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Robert Dornan: I want to begin by saying to our men and women in uniform around the world. That is great. He is always with them taking…

On the recordJanuary 24, 1996
I want to begin by saying to our men and women in uniform around the world. That is great. He is always with them taking photo opportunities, but we wonder still why he cannot gag out the word Vietnam, although he did slip once last night in introducing another hero from the Oklahoma City bombing. He slipped and said he had been a Vietnam veteran. That is the first time I ever heard him say the word. He did not say that in the order to sending our men to Bosnia. He mentioned Northern Ireland and every war we have been in, but he forgot to mention Vietnam. Interesting. And all the Vietnam senior sergeants and officers noticed it. Now he says the state of our Union is strong, but your kids cannot walk to school. 'We have created nearly 8 million new American jobs.' That is still way below what Ronald Reagan created, and he created it by cutting taxes. If Clinton had not created the largest tax increase in the history of any nation and all of civilization, because we cannot codify what the Egyptians got out of slave labor, this is the biggest tax increase in history.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Criticizing President Clinton's remarks on military service and economic policies during a speech.

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