Bill Clinton: “Ultimately no lesson from Iwo Jima looms larger than the one behind…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 1995

Ultimately no lesson from Iwo Jima looms larger than the one behind me.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Iwo Jima in Arlington, Virginia

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