Bill Clinton: “I don't know how I could have done that. The Joint Chiefs asked for a meeting about a number of issues, in which this…”

“I don't know how I could have done that. The Joint Chiefs asked for a meeting about a number of issues, in which this was only one. We spent a lot of time talking about other things. This issue was not put forward in this context by me; it was put forward by those in the United States Senate who sought to make it an issue early on. And I don't know how I could have stopped them from doing that.”