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On the recordMay 3, 1995
The FBI needs to be in a position, without abusing people's freedoms, to try to prevent things like Oklahoma City from happening.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Interview With Laurie Montgomery of the Detroit Free Press and Angie Cannon of Knight-Ridder Newspapers

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