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Bill Clinton: I don't think it's accurate to say we're acting first. I think they have acted first. They have massed their troops.…

On the recordMarch 19, 1999
I don't think it's accurate to say we're acting first. I think they have acted first. They have massed their troops. They have continued to take aggressive action. They have already leveled one village in the recent past and killed a lot of innocent people. I do not believe that we ought to have to have thousands more people slaughtered and buried in open soccer fields before we do something. I think that would be unfortunate if we had said we have to have a lot more victims before we can stop what we know is about to happen. Wolf [Wolf Blitzer, Cable News Network]. Hillary Clinton's Possible Senate Candidacy/Personal Relationship
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