Memorandum on the Safety of Imported Foods
07/02/1999
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We started this mission for the right reasons, and we're going to finish it in the right way.
If we leave them now, those embers will reignite into flames, and people will die again.
I am convinced we will have lived up to the responsibilities of American leadership in the world.
We have to recognize that we cannot leave now and still have all our troops present and accounted for.