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Bill Clinton: “I believe we can maintain our fiscal discipline, continue to pay down our national debt, and still make the investments…”

On the recordNovember 17, 1999
I believe we can maintain our fiscal discipline, continue to pay down our national debt, and still make the investments we must in our people and our future.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Budget Agreement and an Exchange With Reporters in Istanbul

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