Bill Clinton: “Right now I want these guys to go to sleep. I hope nothing serious…”

On the recordApril 10, 1998

Right now I want these guys to go to sleep. I hope nothing serious happens to our country in the next 8 hours, because I've got a bunch of pickle-brains in the NSC. [Laughter]

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Bill Clinton

Democratic · Arkansas

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Bill Clinton: “Right now I want these guys to go to sleep. I hope nothing serious happens to our country in the next 8 hours, because…”