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Bill Clinton: “I think they're sitting down because they want to make peace, and they have now concluded that they can do it on terms…”

On the recordDecember 8, 1999
I think they're sitting down because they want to make peace, and they have now concluded that they can do it on terms and that will meet both their interests. You've asked good questions, but any answer I give would make it unlikely that they would be successfully resolved. Frankly, we all took a blood oath that we wouldn't talk beyond our points today, and I'm going to keep my word.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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