Bill Clinton: “Protecting the environment and promoting human progress are not…”

On the recordNovember 21, 1996

Protecting the environment and promoting human progress are not incompatible goals; they go hand in hand.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the International Coral Reef Initiative in Port Douglas, Australia

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