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Bill Clinton: If we solve everything, if we reached an agreement on Social Security, Medicare, if we committed to pay the debt off in…

On the recordJuly 5, 1999
If we solve everything, if we reached an agreement on Social Security, Medicare, if we committed to pay the debt off in 15 years, think of all the things that would still be there for them to disagree about.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Interview With Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times Aboard Air Force One

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