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Bill Clinton: Yes. We were going to go another half hour, and McLarty came on and said, ``You can't do it.'' Mr. King. Mack McLarty…

On the recordDecember 22, 1999
Yes. We were going to go another half hour, and McLarty came on and said, ``You can't do it.'' Mr. King. Mack McLarty came in and said, ``You've got to get off now.'' And you were mad. Why? Because you even said, ``Am I not doing well?'' But anyway, that aside, the last question to you that night was called in by someone asking you, even though you had only been a year, less than a year in office, what do you think your legacy will be? Here's what you said: ``I'll be happy to tell you. Number one, I'd like to get the economy moving again.'' This is 6 years ago. ``Number two, I'd like to provide health security for all Americans. Number three, I want my national service plan to pass to open doors of college education to millions of Americans. Number four, I strongly want to pass a welfare reform bill that will move people from welfare to work. And five, I want to reform the political system.'' Reading this, how have you done?
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Bill Clinton
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