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Bill Clinton: We simply can't afford to wait until tragedy strikes to reach out to troubled young people.

On the recordJune 6, 1999
We simply can't afford to wait until tragedy strikes to reach out to troubled young people.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the White House Conference on Mental Health

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