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Bill Clinton: “I deeply regret that illness has forced Shirley Chisholm to ask that her nomination to be our country's Ambassador to…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1993
I deeply regret that illness has forced Shirley Chisholm to ask that her nomination to be our country's Ambassador to Jamaica be withdrawn.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on the Withdrawal of the Nomination of Shirley Chisholm To Be Ambassador to Jamaica

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