PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT ASSAD

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PRESIDENT CLINTON ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT ASSAD

JUNE 10, 2000

SPEAKER: WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

[*] CLINTON: I am saddened by the news of President Assad's death and want to offer my condolences to his family and to the Syrian people.

Over the past seven years, I have met him many times and gotten to know him very well. We had our differences, but I always respected him. Since the ...

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