Bill Clinton: “One of the proudest moments of my life was the day in 1993 when…”

On the recordAugust 8, 1999

One of the proudest moments of my life was the day in 1993 when Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands on the South Lawn of the White House.

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Remarks at a Ceremony Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter

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