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Bill Clinton: Elliot Richardson was a man of uncommon integrity, who put the Nation's interests first even when the personal cost was…

On the recordDecember 30, 1999
Elliot Richardson was a man of uncommon integrity, who put the Nation's interests first even when the personal cost was very high.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on the Death of Elliot Richardson

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