Bill Clinton: “Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot. Well, let me go back and try to retrace the steps there. I think that at the time--you may have…”

“Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot. Well, let me go back and try to retrace the steps there. I think that at the time--you may have a better record of exactly what was said and what wasn't--I felt very strongly that the United States should be clear and unambiguous in our condemnation about what happened 9 years ago, at the time. And that then we needed to have a clear road going forward which would attempt to--not to isolate the Chinese but would attempt to be very strong about how we felt about what happened and would, in essence, broaden the nature of our policy. What I felt was that in a genuine concern to maintain a constructive relationship with China, for security reasons and for economic reasons, that we didn't have high enough visibility for the human rights issue. I believed that then; I still believe that. I think any President would say that, once you've served in this job, you understand a little bit more the nuances of all policies than you did before you get it. But I believe, on balance, that we have a stronger human rights component to our engagement strategy than was the case before, and I think that is quite important. Mr. Maer. Human Rights in China”