Bill Clinton actually said...

I have emphasized to them that every nation involved in that, from the beginning, was in it with the understanding that our first goal was to restore the conditions of normal life there.

Context

Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With Congressional Leaders

09/27/1993

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