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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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Oct 24, 1993

Egypt has acted as one of our Nation's partners over a long time.

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Oct 24, 1993

I think it's very important to our country, and I'm working very hard on it.

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Oct 24, 1993

We have to keep going in this process until all the pieces are in place.

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Oct 24, 1993

I'm glad to welcome him back to Washington to congratulate him on his election.

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Oct 24, 1993

I think it's very important that we resume the talks between Israel and Syria.

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Oct 24, 1993

I think that we agree about what our common objectives should be there.

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Oct 24, 1993

The main part of the exercise is that certainly as long as Libya does not comply with these resolutions that we're going to have to reinforce sanctions and force them to comply.

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Oct 24, 1993

Linda Daschle's wide range of experience in the aviation industry, in Government, and as a consumer give her the perspective that is needed for this position.

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Oct 24, 1993

The United States looks forward to working closely with him, both on the peace process and regional issues.

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Oct 23, 1993

Good morning. Last year I waged a campaign for President on a commitment to change our economic course in Washington, to change economic policy and put the American people first. After a long struggle we are finally seeing signs of hope in…

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Oct 22, 1993

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Oct 22, 1993

Well, first of all, let me explain what happens now. We have announced the projects that were worthy and that won the right to participate in this project. Now, what will happen is the group of people from our Government's side who work in…

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Oct 22, 1993

The head of naval research was here today with me, Admiral Pelaez. He made the point that in a very profound way, this program we announced will help to keep our defense strong, because we know that the defense budget's going to be…

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Oct 22, 1993

Depends on what the market for bridges are. But let me just say that if you look at the evidence, at literally the thousands of bridges in America that are in disrepair, that desperately need repair, and the potential that this material…

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Oct 22, 1993

I say that I'm doing the very best I can. We started cutting back on defense long before I became President. The defense cuts started in '87, and there was no investment in defense conversion to amount to anything until I took office. The…

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Oct 22, 1993

Absolutely. We just got another $500-plus million through the Congress that we'll be coming forward with next year. And in January I expect to ask for more money for this program. Much more money is needed, and I hope the Congress will now…

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Oct 22, 1993

I think we're ready now. Mr. Smith. Mr. President, your technology reinvestment project has been funded for $472 million. You have received proposals for 2,850 projects requesting $8.4 billion. Doesn't that tell us that much more is needed?

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Oct 22, 1993

It is, but that's the point. It starts up a new business enterprise for which there must be a market in the private sector. We believe there's a huge market. That's why all these things are helping to start up a process. Keep in mind, too…

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Oct 22, 1993

There may be some risk of that, but it's not much of a risk. After all, in terms of the potential expenditure of money, this is mostly seed money to get these projects started. A lot of these companies are quite well-established, and these…

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Oct 22, 1993

That's right. They have a project that will use composite materials that were part of the Stealth aircraft development to build and repair bridges. There are others; let me just tell you where the others are in southern California. We have…

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Oct 22, 1993

I have heard Mario Cuomo talk about his father, his family. I wept, like you did, when Danny DeVito told that story.

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Oct 22, 1993

This explosion of crime and violence is changing the way our people live, making too many of us hesitant, often paralyzed with fear at a time when we need to be bold.

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