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Bill Clinton: Yes, I certainly have confidence in the Attorney General. You know, she's told us what happened; and she's told us she…

On the recordSeptember 4, 1999
Yes, I certainly have confidence in the Attorney General. You know, she's told us what happened; and she's told us she asked some questions that she didn't get the right answers to. And I think that with regard to the Director, I don't think that it's--there is going to be an independent investigation, which she supports and which he has said he supports. I don't think it serves any purpose for the rest of us to assign blame until the investigation is conducted and the evidence is in. I think he did the right thing in saying he thought there ought to be an independent investigation, and I think that that's all we can ask of him. And she is now going to appoint an appropriate person to do it, and I think we ought to let them do their job. East Timor
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