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On the recordJune 20, 1997
President Clinton has assured the American people on at least 130 separate occasions that Russian nuclear missiles no longer threaten the United States. On dozens of those occasions--including his October 6, 1996 debate with Senator Bob Dole--he said that no nuclear missiles of any kind threaten America. The following quotes are excerpted from his speeches, interviews, and radio addresses, as downloaded from the ``White House Virtual Library'' on the World Wide Web and other electronic databases. 1. ``I was proud to go to Russia and sign an agreement where we agreed that for the first time in decades we would no longer even point our missiles at each other.''--President Clinton, Remarks to the Citizens of Atlanta, May 3, 1994. 2. ``* * * there are no nuclear missiles pointed at us from the Soviet Union [sic], but there are other countries trying to develop nuclear programs.''--President Clinton, Remarks at the Small Business Person of the Year Announcement, Old Executive Office Building, May 4, 1994. 3. ``And now, for the first time, our nuclear missiles are no longer targeted at Russia, nor theirs ours [sic].''-- President Clinton, Remarks on CNN Telecast, ``A Global Forum with President Clinton,'' May 4, 1994.
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W. Weldon
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing President Clinton's assurances about the lack of nuclear missile threats from Russia.

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