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Bill Clinton: “We had to first of all say, 'Well, we're going to cut it in half in a certain number of years, and then we'll get rid of…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2000
We had to first of all say, 'Well, we're going to cut it in half in a certain number of years, and then we'll get rid of it.'
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a National Campaign Against Youth Violence Luncheon

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