Bill Clinton actually said...

It is my great privilege as President, as Commander in Chief, and as a grateful American citizen, to present William J. Perry with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Secretary of Defense William J. Perry at Fort Myer

01/13/1997

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