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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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Feb 4, 1994

I share your enthusiasm for the potential of emerging communications technologies.

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Feb 4, 1994

I know I speak for all Americans in expressing our revulsion and anger at this cowardly act.

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Feb 4, 1994

The only ticket to good jobs with growing incomes are real skills and the ability to keep learning new ones.

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Feb 4, 1994

There can be no possible military justification for an attack against a marketplace where women, men, and children of the city were pursuing their everyday lives.

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Feb 4, 1994

I am outraged by this deliberate attack on the people of Sarajevo.

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Feb 3, 1994

Gee, I don't think I've been very critical of him at all. You know, I disagreed with the economic policy, I said so. I think if you go back over the rhetoric of this last year, it's been fairly free of obsession with the past. I'm not much…

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Feb 3, 1994

I don't want to make too much of it, because the people who came in here to see me said it was a negotiating strategy. And I said, ``Well, if all of you are providing health care coverage to your employees, I don't think you want to come…

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Feb 3, 1994

Well, we're going to do our best not to violate anybody's rights. What we hope to achieve is a continued environment in which America will be open for legal immigration--we are a nation of immigrants--but in which we can do our best to…

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Feb 3, 1994

I have no idea. I wanted to make sure that the trade questions did not enter into this decision. I never had a briefing on it, and we never had a discussion about it. I thought it was very important that that not be a part of this…

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Feb 3, 1994

Lunch? That's one thing I don't know the answer to. I don't know why Kramer doesn't have coed lunch, but surely the principal can answer the question before I leave. But if I were you, I'd want it, too. [Laughter] Go ahead. Listen now; you…

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Feb 3, 1994

Now, where are the mikes out in the audience? Where are they? Oh, okay. Now, how are we going to do this? The mikes have a long cord so that the ladies can go all the way up. If you've got a question or a comment, raise your hand, and…

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Feb 3, 1994

I intend to appoint Carol Jones Carmody to be the Representative of the United States on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

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Feb 3, 1994

I intend to nominate Maria Elena Torano to be a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

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Feb 3, 1994

I intend to nominate Robert S. Willard to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

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Feb 3, 1994

President's plans to discuss health care in remarks to the American Hospital Association and the National Governors' Association.

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Feb 3, 1994

I intend to nominate Robert C. Larson to be a member of the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board.

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Feb 3, 1994

I intend to designate Ms. Campbell as the Foundation's Vice Chair.

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Feb 2, 1994

Not really. I mean, I think the fact that there are so many distinguished veterans who think that the embargo should be lifted and there are people on the other side who voted who were not veterans; this is an issue for the present day…

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Feb 2, 1994

Let me say just a word here. I can't speak very loud. This is our first but what will be the first of several bipartisan leadership meetings, and I'm looking forward to a productive year. We had a good year working together in 1993. We did…

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Feb 2, 1994

I take pleasure in transmitting the enclosed report on the Great Egg Harbor River in the State of New Jersey.

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Feb 2, 1994

A challenge for the years ahead will be to harmonize the provisions of the Privacy Act with the technologies that are now coming into play.

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Feb 2, 1994

Every day you have to decide what you believe, what you care about, and what kind of person you're going to be.

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Feb 2, 1994

The National Park Service determined that 129 miles of the Great Egg Harbor River and its tributaries are eligible for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

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