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Bill Clinton: I strongly support the Dorgan amendment. I think it is the right thing for Iraq. I think it is the right thing for our…

On the recordOctober 14, 2003
I strongly support the Dorgan amendment. I think it is the right thing for Iraq. I think it is the right thing for our country. It sets the right tone about how we are going to be dealing with this situation going forward. It lays down a marker that we are willing to shoulder this burden, but we expect at some point in the future for the American taxpayers of this or the next generation to be given some repayment opportunity from a new nation that we helped to create that, hopefully, will have the kind of future we are counting on and that many of us support.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Expressing support for the Dorgan amendment regarding U.S. involvement in Iraq.

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