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Bill Clinton: “We know what we have to do, and we've got a mess on our hands.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2001
We know what we have to do, and we've got a mess on our hands.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at an Israel Policy Forum Dinner in New York City

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