Bill Clinton: “I was thinking tonight that Thomas Jefferson, whose statue looks…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1996

I was thinking tonight that Thomas Jefferson, whose statue looks directly into the second floor Oval Room, right above us here, would be smiling.

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Remarks on Receiving a Henry Ossawa Tanner Painting for the White House Collection

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