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Bill Clinton: “I declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign…”

On the recordOctober 18, 1999
I declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions of significant foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Notice—Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia

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