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Bill Clinton: “Why don't we make up our mind we're going to make this the safest big country in the world—that is a worthy goal—and…”

On the recordOctober 6, 1999
Why don't we make up our mind we're going to make this the safest big country in the world—that is a worthy goal—and come up with the resources and the plans necessary to do it?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a National Labor Research Association Dinner in New York City

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