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Bill Clinton: “To me, it ought to be one of the big goals of our country to make America the safest big country in the world.”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2000
To me, it ought to be one of the big goals of our country to make America the safest big country in the world.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Shooting Death at Theo J. Buell Elementary School in Michigan and an Exchange With Reporters in West Palm...

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