Bill Clinton: “The canal played a critical role in the development of global commerce…”

On the recordDecember 13, 1999

The canal played a critical role in the development of global commerce and contributed to the rise of the United States as a great power.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on the Transfer of the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama

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