Bill Clinton: “Nothing is more important for maintaining America's leadership in the…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1997

Nothing is more important for maintaining America's leadership in the world than preserving the bipartisan consensus on national security policy.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on Senate Confirmation of Madeleine K. Albright as Secretary of State and William S. Cohen as Secretary of Defense

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