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Bill Clinton: “It means that we can go out into the areas... that for all the economic progress of the last few years, there are still…”

On the recordAugust 8, 1999
It means that we can go out into the areas... that for all the economic progress of the last few years, there are still some people who are living only in the shadows of this prosperity.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps Graduation Ceremony

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