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Bill Clinton: I think a fair reading of history is that the greatest Asian financial crisis was not the brief one now coming to a…

On the recordNovember 14, 2000
I think a fair reading of history is that the greatest Asian financial crisis was not the brief one now coming to a close but the one that lasted almost two centuries.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With the APEC Business Advisory Council in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

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