Bill Clinton actually said...

An unforeseen emergency exists which requires immediate military assistance to states currently participating in, and to states which may in the future participate in, ECOMOG.

Context

Memorandum on Determination To Authorize the Furnishing of Non-Lethal Emergency Military Assistance to the States...

09/29/1996

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