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Bill Clinton: We cannot be, to quote the words of the Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, 'an island of prosperity.'

On the recordSeptember 16, 1998
We cannot be, to quote the words of the Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, 'an island of prosperity.'
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Convention

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