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Bill Clinton: Well, I think they can know that we can coax them, and we can stand with them, and we can support them, and we can bring…

On the recordJune 28, 1999
Well, I think they can know that we can coax them, and we can stand with them, and we can support them, and we can bring them benefits in all kinds of ways after this is resolved. But in the end, the leaders have to decide. Their people have voted for peace. But that's a general principle; the particulars are always difficult. And again, I would say, I think the important thing is to keep this going. Somebody--if there is the necessary commitment given by all sides, and then, later, any of those commitments are not kept, this thing can always be brought down because the commitments were not kept. But I think it would be terrible to let it come apart now, before we get to see and feel how it really works. Mr. Devenport. Mr. President, thank you very much.
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Bill Clinton
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