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Bill Clinton: The only cause for alarm would be if we were to sit by and do nothing to prepare for a problem we know we could be…

On the recordMarch 14, 1999
The only cause for alarm would be if we were to sit by and do nothing to prepare for a problem we know we could be presented with.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Legislative Conference of the International Association of Fire Fighters

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