Bill Clinton: “The overall crime rate is now at a 26-year low, the murder rate at a…”

On the recordOctober 20, 1999

The overall crime rate is now at a 26-year low, the murder rate at a 31-year low.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the National Association of Police Organizations

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