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Bill Clinton: “We want to share that with them, and they will have to kind of pick up this issue and pick up this ball and decide…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2001
We want to share that with them, and they will have to kind of pick up this issue and pick up this ball and decide whether the suggestions we're making are wise and ought to go forward.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Telephone Briefing by Chief of Staff John Podesta, Under Secretary of Commerce Bill Reinsch, and Deputy Secretary of Defense.

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