Bill Clinton: “I am going to keep at least one turkey off of the Thanksgiving dinner…”

On the recordNovember 26, 1996

I am going to keep at least one turkey off of the Thanksgiving dinner table by giving a pardon to a turkey from Ohio.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Ceremony

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Bill Clinton: “I am going to keep at least one turkey off of the Thanksgiving dinner table by giving a pardon to a turkey from Ohio.”