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Bill Clinton: It would be completely irresponsible for us not to allocate a substantial investment in trying to protect America from…

On the recordJanuary 20, 1999
It would be completely irresponsible for us not to allocate a substantial investment in trying to protect America from threats that will be, in all probability, as likely or more likely in the future than the threats we think we face today.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Interview With Judith Miller and William J. Broad of the New York Times

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