The present deployments and the things that we have seen in support of them convince me that at least he has maintained the potential to take further military action in the region. That is the problem. He said, ``Well, we took our soldiers out of Irbil.'' That's true, but look where they are and look what they're doing. And the latest reports this morning are not encouraging. So again, I will say to you, let's look and see what he does, and that is, I think, what should drive our actions. The words are not important; the actions are what matter.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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