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Bill Clinton: “My instructions to Oakley were to go first to meet with President Meles, decide whether there are any other presidents…”

On the recordOctober 9, 1993
My instructions to Oakley were to go first to meet with President Meles, decide whether there are any other presidents of other countries in the region he needs to meet with, discuss what the role for the OAU or some other African role might be, and see what can best be done to start, really generate a lot of energy behind the political process. We think that ultimately whatever peace would be brokered, if it's brokered from forces outside Somalia, should come from the Africans. And we would hope the U.N. would be able to bless----
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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