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Bill Clinton: “We had to work so hard to turn the economy around and get rid of the deficit.”

On the recordAugust 17, 2000
We had to work so hard to turn the economy around and get rid of the deficit.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Picnic for the Democratic Parties of Franklin, Essex, and Clinton Counties in Saranac Lake, New York

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