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Bill Clinton: I think it depends on what the facts were. If there were a lot of people armed in there and he was worried about civil…

On the recordSeptember 29, 1993
I think it depends on what the facts were. If there were a lot of people armed in there and he was worried about civil disorder and unrest and people being shot, I think that when you're in charge of a government, your first obligation is to try to keep the peace and keep order. So I think so far they seem to have acted with restraint but with dispatch in trying to defuse what otherwise might have become a very difficult situation. Now, I don't have all the facts, and neither does anyone else. But nothing has happened so far that has caused me to question the commitment that was made to me by the President and to his own people. Thank you very much.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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