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On the recordJanuary 13, 1997
When the history of our time is written, Bill Perry may well be recorded as the most productive, effective Secretary of Defense the United States ever had.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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

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