12/20/1999
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"I learned with deep regret this morning of the death of former President of France François Mitterrand."
"President Mitterrand's stalwart leadership during some of the Alliance's greatest challenges leaves the people of Europe with a hard-won legacy of peace."
"He was a great statesman."
"He was a man of vision whose strength helped bring Europe and the West through a period of tough confrontation to the peaceful, undivided Europe we are building today."