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Bill Clinton: The issue is not face saving. The issue is life saving. Face saving has got nothing to do with it. The issue is whether…

On the recordMay 13, 1993
The issue is not face saving. The issue is life saving. Face saving has got nothing to do with it. The issue is whether the Bosnian Serbs are ready to have a serious peace process that will save lives, recognize that all those people have some right and some way to live in the piece of land we now know as Bosnia-Herzegovina, and confine the conflict so that it doesn't spill over and cause much more, much more serious political consequences for everybody. And that's what I hope. You know, I wouldn't say I ever have given up hope, but I'm skeptical about it. But it might produce something.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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