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Bill Clinton: “I think the United States can be threatened more by another nation's weakness than by its strength.”

On the recordAugust 14, 2000
I think the United States can be threatened more by another nation's weakness than by its strength.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Interview With Joe Klein of the New Yorker

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