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Bill Clinton: They should expect us to be making progress, moving people out. But you can't just measure it on that. See how good…

On the recordJuly 11, 2010
They should expect us to be making progress, moving people out. But you can't just measure it on that. See how good -- see how well we do with the health care, with the schools, with the energy, with the economic development, with the agriculture, with the reforestation. Judge us on a whole range of things, because housing is always the hardest and always takes the longest.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Bill Clinton discusses the expectations for progress in Haiti's reconstruction and emphasizes the importance of evaluating multiple aspects of recovery.

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