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Bill Clinton: “America has vital strategic and economic interests that affect the lives of each and every American citizen.”

On the recordMay 19, 1996
America has vital strategic and economic interests that affect the lives of each and every American citizen.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Pacific Basin Economic Council

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