Bill Clinton: “If people think you care whether their children live or die, you don't…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2010

If people think you care whether their children live or die, you don't have to send our young people off to war as often and it also saves money.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Clinton argues that caring for foreign children reduces the need for military intervention.

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