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Bill Clinton: I was kidding, you know. It was a joke. J-O-K-E. [Laughter] Media Coverage Ms. Chung. But I also could hear a lot of…

On the recordMay 27, 1993
I was kidding, you know. It was a joke. J-O-K-E. [Laughter] Media Coverage Ms. Chung. But I also could hear a lot of excuses when you talked about the Travel Office problem, the haircut, the economy, the jobs stimulus program. Why not admit if indeed there was a mistake perhaps with the Travel Office or with the haircut? Why not just say so?
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Democratic · Arkansas

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