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Bob Clement: “I tell the gentleman that I was at a small college university and I had a tough time balancing that budget. If the…”

On the recordMay 6, 1998
I tell the gentleman that I was at a small college university and I had a tough time balancing that budget. If the gentleman were to put me in a stringent situation such as that, where I had to look 4 years out, and I could not adjust my budget, the gentleman would put me in a terrible predicament.
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Bob Clement
Tennessee

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Discussing budget challenges faced by small colleges.

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