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Bill Clinton: I don't have any--my closing remarks are, this is the beginning, not the end. My closing remarks are that--there ought…

On the recordDecember 3, 1997
I don't have any--my closing remarks are, this is the beginning, not the end. My closing remarks are that--there ought to be a strategy to deal with the economic underclass; there ought to be a middle class strategy, too, that embraces people across different races. We have left open the question of affirmative action. Just curiously, how many of you believe we should continue some sort of affirmative action policy with regard to admissions to colleges and universities? [Applause] Okay, how many of you don't believe we should? What about out here? [Applause] Ms. Thernstrom. Change it to preferences. Racial preferences is different than affirmative action.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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