Bill Clinton: “We should simply invest in prevention because the police officers tell…”

On the recordJuly 19, 1998

We should simply invest in prevention because the police officers tell us it works.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the 75th Annual Convention of the American Federation of Teachers in New Orleans, Louisiana

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