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Bill Clinton: First of all, apart from the moral claim that we ought to save every child we can, we live in an interdependent world in…

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
First of all, apart from the moral claim that we ought to save every child we can, we live in an interdependent world in which we have learned the hard way that, no matter how brilliantly our forces perform, we cannot kill, jail, or occupy all of our adversaries.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Clinton emphasizes the moral obligation and interdependence in foreign policy.

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