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Bill Clinton: “I would go back to what the Prime Minister said: We'd like to see a cease-fire restored. But I think that actually, we…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1996
I would go back to what the Prime Minister said: We'd like to see a cease-fire restored. But I think that actually, we do have a chance to make some progress in these talks, and that's one of the things we're going to talk about here. We're always better off when they're talking than when they're not, and I can see circumstances under which we can make some real progress there if we got one or two good breaks, so we're going to keep working. [At this point, one group of reporters left the room, and another group entered.] Prime Minister Bruton's Visit
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