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Bill Clinton: Oh, no, I think he's deeply emotional enough. But in the last election, keep in mind, he put all of his prestige and…

On the recordJanuary 16, 1994
Oh, no, I think he's deeply emotional enough. But in the last election, keep in mind, he put all of his prestige and effort into passing the Constitution. And he prevailed. So a lot of people voted for Boris Yeltsin and his constitution and also voted for the Communist candidate, the agrarian candidate, Zhirinovsky and his crowd. That's the point I'm trying to make. And he needs to win the overlap. He can't let them win the overlap if he's going to govern the country and move it forward. President Hafiz al-Asad of Syria
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