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Bill Clinton: I have to excuse Secretary Rubin in a moment to return to his duties, but I wanted to make one point and ask one…

On the recordOctober 23, 1997
I have to excuse Secretary Rubin in a moment to return to his duties, but I wanted to make one point and ask one question. The point I want to make is, he tries real hard to put on that sort of cold shtick, you know, that this is just economics, but---- Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin. ``Shtick'' is an Arkansas term. [Laughter]
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Bill Clinton
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