Bill Clinton actually said...

I declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).

Context

Notice--Continuation of Emergency With Respect to UNITA

09/21/2000

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