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Bill Clinton

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Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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Jun 26, 1994

The furnishing of defense articles and services to the Government of South Africa will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

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Jun 26, 1994

I will have the great honor of being the first American President to visit the Baltic nations.

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Jun 26, 1994

These are real things that affect the real lives of real people.

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Jun 26, 1994

I thought that the transition debates we had over economic policy were good, helpful, and appropriate.

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Jun 26, 1994

We need a new American policy based on the idea that we should help the nations of Africa identify and solve problems before they erupt.

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Jun 26, 1994

I look forward to heralding that future when I speak before the Brandenburg Gate to the people of Berlin and of all of Germany.

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Jun 26, 1994

I ran for this job because I wanted to do what I could with the power vested by the framers of our Constitution in the Presidency to change the lives of ordinary Americans for the better.

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Jun 26, 1994

This is really an attempt to do exactly what I said: find the highest and best use for talented people of good will who just want to serve their country.

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Jun 26, 1994

We can pass health care reform this year, but it's going to require everything that all these other things did: breaking gridlock, defeating special interests, arguing for a future, and asking people to work toward that future.

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Jun 26, 1994

Today, we fiercely defend the once radical notion that each individual possesses rights that our government is obliged to respect and to guarantee.

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Jun 26, 1994

I signed off on those decisions, I think he's done well, and I think he's done it with a very effective management style.

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Jun 26, 1994

I will have the honor to be the first American President to visit Berlin as the capital of a free, democratic, and unified Germany.

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Jun 26, 1994

Let us rededicate ourselves to making those choices in the same way Thomas Jefferson and his compatriots did so many years ago—with a hopeful eye toward the future.

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Jun 26, 1994

As we celebrate July 4, a momentous and magnificent day in our nation's history, we give thanks for the liberties that our courageous Founders struggled to secure.

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Jun 26, 1994

I invite all who can to come and join me for that historic occasion.

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Jun 26, 1994

I think it's a real tribute to Mr. McLarty that he came to me several weeks ago and suggested that we consider this.

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Jun 26, 1994

I may be the only person in America that understands this, but if I hadn't been just absolutely obsessed with the direction the country was taking in 1992 and convinced it was wrong, I'd still be Governor of my State.

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Jun 26, 1994

My job is to do the best I can by the American people and let others do the interpreting.

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Jun 24, 1994

----know what's going on--the main thing we don't want to do is to change the subject. The subject is how to get the crime rate down, how to get the police out, how to get the assault weapons-- the police on the street, the assault weapons…

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