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Bill Clinton: When Lloyd Bentsen agreed to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, it is safe to say I succeeded.

On the recordDecember 9, 1992
When Lloyd Bentsen agreed to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, it is safe to say I succeeded.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Excerpts of the President-Elect's News Conference in Little Rock

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