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Bill Clinton: But you know, and we--it was a sensible thing to do under the circumstances. Thank God we never experienced it. But it…

On the recordJanuary 21, 1999
But you know, and we--it was a sensible thing to do under the circumstances. Thank God we never experienced it. But it was the sensible thing to do. And so what I want us to do is everything, within reason, we can to minimize our exposure and risks here, and that's how I'm going to evaluate this Pentagon recommendation. Secretary Cohen, I think, is also real focused on this now. I've been very pleased with the priority he's given it. And I think that all these guys know that after their experience with the computer issue that all this--tomorrow's threats may be very different from yesterday's, and we've got to be ready.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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