10/26/1999
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"It is essential that our system is reasonable, consistent, and fair for those who serve our country."
"The Joint Chiefs and our country will benefit from his continued service."
"The time has come to stop playing politics with the lives of Americans in need and to send me a clean, unencumbered disaster relief bill that I can and will sign the moment it reaches my desk."
"It has the potential to threaten the sacred family bonds at the very core of our ideals and our society."