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Bill Clinton: Well, 5 weeks ago today--5 weeks ago today--I stood in the Rose Garden, after the Senate voted, and I told you that I…

On the recordMarch 19, 1999
Well, 5 weeks ago today--5 weeks ago today--I stood in the Rose Garden, after the Senate voted, and I told you that I thought I owed it to the American people to give them 100 percent of my time and to focus on their business and that I would leave it to others to decide whether they would follow that lead. And that is why I have decided, as soon as that vote was over, that I would allow all future questions to be answered by my attorneys. And I think I made the right decision. I hope you can understand it. I think the American people do understand it and support it, and I think it was the right decision. Scott [Scott Pelley, CBS News].
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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