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Bill Clinton: Well, what they've done is they've just reminded me that we've got to sell Congress on two things, and the two things…

On the recordJuly 7, 1997
Well, what they've done is they've just reminded me that we've got to sell Congress on two things, and the two things are bound together. One is, Congress would have to agree to ratify an amendment to the NATO treaty putting in new members. And the second is that we would have to agree to pay our portion of the cost of integrating those new members. And they pointed out to me, in no uncertain terms, that we've got a sales job to do, but we think we can do it.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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